Global insight provider IGD has identified six trends set to influence the global retail landscape in 2023. With inflation driving a significant increase in production costs and retail prices across
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- DFDS acquires McBurney Transport Group for £138 million DFDS, the European ferry and transport services giant, has agreed to acquire 100% of McBurney Transport Group headquartered in Northern Ireland. McBurney is focused on moving cold chain and dry...
- Leading Foodservice Provider Unveils Ambitious Expansion Plans for Northern Ireland Leading foodservice provider Sysco Ireland has revealed plans to double the size of its Northern Ireland operation within five years as part of an ambitious growth strategy. To support this...
- Fyffes Opens New €25 Million Facility A new banana ripening and distribution centre, owned and operated by Irish banana distributors, Fyffes has opened and commenced operations in Balbriggan, North County Dublin. Representing an investment by Fyffes...
- Abbey Logistics Grows Flour Division with Contract from Premier Foods Bulk road tanker specialist Abbey Logistics has been awarded a new contract to transport all bulk flour produced at Premier Food’s mill in Andover to their bakeries throughout the UK....
- Müller Milk & Ingredients aims to maintain 99% service levels with major recruitment drive Müller Milk & Ingredients (MMI) has launched a significant recruitment push in order to maintain its first class customer service levels in 2022. Müller Milk & Ingredients aims to be Britain’s...

DFDS, the European ferry and transport services giant, has agreed to acquire 100% of McBurney Transport Group headquartered in Northern Ireland. McBurney is focused on moving cold chain and dry

A new report, by economists at Teagasc, provides the latest estimates of average incomes for various farm types in 2022 and looks ahead to future prospects by forecasting farm incomes

Lidl Ireland has announced a new contract worth more than €17 million with Honeyvale Foods. The new deal will see a range of premium Irish pork and bacon products supplied

Nearly 50% of food and drink manufacturers have cut or paused investment projects as they face the toughest trading conditions anyone can remember, according to new research by the Food

Leading UK food company, Moy Park, has secured a supply deal with, Getir, which will see eight of its Moy Park branded fresh, coated and ready to eat chicken products

Stock inefficiencies and inventory ‘black holes’ are exacerbating the supply chain crisis for food companies according to new research. Nearly 10% of stock is lost – either through the 7.1% which is damaged or

Mondelēz International, makers and bakers of iconic brands including Cadbury, OREO and Maynards Bassetts, has launched its latest economic and social report – Mondelēz UK: Making the Right Impact – which

92% of Irish whiskey producers have said that supply chain delays have negatively impacted on their recent production output and will likely impact future production output. That’s according to a

Leeds-based CO2Sustain is reminding carbonated drinks manufacturers that its patented additive can cut by 12% the amount of CO2 needed to add fizz during production, helping to mitigate the pressure on CO2 supplies while maintaining the

Alan Brown, site director at the McIntosh Donald factory based at Portlethen, Aberdeen, has been elected as Vice-President of the Scottish Association of Meat Wholesalers (SAMW) where he will work

Musgrave Northern Ireland has announced today that the business has invested £3.2million in the rejuvenation of four SuperValu stores across Northern Ireland. The first of the four company-owned stores launched

Consumers in Singapore can purchase Irish beef and lamb in store for the first time at retailer, Ryan’s Grocery. Seven Irish exporters target export growth in South East Asia at

Leading foodservice provider Sysco Ireland has revealed plans to double the size of its Northern Ireland operation within five years as part of an ambitious growth strategy. To support this

A project to create a food and drink technology centre in the Highlands has secured more than £3.2 million investment from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE); including £1.2 million of

Packaging Innovations and Empack 2022 will introduce two brand-new interactive features, The Big Debate and the Sustainability Trail, when it returns to Birmingham’s NEC on 25 and 26 May. The features

Sustainability, the packaging industry’s most contentious topic, is set to take centre stage at Packaging Innovations and Empack 2022, with the event organiser, Easyfairs, announcing the launch of ‘The Sustainability Trail’.

