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Long Clawson Dairy has secured £2.5m from the East Midlands Development Agency to expand its cheese plant near Melton Mowbray, with the creation of 12 jobs. 31-Dec-2009

Innocent Drinks is to relocate its London office to a 24,000 sq ft unit at Portobello Dock in Ladbroke Grove. 31-Dec-2009

Greene King is to shed a further 15 jobs at its Belhaven Brewery in Dunbar by next May, in order to transfer administrative work to Bury St Edmunds. 21-Dec-2009

Western Brand Poultry is investing £4.4m in the expansion of its site in Fermanagh, with the creation of 60 jobs over the next three years. 16-Dec-2009

Tower Farms is to stop producing cheese at its dairy near Taunton with the loss of nine jobs, in order to focus on butter and cream. 16-Dec-2009

Finsbury Foods is to shed up to 95 of the 1,250 jobs at its Memory Lane Cakes factory in Cardiff. 15-Dec-2009

Mackle Petfoods is to create up to ten new jobs at Moy in Northern Ireland early next year, in order to extend its warehouse and expand into England. 14-Dec-2009

C&K Group is investing £5m in a new 40,000 sq ft abattoir and meat cutting plant at Eye in Suffolk by September 2010. 10-Dec-2009

Typhoo is to shed up to 69 of the 320 jobs at its tea packing plant at Moreton in the Wirral. 10-Dec-2009

Anglo Beef Processors is to close its abattoir in Blackburn this month, and the staff will be offered work at other sites. 07-Dec-2009

Carlsberg is to expand production capacity at its Northampton brewery from 4.5m hectolitres per year to 6m by mid-2011, in order to transfer production from its site in Leeds. 03-Dec-2009

Pukka Pies is investing £6m in the expansion of its factory at Syston in Leicestershire, with the creation of up to 20 jobs. 02-Dec-2009

Crantock Bakery is planning to expand production at its Cornish bakery over the next three years, with the creation of up to 100 jobs. 02-Dec-2009

Butcher's Pet Care has submitted plans to build a £13m pet food factory at the Whitley Business Park in Coventry. 01-Dec-2009

Stubbins is planning to set up a salad packing facility at Henderson's 177,000 sq ft Magnum 25 warehouse at Waltham Cross in Hertfordshire. 01-Dec-2009

Tulip is to invest £12m in the expansion of its meat processing factory in Wirral, with the creation of 270 jobs. 30-Nov-2009

Marukyu, the Japanese supplier of fishing bait, is to set up a European headquarters at Ammanford in Carmarthenshire, with the creation of 20 jobs. 30-Nov-2009

Diageo is planning to more than double production at its Bushmills distillery in Antrim over the next three years, with the creation of an unspecified number of jobs. 30-Nov-2009

Bradburys is to invest £5m in the expansion of its cheese distribution business in Buxton, with the creation of 55 jobs. 30-Nov-2009

Crisp Malting Group is to submit plans to expand its production facility near Fakenham, including two 3,000-tonne barley storage silos. 30-Nov-2009

Holland & Barrett is to close its Julian Graves health foods warehouse and processing centre in Kingswinford in March, with the loss of 169 jobs. 30-Nov-2009

Palethorpes Pork Farms is to create 30 new jobs at its pie factory in Market Drayton. 30-Nov-2009

Doherty & Gray is to invest £1.2m in the expansion of its meat processing business in Ballymena, with the creation of up to ten jobs. 25-Nov-2009

Sun Valley is to shed up to 20 of the 150 jobs at its snack foods factory in Bromborough. 25-Nov-2009

Tetley Tea is to set up a 12,500 sq ft office at Parkview in Uxbridge. 23-Nov-2009

Vion and Banham Poultry have unveiled proposals to build a major new chicken processing plant at Eye in Suffolk, with the creation of up to 900 jobs. 23-Nov-2009

Seafood Holdings is to close its Scotprime wholesale branch in Grimsby, with the loss of ten jobs. 23-Nov-2009

