Apr 29, 2020 | Coronavirus, Dairy, News
The National Farmers Union’s (NFU) campaign to save the British dairy industry has resulted in over 2,000 letters being written to nearly 400 MP’s across the country, calling on them to help the sector. As a result of the Covid-19 crisis, the almost complete closure...
Apr 28, 2020 | Coronavirus, News
2 Sisters Food Group has donated thousands of food products to the NHS and other charitable initiatives across the country to say thank you for their efforts during the current crisis. Businesses from across its wider Group have ensured that NHS Trusts up and down the...
Apr 28, 2020 | Coronavirus, Fruit Processing, News
Defra secretary George Eustice has called on furloughed workers to help pick fruit and vegetables on UK farms as the country faces a shortage of migrant workers. Despite a number of Romanian seasonal workers being flown in to pick crops on farms, the UK continues to...
Apr 28, 2020 | Coronavirus, News, Retailing
Take home grocery sales in Britain increased by 9.1% in the 12 weeks to the 19th April as consumers settled into life under lockdown and stocked up on food, according to the latest figures from Kantar. Fraser McKevitt, head of retail and consumer insight at Kantar,...
Apr 27, 2020 | Food Equipment & Services, News
Interfood is extending its range of equipment with the announcement of a new partnership with French company Steriflow to supply its range of retort machines to food processors in the UK and Eire. The retorts, also known as autoclaves, are designed to both pasteurise...
