Sep 3, 2018 | Dairy, Fruit Processing, News, Retailing, Vegetable Processing
The Soil Association announces new sales figures as the organic market continues its seventh consecutive year of growth, according to consumer research. Consumer research undertaken by the Soil Association found several key factors have supported continued growth in...
Aug 31, 2018 | News, Retailing
The UK’s food-to-go sector is set to grow at twice the rate of overall grocery retail, with research organisation IGD predicting the channel to grow to £22.8bn by 2023. The predicted growth of £22.8bn by 2023 is up from a £17.8bn growth in 2018. Food-to-go research...
Aug 31, 2018 | News, Retailing
Whitbread plc has announced that it has entered into an agreement for the sale of Costa Limited (Costa), to The Coca-Cola Company (Coca-Cola), for an enterprise value of £3.9 billion. Whitbread acquired Costa in 1995 for £19 million when it had only 39 shops. In more...
Aug 30, 2018 | Awards, News
The judging took place recently for the Women In Meat Industry Awards, when a team of industry experts considered the winners of six categories voted for by the industry who qualified to be considered for the overall winner’s accolade of Meat Businesswoman of...
Aug 29, 2018 | News, Red Meat Processing
The deadline to nominate your bangers into UK Sausage Week’s competition is just over a week away, so manufacturers and retailers should enter products online now to be in with a chance to win. Businesses can still enter products for consideration for free via...