Langdons is to open a new frozen and chilled foods depot at Dodworth, near Barnsley, in January. 23-Nov-2009

Edrington Group is to stop production at its Tamdhu distillery and maltings in Aberlour in April, with the loss of more than 30 jobs. 23-Nov-2009

O'Kane Poultry is planning to shed up to 140 of the 1,500 jobs at its chicken processing plant in Ballymena. 19-Nov-2009

The Dairy House is to close its dairy products business in Herefordshire with the loss of up to 30 jobs. 18-Nov-2009

The University of Warwick is considering plans to merge its Department of Biological Sciences with the Horticultural Research Institute by 2012, with the loss of up to 34 jobs. 18-Nov-2009

Arla Foods has announced plans to build a £70m fresh milk dairy at an undisclosed site near London by 2012, with the creation of about 500 jobs. 17-Nov-2009

AG Barr is acquiring a further 86,000 sq ft of warehouse space for its soft drinks business at the Westfield Industrial Estate in Cumbernauld. 16-Nov-2009

The Northwest Regional Development Agency is to help restart production at Peter Hunt's Bakery in Bolton, with the creation of 48 jobs. 16-Nov-2009

Northern Foods is to invest £26m in new automation machinery for its Fox's Biscuits factories in Batley, Kirkham and Uttoxeter, but about 200 jobs will be lost. 11-Nov-2009

Tulip is planning to stop producing fresh sausages at its factory in Peckham, with the loss of up to 375 jobs. 09-Nov-2009

Lighthouse Caledonia has submitted plans to set up a £5m fish processing factory at Arnish, near Stornoway, with the creation of 100 jobs. 09-Nov-2009

AG Barr is to close its soft drinks factory in Mansfield in 2011, with the loss of 100 jobs, in order to invest up to £10m in the expansion of its Cumbernauld site. 09-Nov-2009

Associated British Foods is to close its Twinings tea factory in North Shields with the loss of 260 jobs, and a further 130 jobs will be lost in Andover, in order to transfer production to Poland and China. 04-Nov-2009

Glenmorangie, the drinks company, is said to be considering plans to relocate its headquarters from Broxburn to George Street in Edinburgh. 04-Nov-2009

Bolton Cold Stores is planning to expand the 27-strong workforce at its Bolton-based meat supplies business with 14 new staff early next year. 27-Oct-2009

Dalesman Group is looking to expand the 81-strong workforce at its Bradford-based food seasonings factory with ten new staff, having completed a warehouse extension. 26-Oct-2009

Brunch Box Sandwich Company is expanding the 55-strong workforce at its Dundonald-based sandwich production business with 41 new jobs. 22-Oct-2009

BrewDog is planning to raise £2.3m in an online share issue to fund the development of a new brewery in Aberdeen. 22-Oct-2009

Blackfriars Bakery is looking to increase the workforce at its new factory in Leicester from 43 to 60 over the next three years. 22-Oct-2009

Coca-Cola Enterprises is to invest £13m in a new soft drinks production line at its plant in Wakefield. 22-Oct-2009

The East of England Development Agency is providing £4.4m to Unilever and Goodman for the development of a regional enterprise hub at Colworth Science Park in Bedfordshire, including laboratory space for the Institute of Food Research. 20-Oct-2009

Thistle Seafoods has won planning permission from Aberdeenshire Council for the £4m expansion of its plant in Buchan, securing the future of about 200 jobs. 15-Oct-2009

Heineken is to close the Federation Brewery in Gateshead with the loss of 63 jobs, in order to transfer production to Tadcaster, and a further 100 job losses are expected in Manchester, Hereford and Tadcaster over the next three years. 14-Oct-2009

Heygates has selected a 20-acre site at Newton Heath in Manchester to build a new £20m Fine Lady bakery, which could create up to 250 jobs. 14-Oct-2009

Coastal Grains has secured a £1m EU investment to install new equipment and double the capacity of its grain storage facility in Belford, Northumberland. 12-Oct-2009

