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Greencore to acquire Bakkavor for £1.2bn
Food manufacturer Bakkavor is to be purchased by manufacturer Greencore for £1.2 billion to create a company with a combined revenue of £4 billion.
UK unlocks live seafood exports to Vietnam
According to Defra, Vietnam has granted market access for British live seafood products.
Grocery inflation increases 3.5% on the year
Market research firm Kantar has released its supermarket share and inflation update, reporting price rises in chocolate, butter and spreads.
Plans to cut excess calorie consumption unveiled
Public Health England (PHE) and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) have announced steps to reduce 20% of calories in popular foods by 2024, in a bid to tackle childhood obesity. Pizzas, ready meals, ready-made sandwiches, meat products and savoury snacks...
Food companies share gender pay gap data
Food manufacturers and retailers have submitted their pay information to the Government, revealing that some are paying female staff less than male employees. With just one month to go before the Government’s deadline requiring all companies with 250 or more staff to...
MM Meat Industry Awards product nomination deadline extended
With weather conditions impacting the operations of some companies last week, the organisers of the prestigious Meat Management Industry Awards have announced an extension to the deadline for product nominations. Manufacturers, butchers and retailers now have until...
City Food Lecture calls for ‘transformational change’
Tesco CEO Dave Lewis has urged the whole supply chain to work in partnership to change the way it produces food for the UK, challenging industry to come together to bring about “heavy duty, transformational change”. Delivering a keynote speech at the annual City Food...
Tesco and Booker merger approved by shareholders
Shareholders have now voted in favour of Tesco’s takeover of Booker, in a deal that was valued at £3.7 billion when it was agreed in January 2017. The deal, which will see Tesco take over the cash-and-carry business that also owns store chain Londis and grocery...
Prezzo to shut 100 restaurants
Restaurant chain Prezzo is reportedly planning to close up to one third of its 300 UK branches, as it is preparing to launch a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) in the coming days. Prezzo, owned by US private equity group TPG Capital, is planning to unveil the CVA...
Plastic-free supermarket aisle opens in Amsterdam
A plastic-free supermarket aisle has been unveiled in Amsterdam, which will see more than 700 products without plastic packaging become available, prompting calls for UK retailers to follow suit. The reportedly “world-first” plastic-free aisle has been set up in a new...
Food and drink exports worth £22 billion
With food and drink exports reaching £22 billion in 2017, the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has warned that any failure to secure continued access to trade deals could have “serious implications”. Unveiling its latest export statistics, FDF highlighted that the UK...
KFC facing gravy shortage following chicken crisis
KFC’s UK restaurants are now experiencing gravy supply issues, despite the majority of them having now reopened following a major chicken supply shortage over the past few weeks. KFC has confirmed that 97% of its restaurants in the UK are now open, but are...
Bakkavor unveils strong financial performance
Provider of fresh prepared food, Bakkavor Group, has enjoyed a 5.4% increase in like-for-like revenue, at £1,800.3 million, in a “historic year” marked by its public listing. Adjusted profit before tax was also up by 13.2% to £84.8 million for the 52-week period...
Mr Kipling distribution site to close
XPO Logistics has put proposals forward to close the Rugby site distributing Mr Kipling cakes, which it took over from Premier Foods last year. XPO has entered into a consultation period with employees, the trade union and elected representatives to finalise the...
National Farmers’ Union president to put food at heart of Brexit
Newly elected president of The National Farmers’ Union (NFU), Minette Batters, has called on the Government to put British food and agriculture on the global map, ahead of further Brexit negotiations. During her first official speech, Batters highlighted that “now is...
Frozen food industry sets sights on £10 billion sales
Frozen food sales in the UK are “getting closer” to £10 billion, having reached the milestone of £6 billion worth of retail sales, according to the British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF). Speaking at BFFF’s annual conference, chief executive John Hyman said he expected...
Arla adapts to protein prices decline
Arla Foods amba has decreased its conventional milk price by 2.16 pence for the manufacturing litre, citing the long-term decline in the value of protein since the start of 2017. A few days after the dairy company reported growing retail and foodservice revenue, its...
One in three people ‘happy to eat cultured meat’
Almost a third of consumers in the UK and USA have reportedly stated they would be happy to eat so-called ‘cultured meat’, indicating potential for companies operating in the industry. A report, commissioned by Ingredient Communications, has revealed that 29% of UK...
Iceland, Quorn and Burger King mock KFC for chicken shortage
Food manufacturers, retailers and restaurant chains have taken to Twitter to ‘poke fun’ at KFC amid a chicken supply crisis that forced the company to temporarily close 750 of its outlets. Satirising the chicken shortages – which came about following KFC’s decision to...
Arla Foods reports increasing revenues
Arla Foods has unveiled growing retail and foodservice revenue in its Group 2017 results, while pledging to continue to further build the UK’s dairy industry. Arla’s brands delivered the “greatest” revenue growth in 2017, including Lurpak growing by 9%, Anchor by 16%...
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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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