Foodservice continues to drive growth for wholesalers

Foodservice continues to drive growth for wholesalers

The UK grocery wholesaling sector has experienced another year of growing sales, which is forecast to continue for the next four years thanks to the expanding out-of-home market. According to figures from grocery research organisation IGD, UK grocery wholesalers saw...
Birds Eye chicken back in growth

Birds Eye chicken back in growth

Birds Eye’s chicken portfolio has returned to growth for the first time in three years, following a £7.1 million re-launch investment last April. According to data gathered by Nielsen, the company has seen 0.5% growth in chicken value sales for the latest 26 weeks...
Trial of former Tesco trio accused of fraud adjourned

Trial of former Tesco trio accused of fraud adjourned

The trial of three former senior Tesco executives, who have been charged over the company’s £263 million accounting scandal in 2014, has been adjourned until 25th September. Christopher Bush, Tesco UK’s former managing director, Carl Rogberg, Tesco’s former UK finance...
Government invests £5 million in obesity policy research unit

Government invests £5 million in obesity policy research unit

The Department of Health has announced £5 million of funding for a new obesity policy research unit at University College London. One year on from the launch of the childhood obesity plan, the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Obesity Policy Research Unit...
Interfood invests in future growth by relocating to bigger site

Interfood invests in future growth by relocating to bigger site

Interfood Technology has relocated to a new premises to ‘allow the company to develop and expand in its role of supplying innovative solutions in food manufacturing’. The company’s new facility in Haddenham, Buckinghamshire is said to be already providing a full...