All Manufacturing articles – Page 4
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Cérélia admits CMA defeat and sells Jus-Rol to private equity
London-based Rinkelberg Capital acquired the Jus-Rol business from the French bakery giant after numerous appeals by the group to overturn the CMA’s order to unwind the deal fell flat
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Free-from chocolate brand halts production due to soaring cocoa prices
Allergen-free brand Creative Nature has halted production of its Magibles treats and chocolate cake mixes
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Winners of Farm Shop & Deli Product Awards 2025 revealed
The winners have been announced in advance of next month’s Farm Shop & Deli Show
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Tesco, Morrisons, Hilton, Greencore among big hitters to sign up to gender pledge
Industry leaders gathered at the House of Lords yesterday to launch The Food Business Charter
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Hilton Foods moves into Middle East with new joint venture
The partnership is initially for 10 years and combines Hilton’s expertise in meat processing and packaging with Nadec’s local cattle operations
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Samworth Brothers ESG pioneer Michelle Sanders to leave for Compass
Sanders set up the food manufacturer’s Futures division back in 2021
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Avara sees losses grow to almost £50m in wake of major restructuring
The business also saw a near 12% fall in turnover, but stressed its restructure now left it with a ’more efficient and productive supply chain’
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Bakkavor delivers strong results despite strike disruption
Bakkavor has outperformed expectations as the prepared food business grew volumes ahead of the market in the UK
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Arla proposing Settle factory closure after £90m investment in Lockerbie plant
The investment would see Arla’s Lockerbie site become a UHT milk ‘centre of excellence’
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Comment & Opinion
Why farms are the next big frontier for food waste
Greater intervention is needed to tackle the levels of edible food surplus that go to waste on our farms, says Kris Gibbon-Walsh, CEO at FareShare
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UK retailers named and shamed as agri-food sector dubbed worst for migrant worker abuse
Companies including M&S, Waitrose, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo were all involved in labour exploitation incidents, according to the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
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Healeys to introduce Rattler Cyder in cans to offset £700k EPR tax bill
Healeys is staring down the barrel of a £700,000 EPR tax bill
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Food bosses threaten to abandon support for extended producer responsibility scheme
Until now the FDF has supported EPR, despite other bodies such as the BRC and the WSTA calling for it to be delayed
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FDF: two key priorities for National Food Strategy
We want the UK to have the most competitive, innovative and productive food and drink manufacturing sector in Europe, says Karen Betts, CEO of the FDF
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Food retailers set to receive damages from truck manufacturers over price fixing
A collective class action suit against truck manufacturers in the EU will see them pay damages of over £2bn to customers
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Little’s coffee lands four investment offers on Dragons’ Den
MD Will Little settled on backing from Steven Bartlett, who took 5% of the business for his investment
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Cranswick insists ‘megafarm’ plans meet all green requirements
The meat and poultry giant has submitted plans for a major redevelopment of its farming operation in Norfolk
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MicroSalt raises £2.3m in preparation for surging demand for less salt
The low-sodium salt producer completed a multimillion-pound raise to ramp up its inventory to meet anticipated demand from snack manufacturers looking to make healthier products
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Love Sum celebrates Lunar New Year with Dragons’ Den investment offer
Sandy Tang launched Love Sum after she made it to the final three on the 2020 series of Masterchef. She hopes the backing of Peter Jones will help propel the ready-to-cook brand into more mainstream supermarkets
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Shoppers don’t trust unlabelled international food ingredients such as eggs, research reveals
UK egg producers are calling for greater transparency regarding the labelling of imported eggs used as an ingredient