Casual Dining 2017 opens in London tomorrow
The UK’s biggest restaurant chains and pub groups will be out in force at the Business Design Centre in London this week – checking out the latest new products and services on offer from over [read more…]
Market Focus
UK food and drink exports break £20bn barrier in 2016
Total exports of food and drink in 2016 grew by 10.5 per cent to a record figure of more than £20bn, as UK manufacturers responded to rapid growth in demand for quality produce, the Food [read more…]
A scoop of the good stuff: Scots’ ice cream tastes shift upmarket
Scottish consumers are buying more upmarket ice cream than ever before – and are turning their backs on budget and often non-dairy tubs as a result. Market Data (Kantarworldpanel) has revealed that the premium ice cream [read more…]
Innovation and experience under one roof at the Farm Shop & Deli Show
Back for its seventh year, the Farm Shop & Deli Show returns to the NEC in Birmingham from 24 to 26 April 2017 with a whole host of speakers, stands and awards for food retailers to explore. [read more…]
Scotch Whisky Association and Scottish Craft Distillers Association launch partnership
The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) and the Scottish Craft Distillers Association (SCDA) have made a commitment to work in partnership to support the continued success of the entire Scotch Whisky industry and its supply chain. [read more…]
Food and Drink industry delivers improved environmental performance, says FDF sustainability director
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) today (Wednesday 8 February) publishes its annual progress report, highlighting the ongoing progress made under the Five-Fold Environmental Ambition (FEA) and taken forward under Ambition 2025, FDF’s new sustainability [read more…]
WSTA calls for the Chancellor to ‘make the cut’ and help save British pubs
The Wine and Spirit Trade Association is urging the Chancellor to give UK pubs a much needed boost by cutting wine and spirits duty by two per cent. It claims that the Government previously focusing [read more…]
Tesco buys Booker for £3.2bn – A logical move?
Following the surprise announcement that Tesco is buying Booker for £3.2bn, Professor Alan Braithwaite, Chairman of supply chain and logistics consultancy, LCP Consulting (that works with many of the top ten retailers in the UK) [read more…]
Noble Foods and Cranswick show global leadership on farm animal welfare
British companies Noble Foods and Cranswick lead the producer sector, not just in the UK but globally, when it comes to managing and reporting their farm animal welfare policies and practices, according to the global [read more…]
17 superfoods for 2017
Offal, insects and red algae are just some of the latest superfoods predicted to take 2017 by storm. Online retailer Musclefood.com has compiled a list of 17 foods that are set to sweep the nation this year, [read more…]