Sep 4, 2019 | News, Retailing
Waitrose has become the first major supermarket in the UK to stock ‘Nim’s Kids’ multi-packs after signing a new deal with the Kent-based fruit and vegetable crisp manufacturer. Nearly 70% of its stores across the country will be selling the growing brand’s apple and...
Sep 2, 2019 | Brexit, News, Retailing
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has responded strongly to Michael Gove’s claims on The Andrew Marr Show* that a no deal Brexit would not result in any food shortages. A spokesman for BRC said: “It is categorically untrue that the supply of fresh food will be...
Sep 2, 2019 | Food Packing, News
Hans Rausing KBE, former CEO of the Tetra Pak Group 1954 – 1985 and chairman of the Tetra Pak/Tetra Laval Group Board 1985-1993 has died at the age of 93. He made his fortune from his co-inheritance of Tetra Pak, a company founded by his father Ruben Rausing, and...
Sep 2, 2019 | Brexit, News
Former Prime Minster Gordon Brown has backed calls by GMB, the union for food workers, food charity Hope Not Hate and the alliance for better food and farming Sustain, to demand Boris Johnson comes clean on the potentially disastrous risks a no deal Brexit will have...
Aug 30, 2019 | Chilled Foods, News, Retailing
A.F. Blakemore & Son Limited is “energised and ready for the year ahead”, after a year of significant investment and reorganisation, said its chairman Peter Blakemore. His comments come as the company announces its financial results for the year ending 30th April...
