All Manufacturing articles
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NewsArbex tissue and hygiene joint venture begins operations
Arbex will manufacture, market and distribute tissue and hygiene products across more than 70 markets on five continents
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Analysis & FeaturesInside Port Sunlight: Unilever’s new £150m hub
Powered entirely by renewable energy, Unilever’s new personal and household care site on the Wirral uses the latest robotic tech on a massive scale to ‘futureproof’ the business
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NewsHaribo grows profits as market share remains steady
The company took 22.6% of sugar confectionery sales in 2025, steady from 2024, with four of the 10 UK’s top-selling sweets Haribo or Maoam products
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NewsDaabon expands deforestation-compliant palm oil supply with Agropalma acquisition
The move makes the Colombian group the largest palm oil supplier in the Americas and ensures enhanced availability of fully traceable and certified palm oil that is compliant with EU deforestation regulation
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NewsSuntory Beverage & Food GB&I invests £14.5m in Ribena production
The new site will result in the creation of 12 new full-time jobs and an additional 30 seasonal roles
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NewsGousto consults on closure of Lincolnshire facility, putting 290 roles at risk
Gousto said that operating two sites was ‘increasingly duplicative and less efficient’
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NewsWarburtons enters 150th year with 33% leap in profits
Warburtons has entered its 150th year of business with a 33% jump in pre-tax profits to £42m
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NewsGrape Tree hands staff £100k bonus after 10% sales rise
The payment is the first handed out by founder Nick Shutts after he sold the business to an Employee Ownership Trust in December 2025
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NewsMyota raises $4.5m to supply clinically backed fibre blends to F&B industry
The Series A round, led by VC firm PeakBridge, will be used to fund a dedicated B2B sales operation in the US and Europe, support the rapidly scaling DTC business and extend the company’s clinical research
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InterviewsNicholas Rodda’s big bet on the cottage cheese craze
Nicholas Rodda’s dairy brand is synonymous with clotted cream. Now it’s looking to reverse engineer into the on-trend cottage cheese market
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NewsWales planning supermarket round table talks to boost local producers
Plaid Cymru MS Llyr Gruffydd said he wanted to collaborate with supermarkets to boost the visibility of Welsh food
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Comment & OpinionInflexibility is costing food manufacturers their next generation of leaders
Food manufacturers are losing their best female leaders because they won’t make senior roles flexible, argues Laura Ryan, founder and global chair at Meat Business Women
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NewsKit Kat to be made with regenerative wheat in Wildfarmed tie-up
The wafer inside Kit Kat bars will now be made using Wildfarmed’s regeneratively farmed wheat
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WhitepapersWhere food and beverage margins really leak: and how to plug them
Margin erosion rarely comes from one big expense. It builds quietly across formulation, packaging, compliance and sourcing. This guide maps where the cost leaks hide – and shows how AI-powered product lifestyle management (PLM) turns them into more profitable products.
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Promotional FeaturesHow food SMEs can innovate to beat rising costs and trade friction
Rising costs, new levies, geopolitical shocks and shifting supply chains are forcing ambitious food and drink SMEs to rethink how they protect margin, fund growth and build resilience.
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Comment & OpinionUltra-processed food: history and controversy
Foods classed as UPFs are a long-standing part of modern life, making up around 60% of many people’s diets sayys Professor Sarah Berry, professor of nutritional sciences at King’s College London
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Comment & OpinionThe NPM reforms are solving a problem the evidence doesn't support
The food industry spent billions reformulating products at the government’s request and now faces having to do so again, says Ian Wright, partner at Acuti Associates
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NewsNourished owner Rem3dy Health secures £14m for expansion
The round values the health tech company, which is the parent of personalised nutrition brand Nourished, at £84m
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NewsFever-Tree confident after ‘solid’ start to 2026
The premium tonic and mixer maker said in a trading update ahead of its AGM it remained confident of achieving full-year market expectations
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Comment & OpinionInclusion doesn’t happen in boardrooms – it happens on the factory floor
Nearly six in 10 food manufacturing employees want leaders to tackle exclusionary behaviour – but most aren’t listening, says Laura Ryan, founder and global chair at Meat Business Women