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Waitrose H1 sales surpass £4bn while profits fall
The John Lewis Partnership, which owns Waitrose, has reported its interim results for the 26 weeks ended 26th July, finding that the retailer’s sales increased to £4.1 billion.
Ocado revenues driven by 13% increase in order growth
Ocado has released its annual report and financial statements for an elongated 70 week period ending 6th April 2025, finding that it achieved revenue of £3.7 billion.
ABF grocery sales reflect “good growth” across international brands
UK food producer Associated British Foods has provided an update on trading during the second half of the financial year, which will end on 13th September 2025.
Food and drink exports drop during first half of 2020
Exports of food and drink in the first half of the year fell for the first time since 2015, according to a new report published by the Food and Drink Federation (FDF). The report shows that exports dropped by 13.8% to £9.7bn compared to the same period last year....
Julie Barratt appointed as Chartered Institute of Environmental Health president
The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) Board of Trustees has announced that Julie Barratt has been appointed as the new president of CIEH. Barratt is an environmental health practitioner (EHP) and has worked in EHO roles and led legal services teams in...
Asda back in British hands in Issa Bros and TDR deal
The Issa brothers, founders and co-CEOs of EG Group, a global convenience and forecourts retailer, headquartered in Blackburn, UK, and investment funds managed by TDR Capital LLP, , have together agreed to acquire Asda, Walmart’s wholly-owned UK business, for an...
Seafish launches 20-year Love Seafood consumer initiative
Seafish, the public body that supports the UK seafood industry, has launched its Love Seafood consumer brand platform. The new brand is driven by a 20-year initiative to reverse the decline in consumption of seafood in the UK. It aims to positively influence...
Princes publishes supply chain map
International food and drink group, Princes, has published a global map of its imported products supply chain as part of a broader transparency drive for the first time. The map, which is now available on the Princes Group website, allows retailers and...
Wyke Farms open UK’s first fully solar powered cheese storage space
Cheese producers, Wyke Farms, have further invested into its ‘100% Green' sustainability plan, with a new 65kw solar array, positioned on its new cheese storage dispatch building in Wincanton, Somerset. The new cheese storage is a state-of-the art building where the...
“Food waste upcycling ripe for innovation,” says Oakland
Upcycling food waste into ingredients or products for human consumption could become standard practice according to Oakland Innovation. As the world population grows, there’s increasing risk of a global ‘food gap’. To help counter this, pressure is...
FareShare partnership provides 1.5 million meals
A partnership between fresh produce company FerryFast and food redistributors Waste Knot and FareShare has seen more than 643 tonnes of surplus fruit and vegetables saved from waste and diverted to charities within its first year - enough to create more than 1.5...
Clayton Park Bakery and Fazila Foods Ltd join forces
Lancashire food companies, Fanzila Foods and Clayton Park Bakery, have joined forces to bring greater choice to consumers across the north west seeking convenient, tasty food. Clayton Park Bakery, that supplies pies and baked goods to Liverpool Football Club and SPAR...
Improved standards for British seed potato exports
Eight new amendments to the seed potato industry’s assurance scheme, Safe Haven, will come into force from 1st October 2020. The certification scheme, Safe Haven, has recently been reviewed and updated to cover areas such as closer monitoring of water use and crop...
FSS and FSA publish assessment of UK food crime
Food Standards Scotland’s Scottish Food Crime and Incidents Unit (SFCIU) has published its food crime priorities for 20/21, alongside a joint UK Food Crime Strategic Assessment with the Food Standards Agency’s National Food Crime Unit. The SFCIU has...
MAC review recognises food chain challenges
The Migrant Advisory Committee (MAC) has published its review of the Shortage Occupation list for 2020. It received a vast quantity of evidence from a wide range of industries including the food chain. It has now recognised some of these roles as vital. Mark Harrison,...
Meatless Farm raises £24 million to fund growth post lockdown
Meat alternatives brand, Meatless Farm, has raised £24 million to support its plans to grow in the UK, Europe, US and Asia as global markets build back better as they emerge from the Covid-19 related lockdown. The £24 million has come from a mixture of existing and...
New project to extend fish and seafood shelf-life
Campden BRI is looking for partners to help with new research that aims to revise established standards in order to increase the shelf-life of fresh fish and seafood, which could save producers and retailers millions of pounds in wasted food by extending shelf-life by...
Future of grocery shopping depends on customer experience
The Big Four supermarkets (Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda and Morrisons) are having to further enhance their customer experience (CX) and delivery capabilities in response to increased demand for eGrocery services and to prevent Amazon taking further market share, according...
Cold Chain Federation launches new report and virtual event series
The Cold Chain Federation has published its new report, Shaping the Cold Chain of the Future: The Road to Net Zero, that examines how the UK cold chain can start a collaborative journey towards becoming a Net Zero industry. The new report opens four weeks of...
Bureau Veritas calls on hospitality businesses to introduce stricter Covid-secure measures
Global health and safety company Bureau Veritas has advised that hospitality businesses must step up their fight against coronavirus transmission with a more robust and formalised framework to avoid the risk of fines or closure, following the Prime Minister's...
View the 2026 FMT Awards review e-magazine
Find out all of the winners and finalists from the 2026 Food Management Industry Awards. The much anticipated event took place on Friday 12th June at the 5-star Royal Lancaster Hotel, London.
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