A report by the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has found that the food and drink industry added jobs at a faster pace than the economy as a whole: quarter-on-quarter, job growth stood at 1.5%, above the UK’s growth of 0.8%.

The British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF) has written to Defra and the Food Standards Agency asking for urgent changes to be made to the oils derogation guidance which it says is “not fit for purpose”.

Responding to the targets set out in the Government Food Strategy, food industry trade organisations have questioned the Strategy’s likeness to the National Food Strategy which was published by Henry Dimbleby in two separate parts over the last two years.

Organisers of the annual meat industry awards have extended the product nomination deadline to Wednesday evening 15th June due to overwhelming demand and to allow as many companies and businesses as possible to participate.

According to the latest data from Which?, Lidl was the cheapest of the UK supermarkets, with shoppers paying, on average, £23.55 for a basket of 18 popular grocery items at Lidl – £1.05 cheaper than rival discounter Aldi.