Momentum gathers behind Women in Meat Awards nominations
The number of nominations continues to grow for this year’s Women in Meat Industry Awards, organised by Food Management Today’s sister publication, Meat Management. Members of the UK meat industry and those of the wider food sector have been sending in their...
Indian-inspired sweets win gold at student food innovation competition
A team of students from the University of Nottingham has won the gold prize at Ecotrophelia UK for its Indian-inspired ‘Gulab Jamun’-sweets. Team Re-Dessert took home a share of the £2,000 top prize sponsored by PepsiCo for its reinvention of Gulab Jamun, a syrup...
Over 800,000 meals donated to charities by Asda during lockdown
Asda has donated the equivalent of more than 800,000 meals since March 1st to charities and community groups across the UK supporting people affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The supermarket, in partnership with food charity FareShare, has been donating food...
Anger as medical journal links food industry to Covid-19 death toll
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has hit out at the British Medical Journal's (BMJ) latest report which says the food industry shares the blame for the severity of the coronavirus pandemic. In its article entitled ‘Obesity and Covid-19: the role of the food...
Over £4m awarded to redistribution organisations in England
Over 80 non-profit organisations have received support as part of the first wave of funding under the Covid-19 Emergency Surplus Food Grant, according to the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP). Launched in early April in response to the immediate challenges...
