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Grocery inflation rises to 4.1%
According to market research firm Kantar’s supermarket share update, grocery inflation was at its highest rate in over a year.
Saputo Dairy UK secures a Royal Warrant
Saputo Dairy UK was granted a Royal Warrant from His Majesty The King, having previously held a Royal Warrant from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for more than 20 years.
Tate & Lyle achieves “robust” full year performance
In its full year results, food supplier Tate & Lyle reported a 4% increase in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation.
International Women’s Day celebrated by WIM Awards
YPL Exhibitions & Events, have confirmed the ongoing support of Ladies In Pigs and Ladies In Beef, for this year’s annual Women In Meat Industry Awards (WIM). The nominations and voting programme commence in June and the annual ceremony, where ten category Awards...
Greggs vegan sausage roll increases sales
The bakery chain Greggs has said that the publicity for its vegan sausage roll earlier this year has helped sales surge 9.6% in the seven weeks to 16th February. The snack, which is made from the meat substitute quorn, launched at the start of the year, coinciding...
Waitrose & Partners pledges to boost chicken welfare
Waitrose & Partners has confirmed that it has signed up to the European Chicken Commitment (ECC) to strengthen what it describes as its ‘already award-winning standards.’ This represents an industry leading pledge to only sell meat from slower growing breeds with...
Ambassador defends US approach to food and farming.
Following on from his controversial article in Saturdays Daily Telegraph, which generated considerable media coverage over the weekend, Woody Johnson the US Ambassador to the UK has told the BBC that criticism of US food standards was ‘designed to reduce not increase...
Grocery growth steady as Brexit deadline looms
As Brexit uncertainty intensifies, the latest grocery market share figures, published from Kantar Worldpanel, shows year-on-year supermarket sales growth of 1.9% during the 12 weeks to 24th February 2019. Overall, grocery volumes rose by 1.2% in the 4 weeks which is...
Boparan Restaurant Group to close Giraffe and Ed’s Easy Diner branches
Hundreds of jobs are reported to be at risk after the owner of the Giraffe and Ed's Easy Diner chains announced plans to close a third of their restaurants under a rescue deal. The Boparan Restaurant Group (BRG), owned by Ranjit Singh Boparan, is reported as...
‘Museum of Agriculture’ approach not sustainable’ – US Ambassador
In a newspaper article over the weekend, the US Ambassador to the UK, Woody Johnson, has claimed that the EU's ‘Museum of Agriculture’ approach was not sustainable. He also stated that American farmers are ‘the future of farming.’ Published in Saturday’s Daily...
Red Tractor leads international benchmarking study
A new independent, international benchmarking study of global farm assurance schemes, has found that the Red Tractor farm and food assurance scheme offers world-leading standards. The International Benchmarking Study was announced at an event hosted by Baroness Lucy...
Consumers concerned at ‘Brexit Effect’ on food standards
According to a new ‘St. David’s Day poll’ over half of UK consumers are concerned that food which is farmed to lower standards than home-produced fare might be imported after Brexit. This was one of the top findings of a major opinion poll conducted by pollsters BMG...
ABP launches fresh plant based brand
ABP has launched its first fresh plant based meat-free brand for distribution in the UK. The new brand is being called Equals and will be available to consumers next week. The company say that Equals is a range of fresh plant based products with both texture and...
Farming Minister George Eustice quits the Government
The Agriculture Minister, George Eustice, has resigned from the government following the Prime Minister’s decision to allow a vote on delaying Brexit. In his resignation letter Eustice said: “If the position of Parliament is now that we will refuse to leave without an...
Food industry holds key to sustainable future says Compass CEO
The food industry, more than any other sector, holds the key to achieving a shared sustainable future, predicted Dominic Blakemore, when delivering The City Food Lecture 2019 on 26th February. The Group Chief Executive of Compass Group outlined the challenges of...
Do school dinners make the grade?
A new competition has been launched to find out what primary school pupils really think of their school dinners. Welsh red meat agency, Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) is asking kids across Wales to tell them what they’d like to see dished up on their...
M&S and Ocado confirm joint venture
Following press and media speculation, Marks and Spencer Group Plc (M&S) has announced the creation of a 50/50 joint venture with Ocado Group Plc (Ocado) and states it ‘will transform online grocery shopping for UK consumers’. As suggested by FMT yesterday in our...
Ocado and M&S negotiating joint venture possibility
Marks and Spencer Group PLC has confirmed that it is in discussions with Ocado Group plc regarding a joint venture in the UK retail market, believed to have a potential value of £1.8bn. Shares in both companies jumped following the news, which would give M&S a...
Healthy foods marketing misleading – BBC report
Products that are allegedly high in salt and saturated fats are being marketed as ‘healthy’ by leading supermarkets, according to a new report by BBC Radio 5 Live. BBC researchers visited branches of the top five supermarkets in the UK and, according to BBC, found...
London transport fast food advert ban starts
A ban on fast food advertising across London's entire public transport network has come into force, with posters for food and drink that are allegedly high in fat, salt and sugar being removed. Food posters that will begin to be removed from the underground,...
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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