Packaging

Owners of food businesses love to trumpet their eco-credentials, says Sally-Jayne Wright, but is avoiding plastic do-able?

When setting up a new food or drink brand, aside from the taste factor, the packaging is one of the most important things to consider

More than half of consumers in the UK and a third in the US are in favour of a tax on all plastic packaging on food products, new research has shown

The food and drink sector has seen rapid growth in recent years, with UK consumer spend at £230 billion in 2016 according to The Department for International Trade. This has driven strong demand for new food and drink products, including the trendiest tipple and convenience foods,…

Improved traceability is crucial in tackling food counterfeiting, says Miguel Campos, export sales manager at food packaging supplier Advanta

The Real Bread Campaign is urging the public to email their local MP to put pressure on Michael Gove, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to "protect shoppers from incomplete and potentially misleading loaf labelling"

The sustainable retail concept allows customers to fill up their own containers full of cereal, pulses, pasta, rice and other raw and ambient foodstuffs using dispensers and weigh their goods before taking them to the till to pay

For every case of retail jars ordered online, Tracklements’ customers are offered a free jute bag and supporting point of sale material to encourage their customers to trade up to three jars

The National Farmers' Retail & Market Association (FARMA) has welcomed the decision by Morrisons to eschew using 'fake farm' brands in its stores

The rise of clever advertising being undertaken by food businesses to link their products to farms is hard to miss, says Michael Mack from FARMA

When fire broke out at Deliwraps, this family-run supplier to the independent food industry was determined to make turn a disaster into an opportunity