Marine Harvest is planning to invest £40m in the development of four new salmon farms in the Highlands and Islands, with the creation of 40 jobs. 08-Oct-2009

Rowe's the Bakers is to recruit 20 additional production staff at its bakery in Penryn, in order to supply scones to Tesco. 08-Oct-2009

GB Ingredients is to shed about 30 of the 70 jobs at its yeast factory in Felixstowe. 06-Oct-2009

Coca-Cola is said to be seeking a suitable 100,000 sq ft location in the Uxbridge area for a new headquarters by 2012. 05-Oct-2009

Pepsi is said to be seeking a suitable location for a 35,000 sq ft headquarters in Reading or Slough. 05-Oct-2009

Gold & Brown, the Harrogate-based catering company that runs the cafe at Clitheroe Castle, has gone into voluntary liquidation through BWC Business Solutions. 05-Oct-2009

One NorthEast has announced that Longbenton Foods is to restart production at the former Findus crispy pancakes factory on Tyneside in early 2010, with the creation of 230 jobs. 28-Sep-2009

Agricultural Supply Company is to close its mushroom composting business near Cirencester with the loss of 25 jobs. 28-Sep-2009

Robert Wiseman Dairies is to shed up to 210 jobs in Okehampton, Bridgwater and Bristol, in preparation for the creation of 300 jobs at a new £15m distribution centre due to open in Amesbury in November. 28-Sep-2009

Allied Bakeries is planning to shed up to 40 of the 144 jobs at its bakery in Netherton, Liverpool. 28-Sep-2009

Highgate Brewery in Walsall has been bought out of administration by two property developers, casting doubt on the future of some of the 25 jobs, but beer production will continue. 24-Sep-2009

West is planning to open a second £2m brewery at an undisclosed location in Glasgow's East End by the end of next year, with the creation of 25 jobs. 22-Sep-2009

Milk Link is planning to close its cheese packing plant at the Llandyrnog Creamery in Denbighshire with the loss of 93 jobs, in order to transfer the work to its site in Oswestry. 21-Sep-2009

Heygates is said to be considering two sites in Greater Manchester to build a new £50m bakery for Fine Lady of Banbury Bakeries. 15-Sep-2009

Greene King is to close its Belhaven Brewery bottling plant in Dunbar, with the loss of 20 jobs, in order to transfer the work to Bury St Edmunds. 14-Sep-2009

Universal Beverages is to create up to 35 jobs at its factory in Ledbury, as work starts on the development of a new canning line. 14-Sep-2009

BenRiach Distillery of Larbert is to invest £7m in its GlenDronach malt whisky brand, including £5m for casks, £2m for promotion and the creation of five jobs. 14-Sep-2009

Cadbury, the Birmingham-based confectionery manufacturer, has received a £10bn takeover approach from Kraft of the US. 09-Sep-2009

East Midlands Development Agency has announced that Sichuan Sweetrip Food of China is to open a confectionery distribution office in Leicester, and EMDA is also in talks with other Chinese companies. 09-Sep-2009

Jus-Rol is planning to shed some of the 412 jobs at its pastry products factory in Berwick. 07-Sep-2009

Gleadell Agriculture is to build a new £5m grain storage and drying terminal in Great Yarmouth by July 2010. 07-Sep-2009

Kwoks has closed its ready meals factory at the Europarc in Grimsby, with the loss of 180 jobs. 03-Sep-2009

First Milk has secured £130m of asset-based lending to fund a capital investment programme for its Glasgow-based dairy farmers co-operative. 02-Sep-2009

Milk Link has won approval for revised plans to extend its cheese factory in Hampton, Cheshire, which will create about 19 jobs. 01-Sep-2009

Fylde Dairies is to recruit 22 additional staff by the end of the year, following the creation of a new dairy distribution centre in Preston. 01-Sep-2009

The Seafood Company is investing £3m in production and efficiency improvements at its recently-acquired Pinneys of Scotland factory in Annan, securing the future of 515 jobs. 31-Aug-2009

