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BRC attributes increased food prices to labour costs and high demand
The British Retail Consortium has highlighted that during the 1st-7th August period, shop price inflation increased to 0.9% on the year.
Waitrose MD to step down in September
James Bailey, managing director at Waitrose, will step down from his position in September, the John Lewis Partnership has announced.
Retailer invests £340m in M&S Food distribution centre
Marks & Spencer has unveiled a £340 million investment in an automated National Distribution Centre, with the aim of doubling the size of the M&S Food business.
Ceremony and presentations changing for Meat Awards 2020
The annual Meat Management Industry Awards will change its ceremony and award presentation arrangements this year to an online event taking account of the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Graham Yandell, publisher of Meat Management magazine, commented:...
Online growth clicks up again as lockdown trends continue
The latest grocery market share figures from Kantar show take-home sales from British supermarkets increased by 13.7% year on year in the 12 weeks to 14 June 2020, covering the full lockdown period. Shorter term, the latest four-week ending numbers suggest that...
Messe Frankfurt to launch food processing trade show for South East Asian market
Messe Frankfurt and VNU Asia Pacific have announced a partnership to jointly organise ‘Meat Pro Asia,’ a new trade show dedicated to meat and food processing and catering to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region. Commenting on the new event,...
Tesco to sell its Polish store business
Tesco has announced the sale of its 301-store business in Poland to Salling Group A/S for a total of £181 million. The sale includes Tesco’s associated distribution centres and head office, with total net proceeds expected to be approximately £165 million. Tesco says...
Over one million people back food standards petition
More than one million people have pledged their support for British farming and food production by signing the National Farmers Union’s (NFU) petition urging Government to ensure future trade deals do not lead to an increase in food imports that would be illegal to...
Covid-19 cases confirmed at 2 Sisters plant in Wales
Production at 2 Sisters Food Group’s Llangefni poultry site has been suspended for 14 days after the company confirmed a number of cases of coronavirus. BBC Wales had previously reported that there were 13 confirmed cases at the site, and as a result, only 110 members...
UK and EU farmers united in call for free trade agreement
Farming organisations from across the EU have joined the National Farmers Union (NFU) in its call for an urgent breakthrough in trade talks in order to establish a UK/EU free trade agreement. The call came at a webinar which highlighted the importance of agri-food...
The squeezed middle need support if hospitality restart is to succeed
A new report says further support from the UK and devolved Governments is vital to sustain manufacturers supplying the hospitality and foodservice market. Over 20 organisations from across the ‘farm-to-fork’ supply chain have warned that food and drink suppliers to...
Brexit bluster must not distract from domestic support delivery say Scots
National Farmers Union Scotland’s (NFUS) president, Andrew McCornick, has called for certainty and continuity for Scotland’s farmers and crofters and repeats his warning that prospect of a ‘no deal’ would be catastrophic for Scottish agriculture. Speaking on the day...
Waitrose hits 150,000 online orders a week during lockdown
Waitrose.com has processed more than 150,000 online orders in a week for the first time, more than double the amount of weekly orders it was fulfilling at the start of this year. Despite this milestone, Waitrose revealed that the demand for online delivery is...
Dairy campaign reaches out to 33 million during lockdown
The ‘Milk Your Moments’ dairy promotional campaign launched by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) in mid-May was seen by 29.5 million people in the national press and 33 million across Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. The campaign aimed to...
Momentum gathers behind Women in Meat Awards nominations
The number of nominations continues to grow for this year’s Women in Meat Industry Awards, organised by Food Management Today’s sister publication, Meat Management. Members of the UK meat industry and those of the wider food sector have been sending in their...
Indian-inspired sweets win gold at student food innovation competition
A team of students from the University of Nottingham has won the gold prize at Ecotrophelia UK for its Indian-inspired ‘Gulab Jamun’-sweets. Team Re-Dessert took home a share of the £2,000 top prize sponsored by PepsiCo for its reinvention of Gulab Jamun, a syrup...
Over 800,000 meals donated to charities by Asda during lockdown
Asda has donated the equivalent of more than 800,000 meals since March 1st to charities and community groups across the UK supporting people affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The supermarket, in partnership with food charity FareShare, has been donating food...
Anger as medical journal links food industry to Covid-19 death toll
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has hit out at the British Medical Journal's (BMJ) latest report which says the food industry shares the blame for the severity of the coronavirus pandemic. In its article entitled ‘Obesity and Covid-19: the role of the food...
Over £4m awarded to redistribution organisations in England
Over 80 non-profit organisations have received support as part of the first wave of funding under the Covid-19 Emergency Surplus Food Grant, according to the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP). Launched in early April in response to the immediate challenges...
Government reopens £10m energy scheme for cold chain businesses
The Government has moved to allow more businesses to join its Climate Change Agreement (CCA) scheme which currently provides members of the cold storage industry with a collective £10 million saving every year. The CCA scheme was established in 2001 with businesses...
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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