Premier Foods’ dilemma: Disposals needed but will bread go?
UK food group Premier Foods will need to rid businesses in order to stabilise following its ‘truly awful’ full year results, analysts say, but predictions of sell-offs remain mixed.
Archives for May 24, 2012
UK consumers thirst for Mexican chillies
Mexican chilli sales have surged for UK ingredients business EHL, with demand for the fruit and its spice up 20% in the past year, according to the company.
Commission denies rising food price is competition issue
Rising food prices across Europe are not attributable to a failure of competition dynamics in the food industry, according to a report just issued by the European Competition Network (ECN).
Trade relations between Russia and EU worsens
Denmark has announced a complete ban on exports of breeding pigs into Russian, Belarus and Kazakhstan after trade relations between Russia and the EU worsened.
No cuts to gluten free food prescriptions, say dieticians
The British Dietectic Association (BDA) has backed calls to provide free gluten free staples on prescription in the UK.