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Foodservice continues to drive growth for wholesalers

Sep 6, 2017

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

Sep 5, 2017

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

Sep 4, 2017

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

Sep 4, 2017

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...

Interfood invests in future growth by relocating to bigger site

Sep 1, 2017

Interfood Technology has relocated to a new premises to ‘allow the company to develop and expand in its role of supplying innovative solutions in food manufacturing’. The company’s new facility in Haddenham, Buckinghamshire is said to be already providing a full...

Fish and chicken take top spots in latest Kantar figures

Aug 31, 2017

The latest Meat, Fish & Poultry (MFP) figures from Kantar Worldpanel for the 12 weeks ending 13th August 2017 indicate a 1.5% growth in chicken sales, plus a drive in value growth for chilled fish. The versatility of chicken, which is reported to be the nation’s...

UK sheepmeat prices benefit from strong export sales

Aug 29, 2017

The latest market analysis from Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) shows that, despite auction throughput increasing seasonally, the proportion of heavy prime lambs in the supply chain is higher than last year. It has been reported that as the volume of prime lambs reaching...