Report underlines importance of supply chain performance
Success is increasingly being dictated by how well a company can control its supply base and mitigate supply bottlenecks and liabilities, claims a new report.
Archives for October 14, 2004
'Me-time' drives premium foods market
Food makers encouraged to position self-indulgent products as rewards rather than functional as premium foods in UK top billon euro mark showing hectic pace of life continues to drive growth in the self-indulgent food sector.
Bilingual marketing gimmick helps launch cheddar cheese
One of the leading UK milk co-operatives, Dairy Farmers of Great Britain, has announced it is to launch a new line of Cadog branded Welsh cheddar cheese, supported by a line of bilingual packaging. But will niche brand status alone be sufficient to...
Ochratoxin A: barrier levels for coffee and grape juice
Food makers alert to the levels of a potentially carcinogenic mould commonly found on crops as scientists back an extension barrier levels for ochratoxin A to grape juice, coffee and wine.
Buhler boosts Ghana's cocoa production capabilities
German-based Buhler Group has been awarded a multi-million euro contract to expand an existing cocoa production facility in Ghana.
Cadbury on track to deliver confectionery growth
Cadbury Schweppes is well on the way to delivering growth at its European confectionery unit, despite an increasingly gloomy outlook for the packaged food sector as a whole, according to investment bank Goldman Sachs.