Thistle Seafoods has submitted plans to expand its fish processing factory in Boddam, Aberdeenshire, having received a £1.3m Scottish Government grant that will create ten jobs. 27-Aug-2009

Lincolnshire Premier Foods is to close its abattoir in Skegness, with the loss of 20 jobs. 27-Aug-2009

Macrae Fraserburgh is to invest a further £1m at its seafood processing plant in Fraserburgh, including new packing equipment and staff facilities. 26-Aug-2009

Cockerills is to invest £3m in the expansion of its York-based potato supply business, with the creation of about 33 new jobs over the next five years. 20-Aug-2009

Dark Star is to relocate its Sussex-based brewery from Haywards Heath to a 16,000 sq ft site at Partridge Green. 19-Aug-2009

Edinburgh Smoked Salmon Company (Essco) is planning to expand the 300-strong workforce at its Dingwall-based fish processing operation with up to 60 new jobs in 2010, due to rising demand from Asda. 17-Aug-2009

The Institute of Food Research is to shed 40 of the 182 science jobs at its site in Norwich. 17-Aug-2009

Campbells Prime Meat is to invest a further £2.5m at its new £6m meat processing facility at Whitecross near Falkirk, securing the future of about 300 jobs. 13-Aug-2009

Waverley TBS is to shed about 65 of the 1,300 jobs at its drinks wholesaling business, in order to restructure its sales force. 13-Aug-2009

Heinz is planning to shed about 40 jobs in Grimsby, in order to relocate its finance and logistics operation to its Middlesex headquarters. 10-Aug-2009

Peter Hunt's Bakery is creating 90 new jobs at its factory in Bolton, having won a contract to supply pies to Birds Eye. 10-Aug-2009

Country Fresh, the Leicester-based supplier of food to hotels and restaurants, is to go into voluntary liquidation through Tenon with the loss of 26 jobs. 10-Aug-2009

South Holland District Council has unveiled plans to develop a £6m food centre in Spalding, providing office space and catering qualifications under the name of the Red Lion Street Project. 10-Aug-2009

H&S Openshaw is considering plans to close its seafood depot in Bolton with the loss of up to 60 jobs, following its acquisition by Seafood Holdings. 10-Aug-2009

Bernard Matthews is to shed a further 44 of the 2,270 jobs at its turkey processing operations in Norfolk and Suffolk. 07-Aug-2009

Kraft Foods is to relocate about 100 staff from the Quadrangle office building in Cheltenham to other locations nearby this winter. 07-Aug-2009

Highland Council is to consider plans from Nairnside to convert a chicken farm at Clephanton into a fish processing plant, with the creation of up to 150 jobs. 06-Aug-2009

Whyte & Mackay is to shed up to 85 of the 574 jobs at the seven Scottish locations of its whisky business. 04-Aug-2009

Clintons Quality Foods, the Dudley-based meat wholesaler, has gone into liquidation through KPMG Restructuring with the loss of 39 jobs. 22-Jul-2009

Walkers Snack Foods is creating 50 jobs at its crisps factory in Leicester, following a £2m investment in new equipment. 22-Jul-2009

Coldwater Shellfish is considering plans to close its scampi processing business in Grimsby, with the loss of 26 jobs. 20-Jul-2009

Elisabeth the Chef is to shed about 300 of the 480 jobs at its bakery operations in Warwickshire, in order to transfer production to a new building in Leamington early next year. 16-Jul-2009

Saputo is to shed 40 jobs at its cheese production plant at Newcastle Emlyn in Carmarthenshire. 16-Jul-2009

Brakes Group is to close the M&J Seafood distribution centre in Hinckley in August with the loss of 22 jobs, in order to transfer the work to Smethwick. 16-Jul-2009

Tulip UK is to expand the 1,900-strong workforce at its three Cornish meat processing plants in Bodmin, Bugle and Redruth with up to 100 new jobs. 15-Jul-2009

Dunbia has shed an estimated 20 jobs in Dornoch, Sutherland, following a decision by Mey Selections to switch its beef processing business to Perth. 14-Jul-2009

