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Tesco announces preliminary 2024/25 results
Tesco reveals better than expected results for 2024/25 but predicts operating profit will be down in 2025/26 due to increased “competitive intensity”.
Hilton Food Group results show volume growth
Hilton Foods has announced its preliminary results for the 52 weeks ending 29th December 2024.
AHDB aims to drive British dairy exports to Singapore
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board has sent a trade development team to the FHA-Food & Beverage show in Singapore.
Strong year reported for UK cheese exports
Exports of cheese from the UK surpassed the £615million mark last year, rising 23% from 2016, with cheddar remaining its biggest export – the latest figures from HMRC have revealed. The data also shows that volumes of exported cheese have risen by around 5% from the...
ABP makes major plastics reduction pledge
Food processor ABP has announced its inclusion as a founding member of the UK Plastics Pact announcement, an initiative launched by the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP). This is a collaboration which brings together businesses from across the entire...
Petrow Food Group invests £850,000 in processing line
Petrow Food Group has improved its levels of safety and quality capacity, following a major investment in a new fruit processing line. Petrow, a UK supplier of ingredients to the breakfast foods, confectionary, bakery, ready meal, and snacks sectors, has spent...
Expansion for Verner Wheelock
Food training consultancy Verner Wheelock based in Skipton, North Yorkshire, is expanding its business significantly after acquiring Keith Stamp Social Auditing (KSSA) from Keith Stamp. Verner Wheelock claims it has seen the ethical auditing side of its business grow...
Orderly trade system required after Brexit
The Government is running out of time to make negotiations for an “orderly trade system after the Brexit transition” which could risk a huge impact on the food industry. This is according to a report by the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), which was...
Government ‘failing to consider food’ in Irish border proposals
The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) says that the Government’s current approach to resolving the Northern Irish border issue fails to consider many of the concerns about food. This statement follows a report in the Daily Telegraph which claimed that...
Iceland responds to accusation of mistreating chilled goods
Multiple retailer Iceland has strongly refuted claims made by BBC One show Watchdog that the company is not handling chilled goods appropriately. The television show aired an item on 18th April showing the retailer’s alleged mistreatment of chilled goods. Camera...
Morrisons joins group to fight marine plastics
Morrisons has joined the Global Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI), a group of organisations committed to reducing the problem of discarded fishing gear, known as ghost gear, in oceans worldwide. Charity World Animal Protection founded the GGGI in 2015. Its members include...
Leatherhead Food Research receives twin accreditations
Leatherhead Food Research has been awarded UKAS accreditation for the evaluation of challenge testing and has added microwave ovens to its UKAS-accredited cooking instruction techniques. The new achievements are recognition of the standards Leatherhead works to as a...
Study reveals Sainsbury’s to have clearest food labels of ‘big four’
A recent study by online label company, Data Label, has revealed that out of the 'big four' – which includes Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Asda and Morrisons – Sainsbury’s has the clearest and most comprehensible labelling. As levels of obesity rise in the UK and people find...
Young’s Seafood extends its British-made portfolio
Young’s Seafood Limited will add its ‘Proudly Made in Britain’ credentials to more of its products across the UK from this month, following the success of its latest campaign. The new addition of credentials follows research by Young’s Seafood which indicated that...
Job losses expected as 2 Sisters closes Cambuslang plant
Hundreds of poultry workers in Scotland are to lose their jobs due to the closure of the Cambuslang plant belonging to 2 Sisters Food Group. The supplier of supermarket chicken said it will shut the Cambuslang factory in South Lanarkshire in August. The site employs...
Liverpool: key destination for food exports
UK food producers should utilise Liverpool to take full advantage of the sector’s export value, according to the Department for International Trade (DIT). Companies looking to make the most of trading with the USA and Asia could utilise the Port of Liverpool – this...
Tesco results show positive growth
The latest preliminary results from Tesco show positive sales and profit growth as well as strong cash generation. Group sales are up 2.3% to £51.0bn, while UK like-for-like sales are up 2.2% with consistent strength in fresh food (0.4%). Group operating profit before...
Bacon and chicken see growth while chilled fish inflation reduces
While Kantar Worldpanel’s latest market report indicates a volume drop for Meat, Fish and Poultry (MFP), both bacon and fresh processed poultry show strong performances. According to Kantar, it has been a “difficult first quarter” for the MFP market with overall...
Iceland pledges to remove palm oil from own label food
Major food retailer Iceland has announced that it will stop using palm oil as an ingredient in all its own label food by the end of 2018. The frozen food specialist has reported that the project is already well underway, with palm oil successfully removed from 50% of...
2 Sisters Food Group reveals in-house apprenticeship scheme
Food manufacturer 2 Sisters is now running a team dedicated to apprentices, offering colleagues and new starters the chance to kick start their careers in the food industry. With more than a 150 staff members already signed up, the team at 2 Sisters expects to double...
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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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