16-Nov-2020 By Rod Addy COVID-19 is in retreat at Nestlé’s Fawdon factory, but staff have tested positive for the virus at the company’s coffee processing plant at Tutbury in Staffordshire. HTTPS://WWW.FOODMANUFACTURE.CO.UK/ARTICLE/2020/11/16/COVID-19-IN-DECLINE-AT-NESTLE-FAWDON-BUT-TUTBURY-HAS-CASES
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28-Oct-2020 By Rod Addy 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). HTTPS://WWW.FOODMANUFACTURE.CO.UK/ARTICLE/2020/10/28/URGENT-CALL-TO-BOOST-AVAILABILITY-OF-FRUIT-AND-VEGETABLE-PICKERS
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28-Oct-2020 By Rod Addy Cranswick Foods’ Watton pork processing plant will continue production according to one analyst, after almost half of its staff tested positive for COVID-19, while Nestlé’s Fawdon factory has confirmed 40 cases there. HTTPS://WWW.FOODMANUFACTURE.CO.UK/ARTICLE/2020/10/28/COVID-19-UPDATE-NESTLE-CRANSWICK-LATEST
Click here to view28-Sep-2020 By Rod Addy Essex-based beverage processor Gerald McDonald has secured a £500,000 deal to sell its organic fruit juices to Japanese businesses through to April 2021. HTTPS://WWW.FOODMANUFACTURE.CO.UK/ARTICLE/2020/09/28/BEVERAGE-PROCESSOR-GERALD-MCDONALD-SECURES-500-000-JAPAN-EXPORT-DEAL
Click here to viewMeatless Farm raises £24m for global expansion
28-Sep-2020 By Rod Addy Plant-based manufacturer Meatless Farm, has raised $31m (£24m) to support plans to grow in the UK, Europe, US and Asia. HTTPS://WWW.FOODMANUFACTURE.CO.UK/ARTICLE/2020/09/28/PLANT-BASED-PROCESSOR-MEATLESS-FARM-RAISES-24M-FOR-GLOBAL-EXPANSION
Click here to view29-Sep-2020 By James Ridler Tesco has pledged to increase sales of plant-based meat alternatives by 300% in a bid to halve the environmental impact of food production. HTTPS://WWW.FOODMANUFACTURE.CO.UK/ARTICLE/2020/09/29/TESCO-AIMS-TO-TRIPLE-SALES-OF-PLANT-BASED-MEAT-ALTERNATIVES
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28-Sep-2020 By James Ridler 2 Sisters Food Group has revealed plans to create 180 new jobs at its prepared meals factory in Rogerstone, south Wales. HTTPS://WWW.FOODMANUFACTURE.CO.UK/ARTICLE/2020/09/28/2-SISTERS-CREATES-180-JOBS-IN-WALES
Click here to view22-Sep-2020 By Michelle Perrett Leading food manufacturers including Nestlé, Danone, PepsiCo and Mars have pledged their support to a new initiative to fight deforestation called Forest Positive Coalition of Action. HTTPS://WWW.FOODMANUFACTURE.CO.UK/ARTICLE/2020/09/22/FOOD-MANUFACTURERS-TO-FIGHT-DEFORESTATION
Click here to view16-Sep-2020 By Michelle Perrett Aunt Bessie’s factory in Hull is the latest site to be hit by coronavirus. The company has confirmed a “small number” of coronavirus cases at the site of the Nomad Foods-owned brand. HTTPS://WWW.FOODMANUFACTURE.CO.UK/ARTICLE/2020/09/16/CORONAVIRUS-HITS-AUNT-BESSIE-S-FACTORY-CHAUCER-FOODS-CLOSES-AS-PRECAUTION
Click here to view16-Sep-2020 By Michelle Perrett A campaign group is calling for honest labelling on fruit snacks for children, arguing they are displaying misleading claims such as ‘1 of your 5 a day’, ‘Naturally occurring sugars’ or ‘Made from real fruit’. HTTPS://WWW.FOODMANUFACTURE.CO.UK/ARTICLE/2020/09/16/FOOD-MANUFACTURERS-URGED-TO-MAKE-FOOD-LABELLING-HONEST
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