A series of industry trials exploring the benefits of reusable packaging could signal a step-change in the retail environment as we know it, according to UK-based WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme). Working...

Associated British Foods, the owner of George Weston Foods, has reported revenue growth of 19 per cent in the third quarter as the weak sterling and price increases make a positive impact. “The food...

British shoppers are starting to return to premium and ethical food ranges, the latest sales data from Tesco has revealed.The UK’s largest supermarket operator reported its Finest, Organics and Fairtrade...

The Bounty confection is just another chocolate bar, according to European judges who dismissed a bid by Mars to register the shape of the bar as a trademark.”The allegedly distinctive characteristics,...

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has discovered that consumer intake of pesticides through food consumption has fallen from 2006 levels. Their latest report showed that the majority of the samples...

While the “turmoil” witnessed by the dairy market has left “little room” for major consolidation initiatives over the past 12-months, the coming year is expected to see an uplift...

A new report has shone the light on the food trends driving industry growth in the coming decade, with “better-for-you” and convenience trends set to gather pace. In its new report, A Look...

The combined pressures of the economic downturn and volatile energy and packaging materials prices have intensified competition and created fundamental change in food and beverage markets over the last...

The economic downturn has not created a ‘health crunch’ when it comes to new product innovation, according to research conducted for UK manufacturing representative the Food and Drink Federation...

Campbell Soup Company announced overnight that its President and Chief Executive Officer, Douglas Conant, was injured in an automobile accident in New Jersey last Thursday. Mr Conant, the head of the world’s...