New Products – Agrial claims French milk first; Hormel launches Skippy PB & Jelly Minis; Nestle takes Maggi into UK noodle pots

This week, the more eye-catching new products announced to market include Unilever rolling out a vegan version of its Hellmann's…

150 jobs saved as Waitrose cake supplier sold out of administration

UK cake maker More Food, which supplies retailers including Waitrose and Budgens, has been acquired out of administration for an…

By Andy Coyne

Fipronil – UK grocers pull food lines, Dutch make arrests

The fipronil-in-eggs contamination scare that has rocked Europe's egg sector saw two major developments today (10 August), with UK supermarkets…

By Dean Best

UK’s Waitrose halts JBS corned beef sales over ‘slave labour’ claims

Packs of sliced corned beef "sourced" from Brazil-based JBS have been removed from the shelves of UK retailer Waitrose, after…

French food group Agromousquetaires eyes UK private-label market

France-based food group Agromousquetaires is preparing for a move into the UK private-label market in a bid to increase sales and expand…

UK’s FSA responds amid warning on antibiotics overuse in food chain

The UK's Food Standards Agency is preparing to release the results of its tests on meat and other produce for…

Lidl next to make cage-free egg pledge in UK 

German discounter Lidl has become the latest supermarket to say it will transition its egg supply to cage-free eggs. 

Iceland and Morrisons to end sale of eggs from caged hens

UK retailers Iceland Foods and Morrisons have both announced plans to end the sale of eggs from caged hens in their stores…