Archives for January 8, 2004

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Winter warms Greggs results

Sales of pastries and baked goods suffered last summer because of the exceptionally hot weather, but an excellent performance during the colder winter months helped UK baked goods and sandwich retailer Greggs to end the year on a high.

Good but not good enough

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has called on food manufacturers to do more to improve their health and safety records. The agency confirmed yesterday that 62 enforcement orders were served on Irish food business in 2003, compared to 69 in...

Sweet opportunity

Food giant Cargill has opened a plant to manufacture erythritol, a sweetener that is claimed to taste like sugar but contain no calories. The group believes there is real potential in the product, and has already signed an agreement with a Japanese...