Image copyright KELLOGG Image caption Pringles are now trying out a new pack design Many top UK grocery brands have non-recyclable packaging, with crisps, chocolate and cheese products among the worst offenders, says Which? The tube containing Pringles crisps, now undergoing a redesign, was singled out as “notoriously hard to recycle” by the consumer organisation. But Cadbury and Babybel were… Read more →
The UK has said it would be “very unusual” for the EU to seek to block post-Brexit food imports amid a growing dispute over the issue. The EU has cast doubt on whether it would grant Britain a “third-country listing” for exports of products of animal origin, citing “uncertainties” over its biosecurity controls. Such exports are worth £5bn to the… Read more →
Image copyright Ocado Image caption Some of Ocado’s vans will now show M&S’s Percy Pig sweets From Tuesday, Marks & Spencer will begin doing something many of its competitors have been doing for years – it is making its full food range available to order online. M&S has bought a 50% share of Ocado’s retail business, which gives the grocer… Read more →
Image copyright Adrienne Murray Image caption The cold water around the Faroe Islands is good for seaweed cultivation Sunshine has given way to wind and rain, as the motorboat chugs through a fjord in the Faroe Islands. “Its a bit windy here,” says Olavur Gregarsen. “We’ll see how far we can get to the harvesting boat.” We soon reach a… Read more →
Image copyright PA Media Image caption The new Morrisons on Amazon service is now available to customers in Leeds Shoppers will be able to order their groceries on Amazon and have them delivered the same day, as part of a new scheme being trialled. Products will be picked from Morrisons stores as part of the trial in Leeds. Morrisons said… Read more →
Image copyright Halen Mon/Getty Images/BBC Image caption Some of Wales’ best known food and drink Wales’ international food and drink showcase, BlasCymru/TasteWales, is being postponed next year due to the coronavirus pandemic. The third event of its kind, following its inauguration in 2017, was due to take place in March 2021. The Welsh Government has moved it to October, and… Read more →
Image copyright Google Image caption The food campus is to be built on the site of one of Derby’s biggest derelict factories Thousands of jobs have been announced for a new sustainable food factory in Derby which leaders have called “a massive boost” for the city. Plans for the high-tech site outline the creation of 4,500 jobs over the next… Read more →
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The government should raise its ambitions on paying farmers to improve the countryside, the report says An independent review of UK food policy is calling for “a gold standard level of scrutiny” to ensure new trade deals do not undermine the environment. Verification schemes should address concerns such as imports of beef reared on… Read more →
Image caption International Trade Secretary Liz Truss said the UK would not be ‘negotiating away’ its food standards International Trade Secretary Liz Truss has denied the UK is preparing to water down its food safety standards in order to reach a trade deal with the US. “We will not be negotiating that away as part of a trade deal,” she… Read more →
Image copyright Geograph/Jaggery Image caption Castell Howell has 10 separate lines such as a pie company and ice cream brand One of Wales’ biggest food companies has warned its 700 staff of possible job cuts due to the drop in hospitality trade during the coronavirus crisis. Castell Howell Foods is considering job losses as the firm said weekly sales were… Read more →