Cold Move has acquired the Liverpool Produce Terminal, and will create an initial 50 jobs with the reopening of the 90,000 sq ft cool store. 09-Jul-2009

British Sugar is recruiting 30 staff for its new Silver Spoon sugar packing plant due to open in Bury St Edmunds in August. 06-Jul-2009

First Milk has secured a £3.9m Scottish Government grant to build a new creamery at Campbeltown in Argyll, while its existing plant will be transformed into a Tesco store with the creation of 200 jobs. 02-Jul-2009

Warburtons is planning to expand the 140-strong workforce at its new £45m bakery at Severn Beach near Bristol to 300 by the end of the year. 01-Jul-2009

Waverley TBS is planning to close its drinks distribution depot at Fosse Park in Leicestershire, with the loss of 40 jobs, in order to transfer the work to Peterborough and Birmingham. 01-Jul-2009

Morning Foods has awarded a contract to Mayfield Construction to build a £1.4m 40,000 sq ft distribution warehouse in Kirkby. 30-Jun-2009

Sam Cole Food Group is to relocate its Lowestoft-based food processing operations to a new £2.2m factory on the South Lowestoft Industrial Estate, and the workforce will rise from 40 to 50. 25-Jun-2009

Greyfriars has submitted plans to Harrogate Borough Council to build a £4.5m mushroom growing facility at its site in Wath by early next year. 22-Jun-2009

Vion Food Group is to shed up to 118 jobs at its frozen sausages factory in Shap, Cumbria, in order to transfer the work to its site in Hull. 18-Jun-2009

Wrigley is considering plans to shed up to 50 of the 609 jobs at its chewing gum factory in Plymouth and office in Reading. 17-Jun-2009

Diageo is to shed 107 jobs at its alcoholic drinks sales and marketing operations across Ireland, including 12 in Northern Ireland. 17-Jun-2009

PricewaterhouseCoopers has closed two Dairy Farmers of Britain dairies in Bridgend and Blaydon, with the loss of 560 jobs. 15-Jun-2009

Falkirk Council is in discussions with Campbells Prime Meat about plans to set up a meat processing operation at a former abattoir in Whitecross, with the relocation of more than 300 jobs from Broxburn. 15-Jun-2009

M&J Seafood is considering plans to close its seafood distribution centre in Hinckley with the loss of 32 jobs, in order to transfer the work to its site in Smethwick. 11-Jun-2009

Baxters is planning to shed up to 19 management and office jobs at its Moray-based food manufacturing business. 11-Jun-2009

Five Star Fish is creating 100 new jobs at its seafood processing plant in Grimsby, and a £7m expansion project is due for completion within four months. 10-Jun-2009

Northern Foods is to close a ready meals factory in Hull, with the loss of up to 350 jobs. 28-May-2009

Woldgrain Storage has secured a £1.5m grant from the East Midlands Development Agency to build new storage and processing facilities at its crop store near Gainsborough by 2012. 27-May-2009

BOCM Pauls has secured a £77m financing package to fund the expansion of its animal feeds business, which includes 1,000 staff at a nationwide network of 20 mills. 21-May-2009

Whitelink Seafoods has won planning permission to build a 7,000 sq ft cold storage facility at its factory in Fraserburgh. 19-May-2009

Red Bull, the energy drinks company, is to set up a 25,000 sq ft headquarters at The Terrace in London's Tooley Street. 18-May-2009

Greenvale Foods is to close its ingredients factory in Wisbech in June, with the loss of up to 17 jobs, in order to transfer production to its site in Telford. 18-May-2009

Milk Link is planning to close its dairy production plant in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries & Galloway, by next January, with the loss of 121 jobs. 14-May-2009

Samworth Brothers is looking to create up to 100 new jobs at its food production operations over the next three years, including Melton Foods and Walkers Charnwood Bakery in Leicestershire. 13-May-2009

BrewDog is planning to relocate its brewery from Fraserburgh to a new £2.5m site at Potterton by 2011, and the workforce could rise from 16 to 45. 12-May-2009

