Pilgrim's Pride
A meat-free manifesto – debating the future of plant-based food in the UK
Against a backdrop of falling sales and business failures, UK plant-based food manufacturers have expressed their confidence in the future…
Signal: Automation given less prominence in meat sector filings – data
Meat companies remain interested in automation but are placing less emphasis on the topic in their public filings, data suggests.…
Eyeing alternatives – meat companies with stakes in meat-free and cell-based meat
The rise of plant-based products and the arrival of cell-cultured – or 'clean' – options as meat alternatives are trends…
Pilgrim’s plans to close third UK pork site to battle tough market conditions
Pilgrim’s UK, a pork producer controlled by the Brazilian meat giant JBS, is planning to close its Ashton-under-Lyne site in…
Pilgrim’s Food Masters accused of ‘fire and rehire’ tactics at UK facility
Pilgrim’s Food Masters, part of US meat major Pilgrim’s Pride, has been accused of using so-called fire and rehire tactics…
Pilgrim’s Pride invests in packing line at UK site
Pilgrim’s Pride has invested in a high-speed packing line and a storage racking system at its facility in Bodmin in…
The top ten most-read features on Just Food in 2022
Spectre raised of plant-based meat fragility as Very Good Food goes on the marketIn September, Simon Harvey used The Very…
Pilgrim’s Food Masters to close UK Noon factory, 220 jobs at risk
Pork manufacturer Pilgrim’s Food Masters has announced it plans to close one of its UK sites, putting 220 jobs at…
More bad news for UK meat workers as Moy Park plans facility closure
Moy Park is to shut a UK poultry plant with the loss of hundreds of jobs, fresh on the heels…
Pilgrim’s Pride to shut two UK plants in “business recovery” move
The UK arm of US meatpacking heavyweight Pilgrim’s Pride is to close two plants, putting 675 jobs at risk. Pilgrim’s…