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NewsLittle Moons CEO hails turnaround amid bounce back to profitability
Fresh accounts for the frozen mochi maker showed it jumped to a £940k operating profit last year
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NewsNorthern Pasta Co on track for £1m turnover after Dragons’ Den success
Founders Imogen Royall and Matt Kenyon persuaded Peter Jones and Deborah Meaden to make a joint offer of £50k in return for a 10% slice of the brand
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Analysis & FeaturesNice Buns: the award-winning cake business with no big plans to expand
Kat O’Reilly was crowned Baker of the Year in the 2026 Farm Shop & Deli Retailer Awards
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NewsMcBride warns of ongoing cost uncertainty after ‘pleasing’ annual results
CEO Chris Smith called the results ‘pleasing’ and said it demonstrated that McBride was a ‘fundamentally more agile and capable business’ than in the past
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NewsFood firms commit to healthy sales reporting ahead of Grocer summit
Carlsberg Britvic, Danone North Europe, KP Snacks and Nomad Foods said they were making the move in the hope the government would finally push ahead with delayed plans to bring in mandatory reporting
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NewsChristmas reprieve as FDF slashes food inflation estimates
Shoppers have been handed a Christmas reprieve in the ongoing cost of living crisis, as food inflation will now fall six points short of previous estimates by December
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Alice Pearson, operations director, Cotswolds Distillery
‘It was intimidating to learn under that kind of pressure, but I knew that whisky was my core passion’
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NewsFSA admits one-size-fits-all food safety shake-up won’t work
Talks with supermarket bosses lead to rethink as FSA agrees not to pursue a one-size-fits-all approach across the industry
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Comment & OpinionGrocery’s biggest losses are hiding in plain sight
One retailer blamed its stores for stock losses, until independent checks found 64% of the problem was happening upstream all along, says Faisal Ashfaq, director of supply chain integrity at RAS
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NewsSauce Shed ceases trading ahead of winding-up hearing
It leaves claimants potentially unable to recover funds they claim to be owed by Sauce Shed for failing to deliver on its contracts
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News2 Sisters’ Boparan warns UK food security at threat without action
In a statement released this week, the food industry boss called for coordinated action from government and industry to make the country more self sufficient in the face of global supply chain challenges
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NewsPilgrim’s workers begin strike over pay in Enniskillen
Unite, which represents approximately 130 workers employed by Pilgrim’s Europe at the facility, has announced the strike will begin at 6.30am on Wednesday 2 September
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NewsScottish government unveils details of controversial supermarket price cap plans
More than 20 originations wrote to the SNP leader yesterday urging him to abandon his price cap plans, which they said would fail to address the root causes of the cost of living crisis
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NewsSpoon Cereals signs licensing deal with Myprotein for protein granolas
The initial products comprise three granolas, in Peanut Butter & Chocolate, Apple & Cinnamon, and Coconut & Cashew
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NewsMcBride inks £170m co-manufacturing contract with Vestacy
Under the agreement, McBride has acquired two dedicated factories from Reckitt carve-out Vestacy in Spain and Portugal for a “nominal” consideration through a share purchase agreement
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NewsApplied Nutrition upgrades profit guidance as revenues soar
Applied Nutrition had previously upgraded its sales guidance to £148m at the start of June
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NewsHotel Chocolat slips to loss after soaring cocoa and employment costs
Global CEO Angus Thirlwell acknowledged that margins had been ‘materially affected’ as the business absorbed the cost of volatile cocoa and other raw material prices
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Partner FeaturesFive reasons your warehouse is leaking cash
One retailer went from 92% to 99.9% inventory accuracy. Here’s the gap costing your warehouse — and how to close it.
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NewsKosher bakery State Fayre to return after phoenix sale
The bakery was sold out of insolvency to a former director, preserving 25 jobs
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Comment & OpinionFood needs to fuel people, not just fill them
Only 4% of people meet the recommended fibre intake, but small changes to everyday flour products beats asking shoppers to switch to specialist ranges, says Simon Curran, head of technical bakery and innovation at Whitworth Bros