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Tesco UK and Republic of Ireland sales up 3.5%

Jun 15, 2018

Tesco has released its First Quarter Trading Statement 2018/19, and growth plans are on track with total UK and Republic of Ireland (ROI) sales up 3.5%. Tesco’s UK like-for-like sales were up 2.1% as performance improved through the quarter (after taking the timing of...

Food figures recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2018

Jun 14, 2018

The Queen’s Birthday Honours List has recognised the achievements of several people in the UK food industry; among them Stephen Hall, Archibald MacMillan, James McCrum and John Alvis. Below is a brief profile of each of the recipients ... Stephen Hall OBE Stephen Hall...

New technology required for country of origin labelling

Jun 14, 2018

A new paper by Professor Iain Fraser from the University of Kent states that new technology will be required for mandatory country of origin labelling (COOL). Currently only a small number of products in the European Union legally require COOL information, such as...

Positive results for the meat, fish and poultry market

Jun 13, 2018

Recent meat, fish and poultry (MFP) results shows that burgers and chicken are seeing major growth, while fish has also received a boost. This is according to the most recent data from Kantar Worldpanel, covering the 12 weeks to 20th May. Burgers up 17% Hot weather...

Tesco to tackle lemon shortage

Jun 13, 2018

Tesco has announced it wants to prevent a potential lemon shortage by putting a greener version of the fruit on its supermarket shelves. A lemon shortage in the UK has allegedly been caused by a significantly reduced end of season volume in Spain, which is where the...

Heinz Salad Cream renaming rumours

Jun 12, 2018

Media reports over recent days are suggesting that food processing company Heinz is considering changing the name of its long-established Salad Cream product to a new brand name ‘Sandwich Cream’. Some years ago, the company was believed to be considering stopping...

Apparent traces of meat found in supermarket vegetarian meals

Jun 11, 2018

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has begun an investigation after claims that traces of meat were found in food classified as vegan or vegetarian at two major supermarkets. The information comes after The Daily Telegraph claimed to have tested ten vegan and vegetarian...