Brakes launches help for hospitality campaign
Brakes, the UK foodservice wholesaler, has launched a new campaign designed to help get hospitality customers back on their feet, once able to reopen after the current nationwide lockdown. The company says the campaign is the most extensive it has ever run, and was...
Baking innovations
SPECIAL FEATURE – Commercial baking: Bakery businesses supplying the food retailing sector have benefitted from a rise in volume sales during 2020. This has been driven primarily by an explosion in online grocery retail, which grew by nearly 100% between February and October, according to ONS figures.
FMT Food Industry Awards ceremony to present online
The annual FMT Food Awards ceremony has been scheduled to be presented online this year for the first time as a virtual event. For some time organisers had hoped to go ahead with a physical event, but the continued impact from Covid-19 has resulted in a review to...
Chocolate maker finds a digital sweet spot
SPECIAL FEATURE – Confectionery: A chocolate maker has said it is poised to experience a game-changing productivity increase by automating its manufacturing process.
Young’s Seafood sold to Sofina Foods
The Eight Fifty Food Group, the business behind fish processor, Young’s Seafood and the pork processor, Karro Food Group, was sold to Canadian giant Sofina Foods for an undisclosed sum.