News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
‘When the symptoms of chiselling show up in the packaging part of a business, it is more common than not to see the company in question has made a culture out of chiselling – the act of chasing the lowest price possible - and the impact is far-reaching.
A London food firm has been ordered to pay £5,400 after one of its workers suffered serious finger injuries while cleaning a poorly guarded machine.
Researchers at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tec) in the US are studying bats' wings to develop small flying vehicles.
The Bavarian pretzel, native to the southeast German state, has been granted protected geographical indication (PGI) status in the EU.
Weak sugar prices will be offset by a strong performance of its budget clothing business Primark, according to Associated British Foods’s (ABF’s) pre-close trading statement, covering the first half of its financial year to March 1 2014.
Thanks to labor efficiency, boosted productivity, and greater flexibility, robotics play a larger role in processing and packaging lines than ever.
Adept Technology has landed an award for its SoftPIC food gripper, designed to handle delicate edibles and tricky packaging.
Grupo Bimbo doubled its net profit for 2013 and totted up its highest ever EBIDTA – improvements that defined what its CEO described as a ‘pivotal’ year.