Soft drinks firm Britvic is to close two factories and a warehouse, placing up to 400 jobs in jeopardy, in a bid to slash costs by £30M by 2016.
The firm announced the decision as part of its interim financial results for the 28 weeks to April 14. Britvic’s chief executive Simon Litherland said: “We regret the potential loss of jobs caused by the change and are committed to supporting affected employees.”
He added: “The initiatives proposed along with the simplified organisational structur...
Retailers have been accused of double standards for demanding high levels of food safety from suppliers, while playing down the amount of products contaminated with foreign objects they sell, claimed product inspection firm Mettler Toledo
Neil Giles, marketing communications manager at Mettler Toledo, told FoodManufacture.co.uk that retailer pressure on suppliers to conform to food safety standards was pushing businesses to improve standards. But the supermarkets downplayed the amount of cont...
In a letter to the editor, general practitioner and obesity researcher Dr Ian Lake suggests that tax incentives are likely to be more successful than punitive taxes in changing behaviour. Three-quarters of food sold in the UK is through just five supermarkets and many consumers use loyalty cards that can be used to track food purchases, meaning that changes in shopper behaviour could be easily followed. Lake suggests that governments could draw up a list of healthy foods and reward supermarkets...
Marks & Spencer has officially opened its new 900,000 sq ft distribution centre in Castle Donington, which will be used both as an e-commerce distribution centre and a national distribution centre.
The first customer orders started moving through the new facility last week. When fully operational it will process up to a million items a day.
The site is fully automated and, at 900,000 sq ft and 25 metres high, it is one the biggest centres of its kind in the UK.
Castle Donington is the ...
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