September retail sales recorded a decrease in volumes for milk, cheese, and yellow fats year-on-year, however higher prices meant total spend increased particularly for both milk and yellow fats.

Kellogg’s has invested more than £500k into a new Food Innovation Centre based at its Trafford Park factory in Manchester, which was recently opened.

London-based Italian gelato company Hackney Gelato has raised over £670,000 through crowdfunding on the platform Crowdcube, with a view to grow the business. 

In the retailer’s interim trading report, Tesco chief executive Ken Murphy said that its strategy of inflating “a little bit less and a little bit later” has consequently made its price position “more competitive.”   

The organic food market has seen a 16% decline in volume sales for the second quarter of the year, and pricing is a factor, according to the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board.