Archives for March 7, 2011

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Crisp competition drives Kettle expansion

By Anne Bruce

Kettle Chips will shortly begin work on a £6.8m investment in extra production facilities at its Norwich base, in a move that could create up to 35 new jobs.

UK leads free-from launches in major European markets: Mintel data

By Jess Halliday

People with food allergies and intolerances in the UK have the more new products to meet their dietary needs than consumers in other major European markets, indicates data from Mintel, but there has been a general increase in launches across the EU in...

BPI counts the cost of raw material hikes, vows recycling ops boost

By Rory Harrington

British Polythene Industries (BPI) said raw material price hikes had cost the company ₤45m (€ 52.3m) in 2010 and said it would be accelerating investment in its recycling operations in a bid to insulate itself from future polymer cost instabilities.