Frozen food sees ‘exceptional’ volume growth
The latest frozen food retail statistics have shown that frozen food continues to excel, with value growth across almost every category in the 52 weeks to 9th September 2018. The data, provided by Kantar Worldpanel, values the retail frozen food market as a whole at...
Supermarket shoppers stock up on festive produce
Shoppers have returned to seasonal favourites as supermarket spending cools off, according to the latest figures from Kantar Worldpanel for the 12 weeks to 7th October 2018. Overall sales grew 3.2% compared to the same 12 weeks last year. Though this is a slight...
Food and Drink Federation slams updated Brexit notices
The latest batch of contingency papers for a no-deal Brexit have been issued by the Government, with Food and Drink Federation (FDF) chief executive Ian Wright describing them as ‘shambolic’. The updated list of scenarios outline how the Government would deal with...
Compass Group CEO to present City Food Lecture 2019
Dominic Blakemore, group chief executive of Compass Group will present the City Food Lecture 2019 which is being held at London's Guildhall. Described as a highly experienced food industry executive, Blakemore took over as group chief executive at the beginning of...
Patisserie Valerie confirms arrest of finance chief
The owner of café chain Patisserie Valerie has confirmed its finance director Chris Marsh was arrested last night (11th October) after allegedly "significant, and potentially fraudulent, accounting irregularities" were uncovered. Patisserie Holdings plc announced...
