Food and Beverage
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Expansion finance for malt manufacturer
With an order book boasting major blue chip clients worldwide and sales of over 180,000 tonnes of malt annually, Muntons, the British based malt and... Read More
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Fast food entrepreneur gets smart
Cambridge entrepreneur Cedric Deur feels he has the right ingredients for success with his ‘restaurant home delivery’ system – Zapawa. Zapawa will... Read More
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Food fingerprint identifies product provenance
Waitrose is piloting East of England technology that can validate the provenance of British food products – potentially right down to the local... Read More
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Coffee company brews fresh success
Coffee company, Paddy & Scott’s has been accepted by Lord Young, the Prime Minister’s enterprise adviser, and Sir Terry Leahy, former chief... Read More
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Christie reports reasons for cheer in pub sector
Licensed sector specialist Christie + Co reports a continued rise of the freehold-freehouse sector – buoyed by the return to the fold of a number of... Read More
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Food giants seek Cambridge innovation
International food industry influencers are sending innovation scouts to Cambridge UK for a pitching event as part of the Institute for Manufacturing... Read More
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Entrepreneur kickstarts beer house revival
A UK entrepreneur has turned to Cambridge in a venture designed to revitalise Britain’s ‘bland’ pubs and eateries and revive the heart and soul of... Read More
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Food giants in Cambridge open innovation move
Global food and FMCG companies – such as Unilever, General Mills, Tate & Lyle and Crown Packaging – have chosen Cambridge UK as the launchpad for... Read More
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Greene King brews strong growth
Suffolk pub and brewing business Greene King reports strong growth on the back of a retail sales surge in the 24 weeks to October 14. The Bury St... Read More
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Riverford founder named BBC Farmer of the Year
Guy Watson, founder of Riverford, was named Farmer of the Year at the BBC’s Food and Farming Awards ceremony. Riverford is the UK’s leading organic... Read More
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UK drinks away the blues
The wettest summer on record and a gloomy economic backdrop sent UK households looking for solace in the shape of a bottle by the look of Majestic... Read More
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Jamie Oliver cooks up app-etite for Cambridge technology
Jamie Oliver has become the first chef to use augmented reality technology to encourage people to get into the kitchen and start cooking. In an all-... Read More
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CDP brews coffee making revolution
Technology hothouse Cambridge Design Partnership (CDP) believes it has triggered a global revolution in the design of fresh coffee equipment,... Read More
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No small beer as Milton Brewery doubles capacity
Award winning real ale producer Milton Brewery has immediately doubled its capacity by acquiring the freehold of new premises at Waterbeach.... Read More
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US food giant takes Cambridge software
Sugar Foods Corporation, a US multinational food products company, has chosen groundbreaking Cambridge UK technology that allows its IT department to... Read More
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Greene King finds love in a cold climate
The poor summer weather has failed to rain on brewer and retailer Greene King’s parade. The Bury St Edmunds company has issued a buoyant interim... Read More
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Whitbread unveils new FD
Whitbread PLC has appointed Nicholas Cadbury as its new group FD – succeeding Christopher Rogers who has become MD of Costa Coffee. Cadbury, whose... Read More
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Blast of the summer wine for Chilford
Chilford Hall Vineyard in Linton near Cambridge UK has uncorked a vintage nine awards in a prestige competition. The Cambridge business has been... Read More
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Premier Foods sells flour business
Premier Foods has sold its Elephant Atta ethnic flour business to Westmill Foods, a subsidiary of Associated British Foods plc for £34 million. The... Read More
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Crisp maker takes on big boys with £1m investment
Fairfields Farm in Colchester, which prides itself on its hand-cooked crisps using home-grown potatoes, has opened a new manufacturing unit after a... Read More