Meadow Foods is planning to invest £2.5m in new dairy production facilities at its sites in Chester and Yorkshire. 11-May-2009

Hain Celestial is to create 35 new jobs at its factory in Fakenham, having won a new contract to supply meat-free products. 11-May-2009

Young's Seafood is to invest £1.5m in the refurbishment of its Humberstone Road fish processing factory in Grimsby, but up to 49 of the 725 jobs will be lost. 11-May-2009

Vion is considering plans to shed a further 30 of the 450 jobs at its Welsh Country Foods abattoir on Anglesey. 11-May-2009

Pork Farms is to shed 90 of the 300 jobs at its meat processing factory in Nottingham. 07-May-2009

Co-operative Farms is looking to double the size of its farming operation over the next few years, which currently includes 60,000 acres at 15 sites nationwide. 07-May-2009

Grieg Seafood Hjaltland is to create up to 70 jobs following a £4.2m investment at its fish processing factory on Shetland. 04-May-2009

Danish Crown is planning to expand its pig production capacity in the UK by 25% over the next three years, in order to benefit from rising demand for local products. 04-May-2009

Young's is to close the chilled foods operation at its seafood processing factory in Fraserburgh, with the loss of 13 of the 166 jobs. 29-Apr-2009

Vion Food Group is to close its bacon processing factory in Ashton-under-Lyne later this year, with the loss of about 380 jobs, in order to transfer production to Malton and Scunthorpe. 29-Apr-2009

Arla Foods is to shed 250 jobs at sites in Leeds, Denmark and Sweden, as part of a strategy to cut costs at its international dairy operations by £120m. 27-Apr-2009

Hain Celestial is considering the future of up to 350 jobs at its sandwiches factory in Luton, following the loss of a contract to supply Marks & Spencer. 27-Apr-2009

Ultimate Foods is planning to close the former Gibsons sandwiches factory in Devizes, with the loss of up to 95 jobs. 27-Apr-2009

US Nutrition, the supplier of nutrition and diet products, is to set up a 41,000 sq ft warehouse at the Stretton Business Park in Burton. 15-Apr-2009

John Baarda is to create 50 temporary jobs at its tomato growing operation in Billingham this summer, and a further 100 jobs at its site in Ellerker, East Yorkshire. 13-Apr-2009

Frederic Robinson is to close the night shift at its Unicorn beer packaging centre in Cheshire in May, with the loss of up to 16 jobs. 13-Apr-2009

Innocent has raised £30m from the sale of a minority stake to Coca-Cola, in order to fund the expansion of its smoothie drinks across Europe. 07-Apr-2009

Waters & Robson is to shed up to 30 of the 86 jobs at its Abbey Well mineral water business in Northumberland, following its recent acquisition by Coca-Cola. 07-Apr-2009

Kettle Produce is to shed about 40 jobs at its vegetable processing operations at Freuchie and Balmalcolm in Fife. 06-Apr-2009

Milk Link is to create 20 jobs at its Reece's creamery in Cheshire, following a £1m investment in new equipment. 06-Apr-2009

BOCM Pauls is to close its feed mill in Denbigh in July, with the loss of 40 jobs. 02-Apr-2009

International Fish Canners is planning to shed up to 60 of the 200 jobs at its tinned seafood factory in Fraserburgh over the next few months. 30-Mar-2009

Kelloggs is to shed 40 of the 521 jobs at its cereals factory in Wrexham. 30-Mar-2009

Falkirk Council has approved plans from the Falkirk Distillery Company for the development of a new whisky distillery, including a visitor centre and shops. 26-Mar-2009

Cromer Crab Company is shedding 19 of the 200 jobs at its shellfish processing business in Norfolk. 26-Mar-2009

Glisten has shed 25 of the 160 jobs at its confectionery factory in Blackburn, having decided to end the night shift. 25-Mar-2009

Identigen of Ireland is to set up a meat safety laboratory in Newport, South Wales, with the creation of 27 jobs, and will then look to open additional sites in Europe and North America. 24-Mar-2009

