Food and beverage


  • Foie Gras house uses bespoke ERP system to implement rigorous quality control 

    A bespoke ERP system from food and drink IT specialist CSB-System is providing Feyel & Artzner, one of the oldest French Foie Gras houses, with a comprehensive cross-functional quality management and production system. Thanks to this, the company is able to plan effectively, access vital business information, implement rigorous quality control procedures and take the…


  • Data sharing helps producer increase cash flow by 65%

    Cibao Meat Products is unlocking data from a centralised hub to generate insights ten times faster using work management software. The 50+ year Hispanic-styled meats company tapped into Slingshot’s data driven work management platform from software company Infragistics, to bring data to the centre of its business. The family company, now in its third-generation of…


  • Diageo trio hit the right notes

    Diageo’s trio of premium ready-to-serve (RTD) bottled cocktails, the ‘Cocktail Collection’, has become GB’s number one product in the RTD category within just four months of launch, according to Nielsen Scantrack. Since launching in March of this year, the Cocktail Collection has gone from strength-to-strength, spearheading the category, demonstrating the ongoing demand for convenient premium…


  • Atlas Copco’s new beer foam separator reduces wastage and increases efficiency

    Atlas Copco has introduced the Beer Foam Separator (BFS 900) offering better protection, cleaner processes, and higher savings. Built to be used in combination with its industry 4.0 ready GHS VSD+ screw vacuum pump, the addition of the beer foam separator is primed to improve energy efficiency, reduce lifecycle costs and lower the rejection rate…


  • Coca-Cola invests in surplus sharing and community change at the Hoyland Community Shop

    Thanks to a partnership with Coca-Cola, the award-winning and transformative social supermarket, Community Shop, will open its latest store in Hoyland, Barnsley, on 10th July 2024. The Community Shop is an arm of Company Shop Group, a UK redistributor of surplus products. Company Shop Group takes perfectly good products that are destined for waste and…


  • Coca-Cola invests in surplus sharing and community change

    Thanks to a partnership with Coca-Cola, the award-winning and transformative social supermarket, Community Shop, will open its latest store in Hoyland, Barnsley, on 10th July 2024. The Community Shop is an arm of Company Shop Group, a UK redistributor of surplus products. Company Shop Group takes perfectly good products that are destined for waste and…


  • Food Standard Agencies in England, Wales, and Scotland approve the use of monk fruit

    A new ruling will unlock the opportunity for monk fruit to be used as a naturally sweet, low-calorie ingredient in food and beverage products sold in the UK. Monk Fruit Corp, a leading monk fruit company, has announced it has received confirmation from the UK FSA that monk fruit decoctions have been consumed to a…


  • Krones sells 500th aseptic filler to Brazilian beverage producer

    The Brazilian beverage producer Natural One has opted for the Contipure AseptBloc – the 500th aseptic filler sold by Krones, which is integrated in a sterile block solution. “This is a significant proof of the convincing safety and sustainability arguments in the updated solution. So next to the milestone of 500 systems sold based on…


  • Punchy releases first of its kind electrolyte rehydration beverage

    Punchy is entering the hydration category with the the launch of two new canned hydration drink. Described as the first of its kind in the UK, the drinks target health related issues around hydration. Punchy is set to combat this issue with the launch of its new Everyday Hydration range, now available in two flavour…


  • IFF’s Sustainability Brewing Calculator helps reduce brewers’ environmental impact

    IFF’s new online tool reveals how adjustments to raw material inputs can lead to substantial savings in water, energy, CO2 emissions, and land use. The Sustainability Brewing Calculator simplifies sustainable decision-making for brewers to help them succeed in their markets, and do so responsibly, said Todd Krieger, sustainable solutions director at IFF. This launch is part…