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Local food? A great idea (on paper)

Getting your groceries straight from a nearby farm, who wouldn’t want that? Less transport, fairer prices for farmers, shorter supply chains. Governments have been trying to promote it for years. Still, making local food..

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Resource saving with Top Wrap and Top Close

22 June 2023

MULTIVAC offers two new labeling solutions for trays of fresh produce: Top Wrap and Top Close. Ideal for fresh produce that does not require a protective atmosphere or vacuum packaging. With Top Wrap, a label is applied ...

From disillusion to innovation: plant-based meat in transition

22 June 2023

The plant-based meat alternative (PBMA) market is coming to terms with a more realistic growth perspective. European meat alternative manufacturers and food retailers are rationalizing both production capacity and their ...

Rabobank: Strategic changes needed in egg industry

21 June 2023

Rabobank highlights the urgent need for strategic changes in the egg industry due to the increasing volatility of egg prices and the impact on consumers and players in the supply chain. High prices have led to supply cha...

VFC Foods secures acquisition of Meatless Farm

21 June 2023

In a significant move, vegan food company VFC has acquired the Meatless Farm brand, rescuing the fellow Yorkshire plant-based brand from administration. The Meatless Farm brand name will be retained, with the product ran...

Proteins fermented by fungi win ReThink Waste

21 June 2023

Team Afterlife won first prize in the ReThink Waste Challenge with their idea to convert food waste into proteins using fungi. The judges praised their approach to a waste stream that is difficult to ferment. The team re...

Spreadability will make food production more sustainable

20 June 2023

Anouk Lie-Piang has developed a model to predict the influence of "enriched ingredients" on the structure of foods. Thinking from the functionality of ingredients opens new possibilities for more sustainable food product...

FNLI warns for impact of climate plans on food sector

20 June 2023

Food manufacturers fear the additional charges and huge tax increase on gas if government plans go through. FNLI is calling on the parliament to exempt entrepreneurs who cannot electrify because the infrastructure is not...

Online edition June: Construction | Cooling and freezing

19 June 2023

Put three owners of family-owned food companies and a director of an engineering firm at one table and you get an interesting insight into the dynamic world of building and renovation.   Measuri...

Column Judith Witte: Building the future

19 June 2023

The emotions in our small family business called "family" regularly ran high this spring. The Jumbo commercial on TV was all too recognizable. "I'm getting too old for midterms week," sighs the mother at the end of the c...

Jorg Brouwer - Iglo: 'Transforming frozen food section'

19 June 2023

Jorg Brouwer has only been in the position of general manager Iglo Netherlands for a few months. Even so, he has a plan. Brouwer - an FMCG beast at heart - has been with parent company Nomad Foods for about five years an...

Entrepreneurs' building experiences in food

19 June 2023

Put three family business owners in the food industry - all three of them growing - and a director of an engineering firm together at a table, serve a nice lunch, and you will get an interesting insight into the dynamic ...

New cold store for 'growth enabler' Leen Menken

19 June 2023

Leen Menken's ambitions and the growing demand for cold storage and the 'last mile' no longer matched the company's capacity. For a new cold store, old building plans were taken from the archieves. And they turned out to...

Huuskes: successful partnership with Ruys for 20 years

19 June 2023

Huuskes is a leader in the field of food and drink in the care and catering sector. Their credo: 'listening well to the customer and acting accordingly'. They are doing so quite successfully: "We are growing continuously...

Column Pieter Vos: Personal development plan is vital

19 June 2023

Feelings and ambience are often expressed in perceived temperature: "The atmosphere was cool. He looked at her with a cold stare. There were overheated discussions. He boiled over with anger'. But also: 'upon entering, a...

Jackit: Your answer to renovation and new construction

19 June 2023

Sooner or later the production floor needs maintenance or refurbishment. It's never really convenient. Renovation and construction specialist Jackit works as flexibly as possible to keep business processes flowing. "S...