NEWS New adjudicator role
Christine Tacon has been appointed to the newly created role as the independent Groceries Code Adjudicator. In this role she will be responsible for enforcing the Groceries Supply Code of Practice, which regulates interactions between the ten largest supermarkets with an annual turnover of £1bn and their direct suppliers. The Adjudicator will also have the power to launch investigations into suspected breaches of the Code, including those arising from confidential complaints from any source. If she finds evidence of a breach, the Adjudicator will be able to make recommendations against a supermarket, require them to publish details of their breach, or, in the most extreme cases, to impose
fines. The Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill, which will formally create the office of the Adjudicator, is currently before Parliament. Christine Tacon will act as Adjudicator Designate until the office of the Adjudicator is stablished by law, when she will formally take up the four year appointment.
Breakfasting
on-the-go According to a new report almost one in seven breakfasts are now eaten outside the home, and 69 per cent of these are eaten at work, and a further 15 per cent are eaten on the go. The survey, conducted by MMR Research also found that five times more women purchase breakfast biscuits than men. Adam Curtis, associate director at MMR, explains the implications for manufacturers, “The ’Breakfast at work’ occasion is becoming hard to ignore, as more workers choose to eat the first meal of their day at their work station. This has created an increased demand for breakfast options to be convenient, easily storable and portable."
FDF report shows voluntary salt reduction
A report by the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has shown there has been a 10 per cent decrease in salt levels in products made by FDF Members. The report focusses on the voluntary action of the food and drink to combat public health issues by
empowering consumers to make healthier choices. The FDF highlight a range of industry actions, and state that the
reduction in salt comes from changes such as processes that enable recipes to be changed to reduce salt, saturated fat and energy density. Richard Evans, President of PepsiCo UK & Ireland and FDF Health and Wellbeing Chair, said: “UK food and drink manufacturers are acutely aware of their responsibilities – to their customers and employees, and to the environment around them.”
Dalehead Foods Open ‘World Class' Facility
Dalehead Foods unveiled their newly refurbished Spalding abattoir and production facility at a ceremony attended by representatives from the EMPP (East Midlands Pork Producers) and
Fairtrade Fortnight (25th Feb-10th Mar)
This year's Fairtrade Fortnight will run from 25 February to 10 March, and will call on the British public to "Go Further for Fairtrade". Fairtrade Fortnight is the nationwide effort to promote awareness of Fairtrade and urge people to buy products carrying the FAIRTRADE Mark. Debates will be held across the UK about the need to Go Further to protect the future of our products and the livelihoods of the farmers and workers who produce them. Along with this thousands across the country will be encouraged to get creative with their Fairtrade campaigning to highlight the importance of small holder farmers in agriculture and their role in food security. Fabulous sculptures made from Fairtrade product packaging will form the
centrepiece of this year’s campaign. Towns, villages, churches, colleges and schools across the nation will create
installations, collages or other works of art as protest petitions to deliver to MPs and commercial organisations to ask for change.
BPEX. The multi million pound project, part funded by Defra, the EU and in partnership with East Midlands Pork Producers, is the culmination of 18 month's work that will ensure the company's Spalding facility is truly ‘world class'. Seamus Rooney, Managing Director Dalehead Foods explains, "The refurbishment of our Spalding facility reaffirms Dalehead Foods' commitment to invest in the British Pork industry." The site now has a new colleague amenity building, upgraded changing areas, as well as a high-tech lorry wash, a state of the art carcass grading system and a new 500 sq metre pre chill extension which will help reduce ‘drip-loss', directly benefiting farmers who are part of the EMPP.
Indian brand success
Parle Products have become the first homegrown Indian FMCG brand to have more than £500m retail sales in a year. Their brand of glucose biscuits, Parle-G, was first developed in 1939 in order to sell affordable biscuits to Indians, and are now outselling entire domestic sales of Dabur or Godrej products and selling three times more than Maggi noodles.. Their latest sales figures show that over a billion packets are sold every month, which equates to 121 biscuits for every 1.2 billion Indians.
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