Third generation Essex-farmer and fruit-grower, Pete Thompson is determined to create a more sustainable way of farming, finding new uses for the apples, pears, apricots and plums grown on his Essex farm, but which haven’t made the grade required by retailers

Culina Group, the market-leading food & drink warehousing, distribution and transport specialists, are specifying Labcraft’s Banksman system to improve visibility and maintain safety during night time vehicle operations

Taking its inspiration from the forbidden boozy hideaways of the prohibition era, and creating a strong association with discovering alcohol in unexpected places, family-run business Speakeasy Ice Cream is adding something new to the desserts category by combining delicious and indulgent creamy ice cream with top craft alcohol brands to create alcohol-infused ice creams

No 29 Power Station West has won in the ‘Best Overall UK Bar’ and ‘Best Pub’ categories in this year’s Restaurant & Bar Design Awards, a prestigious, globally-recognised competition commending and celebrating the best in design and architecture for food and drink serving spaces, from airports to museums to restaurants

As part of its commitment to prevent unnecessary food waste, Sodexo, the world’s largest services company, has launched its own wonky veg initiative, known as Wasteful to Tasteful, to help reduce the volume of Grade B fruit and vegetables being thrown away or left to rot

Michelin-starred Imperial Treasure Group is making its UK and European debut when it opens on London’s Waterloo Place this November in a Grade II listed building, in the heart of the St James’s conservation area

In keeping with the current ‘gut health’ trend, Planet Organic has launched the UK’s first-ever raw chocolate snack bar with added probiotics

In September, Scandinavian food specialists, ScandiKitchen, launched a collection of premium jams available through its website and on Ocado

NewCold has unveiled its newly-completed deep frozen storage and distribution centre in Wakefield, which, says the company, is now the largest of its kind in the UK

Microsoft’s annual Ignite Conference in September 2018 hosted the launch of Bühler Insights, one of the first secure, high performing and reliable cloud-based frameworks for digital services in the food and feed processing industry