Food Manufacture

Food Manufacture provides a diverse range of content for its audience through various channels, including events, its website, and social media platforms. FoodManufacture.co.uk is the leading online resource for professionals in the UK food and drink manufacturing sector, boasting the largest audience in this niche. The website is refreshed daily with the most recent news, in-depth analyses, and research findings. Each piece of content encourages engagement within the industry, featuring comment sections on news articles, as well as videos, podcasts, and relevant webinars.

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Avara Foods implements new poultry welfare strategy

1 week ago | foodmanufacture.co.uk | Gwen Ridler |William Dodds

Now, every broiler farm supplying Avara will operate at a density of 30kg per square metre, down from the previous Red Tractor standard of 38 kg per square metre. Commenting on the change, incoming Avara CEO Chris Hall said: “Switching our programme to a lower stocking density is another step forward in quality and higher welfare with our customers, supplied here in the UK to standards shoppers can trust.
Farmland values rise during Q1

1 week ago | foodmanufacture.co.uk | William Dodds

The firm’s latest Farmland Market Update report has revealed that average arable land values climbed by 0.9% when compared with Q4 of 2024, reaching £9,811 per acre. This represents a 1.5% increase by comparison with Q1 of 2024. Meanwhile, pasture land values rose to £7,959 per acre, up 0.8% from Q4 of 2024. When compared with Q1 of 2024, pastoral land prices have risen by 1.9%.
Iceland creates 750 jobs with £100m distribution centre opening

1 week ago | foodmanufacture.co.uk | William Dodds

Located at Omega Park, the £100 million facility was developed in partnership with logistics firm GXO Logistics and will employ more than 750 people. The new site is Iceland’s largest warehouse to date and will serve as a hub for distributing products to more than 350 Iceland stores, with the potential to expand its reach to 500 locations in the future. The distribution centre includes ambient, chill and frozen storage areas, while its partly powered by solar panels.
McVitie’s owner names interim VP for quality and food safety

1 week ago | foodmanufacture.co.uk | William Dodds |Gwen Ridler

Jones joined the global snacking firm earlier this month and will be responsible for quality and food safety across the entire business. With several years of experience in the food and drink sector, Jones served as technical director at Innocent Drinks between September 2022 and January 2024. Prior to that, he worked as interim director for quality, safety and environment at Britvic (now Carlsberg Britvic).
Iceland faces protest over caged hen egg sales

1 week ago | foodmanufacture.co.uk | William Dodds |Gwen Ridler

The protest was organised by animal protection charity The Humane League UK, which recently published a league table of UK supermarkets that ranked the retailers according to progress made towards eliminating the sale of caged hen eggs. All 10 supermarkets named in the rankings have committed to sourcing only cage-free eggs by the end of 2025, with Iceland ranking last.
Genius Foods collabs with Candy Kittens on Rocky Roads launch

1 week ago | foodmanufacture.co.uk | Gwen Ridler |William Dodds

Available from 28 April, the dark chocolate rocky road treats are filled with mini versions of Candy Kittens’ Wild Strawberry sweets and pieces of crunchy gluten-free biscuit, Rocky Roads will be available in the Free-From section at Morrisons and Ocado from the end of this month, rolling out to Tesco and Waitrose from June.
Race is on to save The Crusty Cob from permanent closure

1 week ago | foodmanufacture.co.uk | Gwen Ridler |William Dodds

The family-owned bakery business announced the closure of its nine sites at the beginning of March through a social media post by owners Neil, Howard and Truddy Tubbs. They pointed to several factors that played into their decision, not least the current state of bakery manufacturing, inflation and a lack of consumer demand due to the cost-of-living-crisis.
Sainsbury’s profits top £1 billion

1 week ago | foodmanufacture.co.uk | William Dodds |Gwen Ridler

Retail operating profit for the year was £1.036 billion, up 7.2% from £966 million the year prior, while group revenue increased by 1.8% year-on-year to reach £32.8 billion. This translated to underlying pre-tax profits of £761 million and basic earnings per share of 10.4p. In its outlook for 2025/26, the retailer said it expects to deliver underlying operating profit of around £1 billion, alongside continue grocery volume growth ahead of the market.
Food and drink trends at UK Food and Drinks Shows 2025

1 week ago | foodmanufacture.co.uk | Bethan Grylls |Gwen Ridler |William Dodds

Wildly Tasty: Flexible food for familiesWildly Tasty creates plant-based for families and kids, available in two portions sizes to either serve one adult or two children, or one adult and two children. The range is designed to be nutritious and convenient, with six frozen meals currently available. The brand was designed and is run by “busy mums”, Hattie Yousefian, head of marketing for Wildy Tasty told Food Manufacture, and to encourage a love of vegetables and pulses at a young age.
Turket business invests £500k in expansion and NPD

1 week ago | foodmanufacture.co.uk | Gwen Ridler |William Dodds

The investment covers all aspects of the company, from its Danbury hatchery to the Claydons processing plant where new management systems and refrigeration and processing equipment have been installed. Kelly Turkeys has also added new vehicles to its transport fleet, increased accommodation provided for seasonal workers at Danbury and six new posts added to the regular work force. Commenting on the investment, managing director Paul Kelly said: “We are investing in our future.