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Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) has announced that the 2024 PGI Welsh Lamb campaign has commenced this week at the Royal Welsh Show. The Welsh red meat promotion body are kickstarting their annual home-market brand advertising campaign on the first day of Wales’ largest agricultural show with Welsh Lamb television adverts appearing […]

Manufacturing improvements could enable Aldomak to make tonnes more fudge per day An advanced digital replica of its Glasgow confectionery factory could help family-run business, Aldomak, streamline manufacturing processes and increase capacity, creating as much as 2,400 kilograms of sweet treats daily from a single production line. With assistance from the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland […]

The future direction of the Contract Manufacturing Packing, Fulfilment and Logistics industry was in the spotlight this month at the BCMPA 2024 Conference. Held at the Delta by Marriott Hotel in Nottingham, over 85 delegates and sponsors attended a series of engaging presentations and panel discussions, geared towards helping co-packers and manufacturers to navigate their […]

Graphic Packaging International, a global leader in sustainable consumer packaging, and prominent food company Moy Park have created a game-changing new cartonboard packaging solution, delivering a significant plastic reduction for retailer Sainsbury’s. The innovative PaperSeal®[1] Shape cartonboard tray can now be found on-shelf across Sainsbury’s range of private-label breaded chicken products. The trays use 72 […]

Food tech trailblazer OSY Group has received new financial backing to accelerate its international growth ambitions for its flagship technology which increases the shelf-life of fresh produce and reduces waste. A five-figure grant from Innovate UK Business Growth under its Global Explorers Programme will help OSY Group to advance partnership opportunities and undertake research as […]

The BCMPA – the Association for Contract Manufacturing, Packing, Fulfilment & Logistics, will be hosting its first full conference since 2018, focusing on the latest industry trends and challenges in third-party outsourcing. Held at the Delta by Marriot Nottingham Belfry on the 10th of July, the conference will be an opportunity for BCMPA members and […]

The latest figures for lambs processed to date were marginally higher than expected, recent processing figures from Defra have revealed, which has been welcomed by Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC). However, the red meat promotion body has raised concerns about the overall declining lamb crop figures. Whilst the 2023-24 lamb crop was […]

Coffee specialists, FCB Coffee, is proud to announce its partnership with D*MN GOOD, creators of plant-based and clean-label award-winning cookies. Customers at all FCB Coffee locations will be able to indulge in two delicious D*MN GOOD cookie flavours: honeycomb & chocolate and salted double chocolate as well as attend regular FCB x FEEL D*MN GOOD […]

A dedicated team of staff from Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) and EID Cymru are set to tackle Wales’s 3 highest peaks ahead of Mental Health Week (13-19 May 2024), the theme of which is “Movement: Moving more for our mental health”. The 18 strong team will set off in the early […]