2 Sisters and Premier Foods strike deal
2 Sisters Food Group has forged a licensing agreement with Premier Foods for the production, distribution, sales and marketing of its Hovis Breakfast Bakes range of breakfast biscuits.
Archives for July 16, 2013
Habits, not cravings, drive food choice during times of stress
People who eat during times of stress seek out food they consume through habit - regardless of how healthy or unhealthy that food may be, say researchers.
Soft drinks boost kids’ sugar intake – but may not increase BMI
British schoolchildren get about 10% of their total energy from soft drinks – but new research suggests high consumption levels do not necessarily lead to higher BMIs.
Food mergers and acquisitions hit 10-year low
Mergers and acquisitions in the UK food and drink industry hit a 10-year low at just 73 deals in the first half of this year, revealed figures from information services company Experian.
Young Italian families priced out of Mediterranean diet
The new generation of Italian families is diluting the Mediterranean diet by eating fewer fruit vegetables and fish than their predecessors as they switch to cheaper options like pasta and rice, according to new research.
The Netherlands pushes for labels on non-stun meat
The Dutch government has been using diplomatic pressure to push for a European Union (EU) law ordering that halal and kosher meat is specially labelled when from livestock slaughtered without stunning.
A WEEK IN BEVERAGE ADVERTISING: 17/7/13
Diet Coke Hunk sweats on UK health and safety complaint to ASA
Today's podcast rounds up two UK drinks adverts involving a Diet Coke hunk, a lawnmower and a Chinook helicopter from Coke and Heineken, which led to Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) adjudications.