MM Meat Industry Awards product nomination deadline extended
With weather conditions impacting the operations of some companies last week, the organisers of the prestigious Meat Management Industry Awards have announced an extension to the deadline for product nominations. Manufacturers, butchers and retailers now have until...
City Food Lecture calls for ‘transformational change’
Tesco CEO Dave Lewis has urged the whole supply chain to work in partnership to change the way it produces food for the UK, challenging industry to come together to bring about “heavy duty, transformational change”. Delivering a keynote speech at the annual City Food...
Tesco and Booker merger approved by shareholders
Shareholders have now voted in favour of Tesco’s takeover of Booker, in a deal that was valued at £3.7 billion when it was agreed in January 2017. The deal, which will see Tesco take over the cash-and-carry business that also owns store chain Londis and grocery...
Prezzo to shut 100 restaurants
Restaurant chain Prezzo is reportedly planning to close up to one third of its 300 UK branches, as it is preparing to launch a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) in the coming days. Prezzo, owned by US private equity group TPG Capital, is planning to unveil the CVA...