New salsa aims to fire up fresh dips
All-natural dips brand, Holy Moly, is looking to spice up its range with a new Smoky Red Pepper & Tomato Salsa, which arrives in Sainsbury’s stores this month. The launch follows the success of the [read more…]
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New analysis: mass robot potential for UK food & beverage SMEs in next three years
A huge range of robot technologies that were considered experimental a few years ago, are now commercially viable for small and medium sized enterprises (SME’s) in the food and beverage sector according to a recent [read more…]
North Wales butcher clinches 500-store sausage deal with the Co-op
North Wales butcher, Edwards of Conwy, has just clinched a deal that will put its award-winning sausages on the shelves of over 500 Co-op stores across England and Wales. Its popular six-pack sausages will be [read more…]
Food and drink for future generations
We’ve just seen the return of BlasCymru/TasteWales, Wales’ largest international food and drink event, held under strict Covid-19 guidelines. BlasCymru/TasteWales, staged for the third time by Food and Drink Wales, the Welsh Government’s food division, [read more…]
Sustainable food provider set for carbon neutrality on journey towards net-zero
A carbon conscious food provider has hit a significant milestone on its journey to producing the UK’s first net zero carbon ready meal, as it’s set for carbon neutrality – with offsetting trees about to [read more…]
Weetabix ‘fire and rehire’ protests held at supermarkets nationwide
Protests against Weetabix’s plans to launch ‘fire and rehire’ attacks on its factory engineers will be held at supermarkets across the UK from today (Monday 25th October). The UK’s leading union, Unite, whose members at [read more…]
Brakes’ Meals & More charity supports 750,000 meals in 2021
Meals & More, the charity set up by Brakes, the major foodservice wholesaler, to tackle holiday hunger, has seen an explosion in demand as families across the UK have been impacted by the effects of [read more…]
Baileys Christmas range expanded with launch of Chocolate Bombe
Leading Irish chocolatier Lir Chocolates is expanding its Baileys range with the launch of a Chocolate Bombe as part of its Christmas portfolio for 2021. This follows on from the success of its staple chocolate [read more…]
Supermarkets and food businesses must take urgent action on plant-based foods, urges The Food Foundation
A new report from The Food Foundation has highlighted the urgency with which food businesses need to start transparently reporting on health and sustainability metrics. Tracking progress made by the sector in the past 12 [read more…]
MPs call on Government to tackle food waste
A group of over 50 MPs have written to the Prime Minister, urging the Government to take urgent action on food waste. 2m tonnes of fresh, unsold food is wasted in the UK every [read more…]