Demand for luxury products, thriftiness and the link between gut health and mental health have been identified as top 2021 consumer food trends by market research group The Food People.
More checks for products entering the EU, relaxation on goods coming into the UK and a decline in exports to the continent has caused concern among the food and drink industry.
Egg processor Bird Bros has taken the next step into fully automating its production line, with the installation of a new case erector from Endoline Automation.
Food and drink manufacturers are constantly having to boost production to meet an ever-growing demand for their products, prompting a need for developers of packaging machinery to keep up.
Potato processor Branston has appointed Richard Fell to the newly created role of managing director of its prepared team to support a £12m investment into expanding its capabilities.
Prepared salads supplier Natures Way Foods has invested significantly in packaging machinery to keep pace with soaring demand from its retail customers.
Lockdown trends of indulgent eating will continue into 2021, although ironically wellness will become a parallel top trend among consumers, according to Kerry Taste & Nutrition.
The number of workers permitted to travel to the UK to pick and package fruit and vegetables will be increased for next year's harvest, the government has announced.
The UK increased its consumption of fresh fruit and vegetables by 33% and 31% respectively during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report by EIT Food.
The volatility in supply and demand that characterised 2020 shows no signs of abating, driven by the continued uncertainty of COVID-19 and our messy divorce from the EU.
The EU’s recognition of the UK’s organic control bodies has brought welcome relief for producers, but experts have warned uncertainties remain for the future of trade with the single market post 2021.
Bakkavor has confirmed a second worker from its Tilmanstone Salads factory in Kent has died from COVID-19, but has stressed there is no evidence they contracted the virus in the workplace.
Vegetable, salad and mayonnaise producer Troy Foods has completed a fourth factory in Yorkshire, creating more than 20 jobs and supported by £500,000 via the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF).
Fresh produce supplier G's Group, whose global customers include UK retailers Tesco and Co-op and manufacturers such as Bakkavor, has overcome the disruption of COVID-19 to report annual sales and profit growth.
Clarity on how fruit, vegetable and flower suppliers will be able to recruit seasonal workers for picking next year has been called for urgently by the National Farmers Union (NFU).
Investment and reorganisation for future growth demolished pre-tax profit in the year to 24 April at fresh produce supplier Fresca Group, which owns Thanet Earth, The Fresh Produce Centre and DGM Growers.
A total of 52 companies with permits to discharge effluent from food into rivers and streams are being investigated by the Environment Agency (EA) for possibly polluting watercourses.
A new database linking nutrition with purchasing behaviour is being launched in the UK to better understand the decisions consumers make when buying fresh produce.
Brendon Bale, founder of British vegan rugby club Green Gazelles, tells Food Manufacture how he pursued his other great passion while his sport was suspended during lockdown and muses on plant-based food trends.
Launches of plant-based ready meals are on the rise, but more needs to be done to promote affordable healthy options for UK consumers, according to a new report.
HelloFresh, the meal kit business, has secured a factory at Bermuda Industrial Park, Nuneaton, as part of a plan to help meet soaring demand that is set to create 1,400 jobs.
Banana supplier Winfresh UK Ltd – located at Little Canfield near Stansted Airport in Essex – and owned by Winfresh Ltd, has entered administration, placing 70 jobs at risk.
Hundreds of employees at a tomato packing site in Worcestershire supplying retailers including Sainsbury’s, Morrisons and the Co-op are being tested for COVID-19, after 14 members of staff tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
Argent Foods furloughed more than 500 workers in businesses hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic alongside other tough measures, it announced in its financial report for the 12 months to 31 December 2019.
Sales in specialist food and drink stores, including off-licences and greengrocers, increased by 37.7% in April as shoppers focused on supporting local businesses, new statistics from Barclaycard have revealed.
Members of the Bakers’, Food and Allied Workers’ Union (BFAWU) at Greencore’s Northampton factory have raised concerns after a member of staff working at the site tested positive for COVID-19.
Sales of canned meats, flour and canned beans have more than doubled since significant consumer stockpiling began in response to the outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
The UK will be at risk of higher food prices, reduced supply of short shelf-life goods and a lack of choice as a result of border friction with the EU, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC).
The future of farming in the UK post-Brexit, the growing trend of plant-based foods and trade negotiations outside the EU were standout discussions at this year’s Business Leaders’ Forum, according to chair Geoff Eaton.
Over 400,000 people turned vegan in January – up from 250,000 in 2019 – according to organisers of the annual Veganuary initiative, which encourages people to give up meat consumption for the month.
