Ambient & Retail Ready

  • Entries Open for the British Cheese Awards 2017

    15 March 2017 News
    Entries are officially open for this year's British Cheese Awards, to be held at the Royal Bath & West Show in Somerset on 31st May

  • Which Comes First: The Food, the Brand or the Packaging?

    13 March 2017 News
    Robert Herridge, managing director and founder of Packology, looks at where the drivers are in packaging innovation and which comes first: the food, the brand or the packaging?

  • “Back to Africa”

    13 March 2017 Speciality Bites
    I’m writing this week’s blog from Western Kenya, where I am visiting our project and planning to try and make the children’s centre (orphanage and schools) more self-sufficient

  • Bellavita Brings Forward Italian Showcase

    09 March 2017 News
    Bellavita, the largest Made-in-Italy food and drink trade show in the UK, has brought the event a month forward to 18th-20th June

  • “The Easter enigma”

    09 March 2017 Expert Eye
    What’s It all About Easter? (to the tune of What’s It All About Alfie? Sung of course by Cilla Black) often springs to mind at this time of year

  • “Exciting times”

    09 March 2017 On The Farm
    March on the farm is when things start to really get exciting. Spring is upon us, which means lambing season and long nights for our stockman. So far we’ve had no orphan lambs, which is a great result, and they’re all frolicking about – a real…

  • “Cobweb corner”

    09 March 2017 Town Crier
    There’s usually a little bit of a shop that makes the owner wince – not for reasons of cleanliness, I trust, but because the offering has become stale. It shouldn’t mean your cheese stocks, as common-sense and statutory food hygiene must take care of that; nor…

  • “Changing channels”

    09 March 2017 Opinion
    It is one thing to make great cheese, another to import great cheese, to handle, store and pack great cheese, but in the end it’s all about who buys it

  • “Let me tell you a story”

    09 March 2017 Fine Food
    Some would say that Damon Runyon was one of the greatest ever masters of the short story. He wrote reams of them and was still churning stuff out on his deathbed in 1946. They are well written tales and peopled with stylised characters like Harry the…

  • The Interview: Walter Scott, Wilkin & Sons

    09 March 2017 News
    Meet Walter Scott, the man at the helm of homegrown icon Wilkin & Sons

  • Spring Budget 2017: How the Industry Reacted

    08 March 2017 News
    The Chancellor Phillip Hammond announced three measures to help small businesses affected by higher business rates in the Spring Budget

  • Retail Industry Steps Up Fight Against Cyber Crime

    08 March 2017 News
    The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has launched a cyber security 'toolkit' that will provide retail businesses with a practical, step-by-step guide to help to prevent and manage cyber security threats
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