Oct 18, 2018 | Food Packing, News, Retailing
Online recipe box service, Mindful Chef, announced the appointment of former Marks & Spencer head of food, online and strategy, Tim Lee, as CEO. With previous senior roles in food and retail, including positions with M&S and Tesco, Lee is said to bring with...
Oct 18, 2018 | News, Retailing
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has released an ‘Issues Statement’ about the key areas it expects to closely examine regarding the Sainsbury’s/Asda merge. The statement confirms that the investigation will now include Aldi and Lidl. The CMA says it will...
Oct 17, 2018 | Frozen Foods, News, Retailing
The latest frozen food retail statistics have shown that frozen food continues to excel, with value growth across almost every category in the 52 weeks to 9th September 2018. The data, provided by Kantar Worldpanel, values the retail frozen food market as a whole at...
Oct 16, 2018 | News, Retailing
Shoppers have returned to seasonal favourites as supermarket spending cools off, according to the latest figures from Kantar Worldpanel for the 12 weeks to 7th October 2018. Overall sales grew 3.2% compared to the same 12 weeks last year. Though this is a slight...
Oct 15, 2018 | Brexit, Food Equipment & Services, Food Packing, News, Red Meat Processing
The latest batch of contingency papers for a no-deal Brexit have been issued by the Government, with Food and Drink Federation (FDF) chief executive Ian Wright describing them as ‘shambolic’. The updated list of scenarios outline how the Government would deal with...
Oct 12, 2018 | Food Equipment & Services, News
Dominic Blakemore, group chief executive of Compass Group will present the City Food Lecture 2019 which is being held at London’s Guildhall. Described as a highly experienced food industry executive, Blakemore took over as group chief executive at the beginning...