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Unilever has boosted its ice cream portfolio, adding a bites format for Magnum and reformulating Ben & Jerry's Peaces. Magnum Bonbon comprises 12 ice cream bites layered with sauce and [...]

Byline: Alec Mattinson It's the world's largest ice cream business, with power brands such as Magnum, Ben & Jerry's and Wall's driving annual sales of €7.9bn (PS6.8bn). But Unilever has [...]

Nutella ice cream: Nutella ice cream has hit Morrisons. The NPD (rsp: PS5.50/470ml) comprises hazelnut-flavoured ice cream with 'layers of Nutella'. Britvic investment: Britvic has pumped PS25m into warehousing and [...]

Imagine that you're settled on your couch, deeply engrossed in your favorite show, when an ad flashes across your smart TV. Just then, your phone rings, it's a friend. You [...]

Activist investor Nelson Peltz's hedge fund Trian Partners has sold of f a chunk of its holding in Unilever for close to PS181m, according to filings published on the London [...]

Direct Line Supplies has become the latest independent wholesaler to join buying group Unitas. The national foodservice distributor offers a range of frozen, chilled and ambient products, along with packaging [...]

Investors ignored missed sales forecasts at Unilever in favour of big beats to margin improvement targets, to send shares at the Hellmann's and Magnum supplier soaring to the top of [...]

New government, new direction?' is the title of a new IGD report and this week's King's Speech already makes clear that Keir Starmer's Labour Party will create new opportunities - [...]

Byline: Kevin White Former NFU president Minette Batters will once again be a voice for the food sector, having been appointed a life peer in parliament's dissolution peerages. Batters stood [...]

The UK food industry is coming together for the first time to establish a concrete plan for hitting net zero by 2050. Food businesses across the supply chain will work [...]

Trussell Trust, Unilever and Asda heads recognised in King's Birthday Honours The chair of the Trussell Trust and Asda's chief of people and corporate affairs are two of the many [...]

Byline: Nicholas Robinson Long-serving Asda people boss Hayley Tatum heads a list of grocery figures to be recognised in the King's Birthday Honours list 2024. Tatum, Asda's chief people and [...]

King Charles has been urged to strip the royal warrants of fmcg giants including Unilever, Nestle and Mondelez over their links to Russia. Campaign group B4Ukraine named Dove owner Unilever, [...]

Niamh Leonard-Bedwell Natural deodorant startup Fussy has had its wrist slapped by the ASA for spoofing Lynx on social media. The brand posted an image of a deodorant called 'Mynx' [...]

Byline: Kevin White, fresh foods editor Labour's election manifesto launch on Thursday made all the right noises about being a 'pro-business and pro-worker' government in waiting. The likes of the [...]

Byline: Ian Quinn The government has allowed the food industry to 'get away with murder' on ultra-processed and HFSS foods, according to the chair of the paused House of Lords [...]

Byline: Adam Leyland, Editor-in-Chief The launch of Kellogg's new Chocolate Corn Flakes looked like a surere winner at the start of the year. Aer all, chocolate cornake cakes have been [...]

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Bakkavor is the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry - supplying meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers. The business is on the hunt [...]

Byline: James Beeson Innocent's UK managing director Sam Akinluyi is to leave as part of an internal shake-up at the Coca-Cola-owned juice and smoothie business. Akinluyi is to depart three [...]

What are the major trends impacting the nation's laundry habits? The way Brits wash their clothes is changing. Short cycles are on the rise, with people turning to washing machine [...]

The Vegetarian Butcher has entered the alt fish market with a battered cod alternative. The Unilever-owned brand launched its Cod Almighty (rsp: PS3.50/180g) SKU into Sainsbury's, Co-op and Ocado this [...]

If Unilever's Magnum is the ice cream stick of choice for the ladies, then Froneri's Nuii is perhaps looking to become the male equivalent. Its new ambassador is aspirational actor/man [...]

In the 1990s, the 'Lynx effect' meant the wearer could pretty much guarantee the appearance of a flock of amorous FHM models. Well, that was the idea, anyway. Turns out [...]

Byline: James Beeson Pukka Herbs has been stripped of its B Corp certification, after being integrated into the Lipton Teas & Infusions business. The brand was fully folded into LT&I [...]

Sarnies and precision engineering may seem to be worlds apart. But Greencore, Britain's largest sandwich-maker, spends £20m ($25m) on industrial robots annually. They peel, slice and stone avocados. They cut [...]

