Food manufacturers should protect themselves against political instability – such as the Ukraine crisis – and extreme weather by planning contractual protection, warns food law firm Roythornes.
A Hovis bakery strike has shed light on the practice of zero-hours contracts, whereby workers are “on-call” as opposed to having fixed hours and must take work when they are offered it.
Opinion is split on the final text of the so-called EU Dairy Package, with the UK National Farmers’ Union (NFU) citing missed opportunities within the European Commission’s (EC’s) text, and Dairy UK stating its continued opposition to minimum contract...
The European Stevia Association (EUSTAS) is proposing a quality assurance scheme for raw stevia products in Europe, to guarantee purity and quality and build consumer confidence.
Associated British Foods has reached an agreement in principle to acquire Ebro Puleva’s sugar business for €385m – a deal that would further fortify the world’s second biggest sugar firm.
The world's largest catering company Compass Group today announced
the sale of its core contract foodservice business to an investment
consortium headed by Macquarie Bank.
The arbitration court in France has ruled that Casino did not act
illegally in buying a stake in one-time purchasing partner Cora,
and that it was in fact the latter chain which acted outside the
law by quitting the Opera buying group.
Gum Tech International Inc., announced on Thursday that it has
signed a definitive agreement to sell selected assets of its gum
business to the Wrigley...
