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十月 23, 2008

Tayto Group closes Red Mill Snack Foods: 300 jobs cut

Today the Red Mill Snack Food Company, which is owned by Tayto Group, revealed all 300 jobs at the Wednesbury plant will go and production is moving to a plant in Corby, Northamptonshire. Production will continue until at least February.

十月 20, 2008

McCain Foods applies new technology for biogas production

McCain Foods Ltd., the multinational food processing company based in Florenceville, N.B., tapped into a new energy source this spring, when it began construction of a new biogas digester for its Whittlesey french fry factory in Britain. "There'...

十月 19, 2008

Study ranks Greenvale AP first in sustainable food production

Greenvale AP, the leading supplier of British potatoes, has come top in sustainability of food production, according to the latest results of a two-year research project just published by the Cambridge University Institute for Manufacturing.The Competi...

十月 15, 2008

United Biscuits' Mini cheddars 'Now with more cheese'

Improving on perfection is always a high risk strategy, but brand owner United Biscuits’ (UBUK) reckons Mini Cheddars are now better than ever.An improved recipe has added even more cheesiness to the taste and aroma of the iconic pub snack.The new reci...

十月 13, 2008

UK Potato price fall coincides with higher costs

Potato prices continued their seasonal slide over the past week as harvest progressed and poorer quality processing material was brought straight to the market. The Potato Council’s GB weekly average price was down to £110.24/t last week, some £10/t do...

十月 10, 2008

Monitoring Potato Storage key to rot control

POTATO growers must handle stored crops carefully to avoid the risk of rots developing, the Potato Council’s Sutton Bridge Experimental Unit (SBEU) has warned. As harvest progresses, reports indicate crop quality entering stores is poorer than last sea...

十月 09, 2008

Crisps blamed for choking death

A 35-year-old man choked to death while eating crisps in a van on the A12 in Essex, an inquest has heard.Iain Ward, of Ilford, a map reader for a Chinese food wholesaler, was a passenger in the delivery van when the incident happened at Marks Tey, Esse...

十月 08, 2008

Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc recalls potato croquettes due to potential contamination with pieces blue plastic

Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc has recalled its own brand Frozen Family Favourites Potato Croquettes due to potential contamination with pieces of soft blue plastic. Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc has removed the affected products from sale. Product recal...

十月 08, 2008

Bio Driven offers sustainable solutions for waste cooking oil

Bio Driven, an innovative UK company dedicated to the production of high quality, compliant biodiesel, has launched a series of new facilities and strategies to provide sustainable solutions for the food industry. It has been calculated that 225,000 ...

Tyrrells new Ale and Cheese flavoured potato chips

十月 02, 2008

Tyrrells launches new ale and cheese crisps

Tyrrells' latest adventure into the world of innovative and mouth-watering flavours delivers nothing short of a local match made in heaven. ‘Dorothy Goodbody Ale &Mature Cheddar Cheese' is the latest new winter seasonal potato chip flavour from Tyr...

十月 01, 2008

UK's leading potato supplier Branston proves its green credentials

Branston Ltd, the UK’s largest supplier of potatoes, is now fully ISO 14001 accredited.The company, which has a handling capacity in excess of 400,000 tonnes a year, secured the standard at its South West operation earlier this month, which means all o...

十月 01, 2008

Potato chromosome four to be mapped by SCRI

The Scottish Crop Research Institute (SCRI), near Dundee, hopes to map chromosome four of the root vegetable. The scientists would then know where genes responsible for colour, shape, and disease resistance are positioned. The new research is part of a...

九月 30, 2008

Walkers relaunches Monster Munch Crisps

Following the successful revival of Cadbury's Wispa chocolate bar, which was re-released last year in response to reportedly overwhelming consumer demand, the lurid corn snack has been reborn. And Walker's Crisps, which manufactures Monster Munch, has ...

九月 19, 2008

Potato Council (UK) continues the 'Love Potatoes' campaign through fall

Riding high on the wave of increased awareness generated by the ‘Love Potatoes’ summer marketing campaign, Potato Council is setting its sights on increasing potato-based meals eaten in the home even further this autumn.The new season of activity will ...

九月 16, 2008

Workers leave jobs at Tayto's crisp manufacturing plant in Corby

Up to 20 workers have left their jobs at the Tayto crisp factory in Corby which is under threat of closure.Eastern European workers have taken the decision to return home because of the uncertainty of jobs at the Tayto plant.The Irish crisp company ann...

九月 16, 2008

Adwatch reviews: Walkers 'Do us a Flavour'

Logan Wilmont, executive creative director of Draftfcb, reviews the Walkers TV commercial 'Suggest a flavour', which had the highest recall with the public in the weekly Adwatch ranking for 17 September.Straight in at number one, this is the stuff ever...

九月 12, 2008

Farm Frites launches curry flavoured french fries in the UK

Curry and chips is a staple of many pub menus, while chips with curry sauce is a takeaway favourite. It takes a special kind of genius to combine the two, which is why pub customers are likely to be all fired up by the latest launch from Farm Frites.Cu...

九月 11, 2008

FSA publishes Process contaminants Survey in Retail products 2007

The British Food Standard Agency published a Food Surveillance Information Sheet on process contaminants in retail products in 2007This Food Surveillance Information Sheet (FSIS) contains the results from the first year of a three-year rolling program...