A new banana ripening and distribution centre, owned and operated by Irish banana distributors, Fyffes has opened and commenced operations in Balbriggan, North County Dublin. Representing an investment by Fyffes

Gordon Polson, Chief Executive of the Federation of Bakers has written to the Rt Hon George Eustice MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, calling for action

Bulk road tanker specialist Abbey Logistics has been awarded a new contract to transport all bulk flour produced at Premier Food’s mill in Andover to their bakeries throughout the UK.

Müller Milk & Ingredients (MMI) has launched a significant recruitment push in order to maintain its first class customer service levels in 2022. Müller Milk & Ingredients aims to be Britain’s

The Teagasc Future Beef Programme – Sustainable Cattle Production has been launched. The aim of the Future Beef Programme is to demonstrate to beef farmers how they can produce a

The global market size for controlled environment agriculture (CEA) is set to reach a market value of $100 billion by

Following a period of unprecedented change and upheaval in the manufacturing and supply chain sector over the past 18 months

The Irish Bakery Association has warned that despite the best efforts of the industry, bread prices will soon be forced upwards

Mars UK has announced a multi-year partnership with logistics leader DHL. The landmark project will see the construction of two

When it comes to cocoa and chocolate, sustainability is taking on increased importance, influencing consumers’ purchase decisions and their perceptions

New research1 from Aldermore bank reveals that nearly half (47%) of SMEs who import goods and services from the EU

MAKEit, the EIT (European Institute for Innovation & Technology) Food project, has launched a new partner programme to accelerate research

A new report on the Irish dairy industry and its position relative to a number of leading EU countries as

Since 2015, Roust has partnered with William Grant & Sons UK to manage the distribution of Russian Standard, Green Mark

OSI Europe’s Operations Director and Head of Sustainability, Claire Donoghue, has been named Board Chair of the European Roundtable for

The UK food and grocery market is set to grow by 10% – or by £19.1 billion to £211 billion

Arla Foods, the UK’s leading dairy co-operative, has announced a new partnership with the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Starch Europe has welcomed the much anticipated publication of the European Commission’s EU Farm to Fork Strategy. Starch Europe and

The European Commission has adopted a comprehensive new Biodiversity Strategy to bring nature back into our lives and a Farm to Fork

The new coronavirus will have an enduring disruptive impact on supply chains as consumers revert to the one large, weekly

Organisers of the largest exhibition for the UK’s logistics and supply chain sectors (IMHX 2021 – NEC, 14th – 16th September

From ending hunger and obesity to protecting our natural resources, the food and agricultural industry has a huge role to

By Dr Felix Flemming, TOMRA Food The scale of the global food waste problem is staggering. According to reports, 1.6 billion

The efficacy of DNA traceability to deliver trust and confidence to the pork industry has been confirmed in a recent

HKScan, the Nordic meat and food group, is building a new model to its value chain, in particular to its

Farmer-owned Danish Crown is setting a new direction towards a more sustainable future from farm to fork. A new brand

Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP), the world’s largest Coca-Cola bottler, is piloting robotic technology at Alton Towers Resort in England to

Growth has triggered UK and Ireland specialist multi temperature supply chain operator and responsible family business, Oakland International, to launch

Star Refrigeration has been commissioned a second time to work with Scottish multinational craft beer company BrewDog as it continues

Having banned unfair trading practices and improved producer co-operation, the European Commission has presented the third element to improve fairness

Samworth Brothers, the family-owned British food group, has launched a new food-to-go business and delivery service – Fresh Food For

Waitrose & Partners has announces plans to treble the size of its successful online grocery operation to a £1 billion

At the beginning of every year there is a flurry of industry forecasts with every brand, restaurant and manufacturer throwing

Each year around 20% of food produced in the EU is lost or wasted, causing unacceptable social, environmental and economic

Nine in ten (90%) UK dairy farmers say they are aware that light damages nutrients and taste in milk with

Müller Milk & Ingredients (MMI), Britain’s largest producer of branded and private label fresh and flavoured milk, cream, butter and

Milk & More, which is part of Müller UK & Ireland, is set to become the largest operator of electric