Food fraud cases dent public confidence in food chain
The NFU Mutual Food Fraud Report 2017 has revealed that UK food confidence has been affected by high profile food fraud cases, with 63% of respondents being most likely to blame producers, compared with retailers, distributors and farmers. The new research has found...
Foodservice continues to drive growth for wholesalers
The UK grocery wholesaling sector has experienced another year of growing sales, which is forecast to continue for the next four years thanks to the expanding out-of-home market. According to figures from grocery research organisation IGD, UK grocery wholesalers saw...
Birds Eye chicken back in growth
Birds Eye’s chicken portfolio has returned to growth for the first time in three years, following a £7.1 million re-launch investment last April. According to data gathered by Nielsen, the company has seen 0.5% growth in chicken value sales for the latest 26 weeks...
Trial of former Tesco trio accused of fraud adjourned
The trial of three former senior Tesco executives, who have been charged over the company’s £263 million accounting scandal in 2014, has been adjourned until 25th September. Christopher Bush, Tesco UK’s former managing director, Carl Rogberg, Tesco’s former UK finance...
Government invests £5 million in obesity policy research unit
The Department of Health has announced £5 million of funding for a new obesity policy research unit at University College London. One year on from the launch of the childhood obesity plan, the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Obesity Policy Research Unit...