Diageo is considering plans to close its headquarters in central London, in order to relocate staff to Park Royal. 23-Mar-2009

McCambridge Group is considering plans to close its Thornton Road bakery in Bradford, with the loss of up to 80 jobs and the transfer of 40 jobs to its City Road site. 19-Mar-2009

Coors Brewers is to relocate its telesales and free trade support staff from Headingley to a new site in Thorpe Park, Leeds, over the next few weeks. 19-Mar-2009

Williams College is to open a new catering college at Northcliffe House in the City of London in May. 17-Mar-2009

Paragon Vintners, the wine distribution firm, is to be closed down by parent company Angostura Suisse, with the loss of up to 28 jobs. 16-Mar-2009

United Biscuits is said to be considering plans to outsource up to 125 of the 750 jobs at its Aintree factory to India. 16-Mar-2009

David Price Food Services is to expand its frozen food delivery business into Scotland with the acquisition of a 40,000 sq ft cold store depot in Glasgow. 11-Mar-2009

The Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) is to create up to 100 jobs with the relocation of its headquarters to Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire by mid-summer. 10-Mar-2009

Red Bull, the energy drinks company, is to appoint Devono to find a suitable 20,000 sq ft office in central London. 09-Mar-2009

Nestle is to open a new 620,000 sq ft distribution centre in Bardon, Leicester, as part of a £110m logistics contract with Eddie Stobart. 09-Mar-2009

Stobart Group is to set up a 98,000 sq ft chilled food warehouse at Sherwood Park in Annesley, Nottinghamshire. 05-Mar-2009

C&C Group has sold Hollywood & Donnelly, its Northern Ireland-based wines and spirits business, to Golf Holdings for undisclosed terms. 05-Mar-2009

Sparky Pac has announced a £3.7m investment in the expansion of its pre-packed vegetables business in Comber, Northern Ireland, with the creation of 15 jobs over the next three years. 05-Mar-2009

Greencore is considering plans to shed up to 20 jobs at its sandwich factory in Worksop. 03-Mar-2009

Frederic Robinson is to install a new real ale production unit at the Unicorn Brewery in Stockport by the end of next year. 26-Feb-2009

PV France is to set up a 25,000 sq ft bakery production plant at Llangefni in Anglesey, with the creation of 105 jobs. 26-Feb-2009

Mary's Farmhouse has won permission from the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority to build a new ice cream factory at the Newport Business Park. 25-Feb-2009

Moy Park is to shed up to 25 of the 550 jobs at its poultry processing plant in Grantham. 23-Feb-2009

Dr Oetker is planning to expand the former Schwan's pizza factory in Leyland, Lancashire, with the creation of 40 jobs. 19-Feb-2009

Noble Foods is to close its egg packing factory in Holsworthy, Devon, with the loss of about 80 jobs. 19-Feb-2009

New Britain Palm Oil has won permission to build a new £18m palm oil processing facility on a six-acre site in Bootle, with the creation of 28 jobs. 17-Feb-2009

Cumbrian Seafoods has confirmed plans to permanently close its factory in Maryport, with the loss of an unspecified number of jobs. 17-Feb-2009

Cott Beverages is to shed 26 of the 250 jobs at its soft drinks factory in Nelson, Lancashire. 17-Feb-2009

Diageo has announced plans for a £200m restructuring programme for its drinks business, prompting speculation that more than 1,000 jobs could go from its global workforce of 23,000. 16-Feb-2009

Glenmorangie is planning to relocate up to 300 staff to a new headquarters and whisky bottling plant in Livingston by summer 2010, as part of a £45m expansion programme that will also include new offices in Edinburgh. 16-Feb-2009

Wells & Young's is considering plans to outsource the Bedford department of its brewery delivery operation to Kuehne & Nagel Drinks Logistics in June, with the transfer of up to 38 jobs. 12-Feb-2009

First Milk is considering plans to shed a further 52 of the 250 jobs at its cheese packing factory in Wrexham. 12-Feb-2009

