6 May 2025

The Black Farmer partners with M&S on co-branded jerk paste NPD

The Black Farmer has partnered with M&S to launch an “authentic” co-branded jerk paste. The brand’s founder Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones said the recipe for the sauce – whose […]
6 May 2025

Britvic to move all on-the-go drinks bottles to 100% recycled plastic

Britvic is to move all of its on-the-go drinks bottles to 100% recycled plastic by the end of 2022. The soft drinks giant will have moved […]
6 May 2025

White Claw owner eyes potential launch into traditional spirits and RTDs

White Claw owner Mark Anthony Brands looks poised to expand its presence in the UK with a move into more traditional spirits and RTDs. The business, […]
6 May 2025

Almost 100,000 pigs backlogged on farms as CO2 shortages compound impact of labour crisis

Pig producers fear they will have to start culling healthy animals on farms within weeks due to the impact of the growing CO2 crisis on already […]
6 May 2025

City snapshot: Retail sales continue to slide in August

Top story Retail sales were down once more in August as the return of the hospitality industry hit food sales. Retail sales volumes fell 0.9% in […]
6 May 2025

Sports stars Adam Peaty and Nicola Adams sign up to Alpro’s Team PB

Alpro has unveiled Team PB, a lineup of UK sports stars starring in the brand’s latest campaign. ‘Plant-Based for Protein-Lovers’ features swimmer Adam Peaty and boxer […]
6 May 2025

Media Bites 17 Sep: John Lewis, Philip Morris, The Co-op

The owner of John Lewis and Waitrose slashed losses to £29m in the first half of its financial year after it cut costs and benefited from […]
6 May 2025

Morrisons to expand wholesale with supply to pubs and restaurants

Morrisons has begun supplying restaurants and pubs for the first time as it expands its wholesale division. The grocer has partnered with new online platform StarStock […]
6 May 2025

Food sector on brink of another CO2 gas crisis amid soaring energy prices

The food sector is facing a fresh shortage of CO2 gas that could “dwarf” the crisis that led to widespread food and drink shortages in 2018, […]
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