Mar 27, 2019 | News, Retailing
Aldi, one of the UK’s fastest-growing supermarkets, says it will support 30 young people to undertake a fresh food produce apprenticeship this year. The project will work In partnership with Management Development Services Ltd (MDS), a fresh produce graduate...
Mar 25, 2019 | Food Equipment & Services, News, Retailing
Darren Davies, the new head of the National Food Crime Unit has said in a radio interview with the BBC that he wants to see firms that fraudulently use cheaper substitutes criminally prosecuted. Currently only a handful of companies are prosecuted each year. He said...
Mar 21, 2019 | News, Retailing
Owners of Fox’s Biscuits at the 2 Sisters food group have confirmed that 250 of its 780 workers at its Uttoxeter site are at risk of redundancy, and in addition around 50 at both its Uttoxeter and Wakefield centres will enter consultation. Fox’s Biscuits was...
Mar 20, 2019 | Food Equipment & Services, News, Retailing, Sugar
The Government is moving forward with its public consultation to ask the general public for their views on ways to reduce the number of adverts for foods that may be high in fat, sugar and salt, that children are exposed to. The consultation sets out proposals to...
Mar 20, 2019 | News, Retailing, Vegetable Processing
Aldi, has confirmed that it is trialling the selling of vegetables without any plastic packaging in Scotland. The trial, which is now underway, focuses on five veg lines: savoy cabbage, red cabbage, white cabbage, pointed cabbage and cauliflower. Customers will now be...
Mar 20, 2019 | News, Retailing
J Sainsbury plc and Asda Group Limited has submitted its responses to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Provisional Findings and Notice of Proposed Remedies document, stating it ‘strongly disagrees’ with the findings. Sainsbury’s and Asda say that both...