Borderfields is planning to expand its workforce in Coldstream from 14 to 30 by the end of the year, having won a contract to supply rapeseed oil to Sainsbury's. 03-Feb-2009

ISP Alginates is to shed 145 jobs at its food-thickening agents factory at Girvan in Ayrshire, in order to transfer production to Norway. 03-Feb-2009

Arla is to invest £70m in the expansion of its dairy processing plant in Leeds by 2010, with the creation of 100 jobs, but 130 jobs will be lost with the closure of its site in Northallerton. 02-Feb-2009

Kerry Group is to close its Denny pies factory in Portadown in April, with the loss of up to 94 jobs, in order to transfer production to Poole and Burton-on-Trent. 30-Jan-2009

The Centre for the Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas) has won permission to build a new £53m headquarters for 1,000 staff at Lake Lothing in Lowestoft by 2011. 28-Jan-2009

Jags of Cardiff is looking to open up to ten catering franchises across the country by the end of next year. 27-Jan-2009

SA Brain is to outsource its Cardiff-based beer sales, distribution and technical support operation to Scottish & Newcastle, with the transfer of 34 staff, but up to 100 jobs could be lost with the closure of the Parc Ty Glas depot in Llanishen. 27-Jan-2009

Cruickshanks is to close its soft drinks business in Buckie in February, with the loss of 33 jobs. 27-Jan-2009

Greencore is to close its frozen foods factory at Keighley in West Yorkshire in May, with the loss of about 180 jobs. 26-Jan-2009

Vion, the Dutch-owned meat processing firm, is to shed 820 jobs from its 14,500-strong UK workforce, including 470 at Haverhill in Suffolk, 200 at Malton in North Yorkshire and 150 at Cambuslang in Scotland. 21-Jan-2009

Gibsons Foods is to close its sandwiches manufacturing plant in Ellesmere Port with the loss of 240 jobs, having appointed insolvency practitioner Wilson Field. 15-Jan-2009

Hain Frozen Foods is to shed about 17 of the 180 jobs at its vegetarian foods factory in Fakenham. 15-Jan-2009

Dalehead Foods is planning to close the abattoir at its pork processing plant in Linton, Cambridge, with the loss of 90 of the 385 jobs. 15-Jan-2009

Bernard Matthews is to shed about 130 of the 2,500 jobs at its turkey production operations in Norfolk. 15-Jan-2009

Thwaites, the Blackburn-based brewer, is planning to shed 31 head office jobs and 55 pub management jobs. 15-Jan-2009

Real Good Food Company is to merge its Renshaw ingredients business in Liverpool with its Napier Brown sugar business in Wakefield into a new Liverpool-based division called Renshawnapier. 14-Jan-2009

Tulip International is to close its meat processing plant in Thetford, with the loss of 75 jobs, and 57 jobs will be lost at its Ruskington site near Sleaford. 14-Jan-2009

InBev is said to be considering plans to shed more than 170 on-trade sales jobs, and regional offices could close in Exeter, Redhill and Birmingham. 12-Jan-2009

Tulip is to close its meat products factory at Bromborough in the Wirral, with the loss of up to 300 jobs. 09-Jan-2009

Total Produce is to close its fruit wholesaling operation in Norwich, with the loss of 44 jobs. 08-Jan-2009

InBev is to close the Stag Brewery at Mortlake in London next year, with the loss of up to 182 jobs. 07-Jan-2009

Headland Foods is to shed 95 of the 400 jobs at its frozen ready meals factory in Flint, and a further 35 jobs will be lost at its site in Grimsby. 07-Jan-2009

Tees Valley Regeneration has assisted On A Roll with the relocation of its sandwich production business to a larger unit at the Riverside Park in Middlesbrough, and 40 new jobs will be created. 07-Jan-2009

Bakkavor is considering plans to shed up to 400 of the 2,000 jobs at three food factories in Lincolnshire, including Exotic Farm Produce in Kirton, Freshcook in Holbeach and Bakkavor in Spalding. 05-Jan-2009





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