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Nestlé sales decline amid “challenging macroeconomic context”
Global manufacturer Nestlé has reported a 2.9% decline in net profit for 2024, as sales fell by 1.8%.
Government forms Food Strategy Advisory Board with key industry leaders
Members of the food industry will join with Government each month to advise on a national food strategy, with Food Security Minister Daniel Zeichner MP acting as chair.
Sainsbury’s reveals 10-year partnership with Cranswick
Sainsbury’s and Cranswick have announced a new 10-year partnership that will see all Sainsbury’s British pork and cooked meats supplied through the UK producer.
Irish food sector in eighth consecutive year of growth
The value of food and drink exports in Ireland increased by 13% to €12.6 billion in 2017, boosted by increased output in key sectors, including the dairy sector, seafood, pigmeat, sheepmeat and live animals. According to Bord Bia’s Export Performance and Prospects...
Theresa May launches 25-year Environmental Plan
Prime Minister Theresa May has announced the 25 Year Environmental Plan, outlining steps to eliminate plastic waste by the end of 2042. In order to achieve this, the Government will extend the 5p carrier bag charge to all retailers in England, while also working with...
Multiple retailers boosted by strong Christmas sales
Grocery sales helped UK supermarkets report one of their busiest Christmas period, which saw shoppers splash out record amounts of cash. Lidl As previously reported, Lidl UK was the fastest growing supermarket over the Christmas period, according to Kantar Worldpanel,...
Queen Margaret University to join Food & Drink Federation Scotland
Queen Margaret University (QMU) has become the first higher education partner to join industry trade body Food and Drink Federation Scotland (FDFS). The move is said to represent a “major step in realising the University’s ambitions as a centre of innovation and...
Women in Meat Industry Awards launched by Meat Management
A brand new Awards initiative recognising the immense contribution to the success of the meat industry made by women has been launched by Food Management Today's sister magazine, Meat Management. The Women in Meat Industry Awards will highlight seven categories and...
Christmas spending reaches £1 billion more than last year
The average household shrugged off economic worries to spend a record £1,054 on groceries over the three months including the Christmas period. According to the latest grocery market share figures from Kantar Worldpanel for the 12 weeks to 31st December 2017, a record...
Feeling trendy: which foods will consumers be buying in 2018?
FMT hears from a supermarket, a grocery researcher and an ingredients supplier to discover the key food trends industry is predicting for 2018. According to Waitrose: Indian street food Say ‘namaste’ to tapas-style Indian street food. Forget heavy sauces and chicken...
Waitrose launches new Good Health label
Waitrose has launched a new label which will be featured on hundreds of food products to make it easier for customers to identify nutritious food. The Good Health label shows on many of the supermarket’s own-brand products, from fresh produce, to store cupboard...
Colman’s site to close in Norwich after 160 years of operation
Unilever has announced that it is closing its Colman’s mustard facility in Norwich next year. The company has decided to move its mustard production to Burton on Trent, and some to Germany, with a new facility opening in Norwich for milling mustard seeds, co-run with...
Gove outlines post-Brexit farming funding and food policy
Environment Secretary Michael Gove has set out plans for the way farming subsidies will be funded and the food policy that Defra will be focusing to deliver after Brexit. Speaking at this year’s Oxford Farming Conference, Gove announced that the Government would...
Food industry deals that shaped 2017
Some of last year’s ‘most significant’ deals in the food industry have been identified by Catalyst Corporate Finance - the UK business of global investment banking firm Alantra. According to Catalyst’s data, mergers and acquisitions’ (M&A) volumes in the food and...
Compass Group pays tribute to CEO who died in plane crash
Richard Cousins, the chief executive of FTSE 100 foodservice firm Compass Group, and four members of his close family have died in a plane accident in Australia on 31st December. Cousins and his fiancée, magazine editor Emma Bowden, her 11-year-old daughter Heather,...
Fish volume and value still hit by inflation
Chilled fish continues to see the effects of inflation, with volume down 6.5% overall and value declining 1.3%, as shoppers made 5.3 million fewer trips to the category in the 12 weeks to the 3rd December, compared to 2016. According to the latest data from Kantar...
Food industry figures among New Year’s Honours recipients
Red Tractor Assurance’s founder and first ever chief executive, David Clarke, has been made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the New Year’s Honours list 2018. Clarke, a founding member of Red Tractor Assurance and now retired, has been honoured...
Industry predictions for the food industry 2018
As the year comes to a close, Food Management Today asks experts across the food industry what they expect the key happenings to be in 2018. Trade and access to labour Ian Wright CBE, director general of the Food and Drink Federation, pointed out that 2018 will be a...
Top ten stories on Food Management Today in 2017
Food Management remembers the biggest stories that captured readers’ attention since our online newsroom launched in August 2017. Below is a countdown of our ten most read stories; to view the original stories, click on the headlines. Kettle Foods acquires Cornpoppers...
Weakening pound favours exports
Exports of goods have risen in every region of the UK, since the start of the year, according to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) figures, as the weak pound boosts business. Fresh on the back of the Government's Industrial Strategy and the Prime Minister brokering a last...
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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