Hampshire Cheese Company unveils new look
Herriard-based artisan cheese business, Hampshire Cheese Company, has unveiled a brand new look for its Tunworth and Winslade cheeses. The new, modern look is designed to give the brand - favoured by chefs like Raymond Blanc, Nigel Slater, Simon Rogan, Jamie Oliver...
Out-of-date food sold in Tesco Birmingham shops
Supermarket giant Tesco has been fined more than £7.5 million for selling out-of-date food at three stores in Birmingham. The supermarket chain was handed the fine by a judge at Birmingham magistrates court on Monday 19th April, after admitting 22 breaches of food...
JBS acquires European company to expand global plant-based food platform
JBS, the world’s largest protein company and second-largest food producer, has entered into an agreement to purchase Vivera, Europe’s third-largest plant-based food company, for an enterprise value of €341 million. Vivera develops and produces a broad range of...
Addo Food Group celebrates employee’s 50th work anniversary
Shropshire-based Addo Food Group recently celebrated the 50th work anniversary of a colleague at its Palethorpes factory. Alan Burton, who has 50 years of service at the chilled savoury pastry manufacturer, joined the business straight after leaving school in 1971 as...
Asda owners acquire fast food chain Leon
The Issa Brothers EG Group, which owns supermarket giant Asda, has bought the fast food chain Leon in a deal reported to be around £100 million. Leon, founded in 2004 by John Vincent, Henry Dimbleby, now food tsar to Boris Johnson and chef Allegra McEvedy. In a...
