Jun 12, 2019 | News, Ready Meals
Following the sale of meat company Enkco, Vivera Foodgroup is entering a meatless future with its remaining businesses companies ,Vivera, Culifrost and Dutch Tofu Company being totally plant-based manufacturers . The group says it has strong ambitions with...
Jun 11, 2019 | Awards, News
Several stalwarts of the UK agri-food industry have been recognised in this year’s Queen’s birthday honours list. They include, Professor Ian Lamont Boyd, FRSE, Robin Gourlay, Catherine Mead, Andrew Kemp and Ron Randall. Below is a brief profile of each of the...
Jun 11, 2019 | News, Retailing
Aldi is launching a trial of paper or compostable carrier bags in all of its 830 UK stores. From July half of all Aldi stores in the UK will offer paper bags and the rest will offer compostable carrier bags. At the end of the trial, the option most popular with...
Jun 10, 2019 | Brexit, News
New analysis from GMB union shows households could face a 17% surge in grocery shopping basket costs, with hundreds of pounds extra on food and drink bills if the UK leaves the EU with a ‘no deal’. The figures show a family’s weekly shop could rocket by more...
