ProLogis purchase consolidates warehouse supply
28-Feb-2007 - ProLogis' purchase of Parkridge's industrial development unit this month is a sign that the consolidation...
Processors must take responsibility to stop slavery
27-Feb-2007 - UK food processors using forced and trafficked labour must take responsibility and do more to...
Continuity planning saves the bacon, says UK law firm
22-Feb-2007 - About one in five UK companies do not have a business continuity plan in place...
UK food product recalls fall by 7 per cent
21-Feb-2007 - Product recalls in the UK food sector fell by seven per cent last year, according...
Weekly Comment
Coming clean in crisis management
19-Feb-2007 - In the area of crisis management, companies seem keen to repeat history by making the...
Hershey plan targets supply chain efficiencies
19-Feb-2007 - Hershey's three-year restructuring plan provides an example of the moves food companies are making to...
Legislators vote in favor of five-step waste hierarchy
14-Feb-2007 - EU legislators yesterday voted in favour of proposals to introduce a controversial five-stage hierarchy of...
EU Parliament to vote on waste hierarchy proposal
12-Feb-2007 - The EU Parliament opens today with a debate on proposals to introduce a controversial five-stagehierarchy...
Extended tests help food labs assess performance
31-Jan-2007 - Lab M has extended its food lab proficiency testing scheme by adding Lactic acid bacteria,...
Lithuania employee costs 10 times lower than Germany
25-Jan-2007 - Employee costs are significantly lower in Lithuania, Estonia and Slovenia, while they are at the...
Scottish research unit launched to help small processors
25-Jan-2007 - Scotland's University of Abertay Dundee yesterday launched a new food research unit aimed athelping small...
Deutsche Bahn in talks to buy Schnellecke, claims newspaper
18-Jan-2007 - Deutsche Bahn is reportedly in talks to acquire logistics firm Schnellecke, according to unnamedsources cited...
Wild labs approved for independent testing
16-Jan-2007 - Labs owned by German flavours firm Wild have been certified to perform independent testing, offering...
Benchmarking essential to improving supply chain, report states
12-Jan-2007 - Companies that benchmark the performance of their supply chains against other peers in theindustr performance...
Fonterra appoints European dairy distributor
09-Jan-2007 - Univar food ingredient brand Fiske has been appointed the European distributor for international dairy giant...
UK grants money to train women managers
15-Dec-2006 - Women looking to break through the glass barrier in the UK's food manufacturing sector will...
Sidel customer support goes 24/7
13-Dec-2006 - European plants using Sidel packaging equipment can now get round-the-clock day technical assistance over the...
New vocational qualifications released for processing sector
04-Dec-2006 - New competency-based vocational qualifications have been developed for food and drink workers in the UK.