Byline: Grace Duncan big interview the vegan food group Veganuary founder Matthew Glover can still remember his first taste of the vegan fried chicken at the Source restaurant in York. [...]

BREAD Own label player Village Bakery explores punchy exit BREADII Hoviseyesacquisitions BIG INTERVIEW Tony's open chain guru changing chocolate for good CONVENIENCE AWARDS All the winners revealed PACKAGING BRITISHSNACKCO unveils [...]

Chaos uncorked as wine industry rages at duty price changes Last summer's proposed reforms to alcohol duty were - according to then Chancellor Rishi Sunak - designed to simplify a [...]

Fmcg giants are launching major recruitment and upskilling drives focused on AI and machine learning. Danone has launched a €100m global training programme - DanSkills - to 'prepare its workforce [...]

MUSHROOMS Functional shrooms ready to boom! HOLLAND & BARRETT Suppliers: new payment terms 'unacceptable' SAINSBURY'S Why Future Brands axe is a vote of con dence , LIDL Tescoloseslogoappeal FROZEN Unilever [...]

Byline: Adam Leyland, Editor-in-Chief Demergers are all the rage these days. Haleon and Kellanova (and before that Mondelez) were spun ointo separate plcs (with ghastly names) to 'unlock' value. And [...]

SWEET PLAN The separation of ice cream... will help create a simpler, more focused, and higher-performing Unilever - Ian Meakins, chairman, [...]

Nestle has claimed shareholders are 'targeting the wrong company' aer facing accusations of relying on HFSS products to drive most of its sales. A shareholder coalition, co-ordinated by ShareAction, this [...]

Byline: Jeremy Garlick It's December, and the news is hot of f the press. Unilever is launching meal kits, sold from an outlet at Waterloo Station. Options include beef stroganof [...]

National Foods Limited proudly announces its recognition as one of the final climate mitigation projects under the prestigious Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA) Programme, supported by the UK government and DAI [...]

Byline: Maria Goncalves British food manufacturing is 'stalling' as producers struggle to hold on to profits and investment declines, new figures revealed this week. Investment in the sector has been [...]

Unilever has launched its first regenerative agriculture programme in the UK, working with farms that grow mustard seeds and mint leaves used in Colman's products. The project will trial the [...]

The National Foodpreneur Programme is a collaboration between National Foods Limited and MasterClass Pakistan, designed to empower individuals passionate about culinary arts to excel in the food industry. The National [...]

Byline: Rob Brown When the sun's out, ice cream is as much a part of a British summer as the seaside and Wimbledon. In fact, supermarkets ran out of tubs [...]

On International Day of Education celebrated across the world annually on 24th January 2024, National Foods Limited proudly reaffirms its steadfast commitment to transformative education, literacy, and women empowerment through [...]

Byline: Alex Beckett The beauty and personal care (BPC) industries have often borrowed from food. BPC goods use familiar, edible - and therefore safe - ingredients and tantalising avours to [...]

Our competitiveness remains disappointing and overall performance needs to improve - Hein Schumacher, CEO, [...]

Byline: Alec Mattinson Unilever's new boss has voiced a 'need to improve' in the wake of market share losses, despite a return to volume growth. Unilever CEO Hein Schumacher, who [...]

Byline: Adam Leyland, Editor-in-Chief Labour is courting big business. And the attraction is mutual. How that bromance likely plays out in food and drink is our cover story this week [...]

FOOD WASTE How Tesco discovered secret tonnes sent to AD DIAGEO Duty not included in controversial new PS2m MOQ CRIME Co-op undercover guards detained 3,361 criminals in 2023 SAINSBURY'S How [...]

COVER STORY ECONOMY THE PREMIUM PHENOMENON RISING INCOMES ARE PUSHING MIDDLE-CLASS INDIANS TO CHOOSE FANCIER, PRICIER PRODUCTS ACROSS SECTORS TO REALISE THEIR ASPIRATIONS FOR A BETTER LIFESTYLE By SONAL KHETARPAL [...]

Byline: Ed Devlin VFC Foods is on the hunt for more deals in 2024 in a play to become 'a vegan Unilever', as Veganuary founder Matthew Glover takes a more [...]

IFF partners with Unilever and Wageningen University & research to address flavour challenges. New research aims to improve consumer eating experience for plant-based meat alternatives. IFF (NYSE: IFF) a Plant [...]