Jun 1, 2018 | Awards, News, Red Meat Processing, Retailing
The Women In Meat Industry Awards 2018 has launched, and are now open for nominations! If you know someone who has brilliant skills, masses of enthusiasm and makes a real difference to the business they are in and/or the wider meat industry, now is the time to...
May 31, 2018 | Ingredients, News, Retailing
Beyond Meat is to bring its plant-protein product ‘The Beyond Burger’ to the UK market and claims it has the taste and texture of ground beef. Authentic Food Co. has announced a partnership with Beyond Meat, securing a distribution deal to bring the burger to the UK...
May 31, 2018 | News, Retailing
The latest grocery market share figures from Kantar Worldpanel have revealed an increase in sales, suspected to be due to the Royal Wedding festivities and hot weather. Results, published for the 12 weeks to 20th May 2018, have shown that the recent hot weather...
May 30, 2018 | News, Retailing
Ready-to-eat food market company, Pret A Manger (Pret), has announced that JAB Holding Company will acquire ownership from Bridgepoint. The transaction is expected to be completed during the summer of 2018, and terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Pret...
May 25, 2018 | News, Retailing
The first quarter (Q1) of 2018 saw exports of food and drink rise by 5.5% (year-on-year) from £5.0bn in Q1 2017 to £5.2bn. Positive growth was recorded amongst all of the top ten products, including beef and chocolate, however this was not the case for salmon and...
May 24, 2018 | News, Ready Meals, Retailing
Waitrose has pledged to stop using black plastic packaging by the end of 2019. The retailer’s investment in alternatives to plastic continues with two of its Italian ready meal range to be trialled in what it describes as ‘cutting-edge’ widely recyclable packaging...
