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Pilgrim’s Pride secures new five-year fresh pork deal with Aldi
Pilgrim’s Pride Ltd will supply fresh pork products from its Kings Lynn site to Aldi UK.
Chemometric Brain and 1-2-Taste announce partnership to make digitised food quality control more accessible
Chemometric Brain will be introducing its services to ingredients and food producers, allowing 1-2-Taste’s customers to assure any food ingredients and products are fulfilling the required specifications.
Coca-Cola shares uplifting messages from across the UK on Piccadilly Lights
To celebrate Coca-Cola’s 100-year association with Christmas, the brand is handing over its space on the iconic Piccadilly Lights to offer people the chance to share personal and uplifting messages with loved ones.
Plant-based innovation takes centre stage at Fi Europe Connect’s 2020 Innovation Awards
The winners of this year’s Fi Europe Innovation Awards and Startup Innovation Challenge have been revealed at Fi Europe CONNECT 2020.
Business news, Food safety, Ingredients, Processing, Sustainability
Scentium opens production facility in Tunisia
Scentium, the flavour division of the Iberchem Group, has announced the launch of a new production centre in Tunis, Tunisia.
UK food businesses serve 162 million extra veg portions as a result of Peas Please initiative
Peas Please is a multi-stakeholder project that works with businesses, civil society and policy makers across the UK to make it easier for people to access vegetables.
MAKEit announces new sustainable partner programme
MAKEit, the EIT Food project, has launched a new partner programme to accelerate research and development (R&D) innovation across food supply chains.
PepsiCo commits to 100% recycled plastic bottles for Pepsi brand in EU markets
PepsiCo is committing to eliminate all virgin plastic from its Pepsi brand beverage bottles sold in nine European Union markets by 2022.
Interpack 2021 cancelled
The uncertainty among companies due to high infection numbers reportedly proved too great, leading Messe Düsseldorf to cancel the event.
Givaudan refreshes consumer trend programme through Covid-19 lens
Givaudan has refreshed its future-forward FlavourVision consumer trend programme to reflect the impact of the worldwide pandemic.
NMITE opens for business and launches search for 50 future engineers
A Pioneer Cohort of 50 learners will join the New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering in March 2021 with their first year fully funded by NMITE’s partners.
Food and drink businesses target 2021 growth through sustainability
According to a new E.ON report, four in five (79%) SMEs in the industry have made improving sustainability credentials a priority for the next 12 months.
Surviving the ‘new normal’: investing in agile technologies is key to a resilient food and beverage industry
Brian Foster, head of Industry Finance at Siemens Financial Services, UK, discusses why food and beverage companies will need to integrate business agility into their operations if they are to cope with continued uncertainty and volatile markets.
Alcohol-free beer brand launches hotline to support unemployed youth
Freestar, has partnered with next-gen marketing consultancy, The People, to launch a free mentoring hotline to help support unemployed young people in the UK.