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June 1, 2003 - 31 Dec 2005
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2008

 
Mar 31 Suffolk brewer's new initiatives
Mar 31 Suffolk pig breeder resumes exports
Mar 31 FoodEast's top 5 news stories
Mar 31 What the weekend papers said about food & drink
Mar 28 Jobs under threat at poultry producer
Mar 28 Norfolk Geese launch 'easy start' scheme
Mar 28 Somerfield results
Mar 28 Waitrose appoints Executive Chef
Mar 28 M&S enters joint venture
Mar 27 Norfolk livestock haulage firm to close
Mar 27 Region wins export funding
Mar 27 Retailer of the Year announced
Mar 27 Sainsbury's results
Mar 27 Supermarket Meat Retailing report
Mar 27 Renewable energy partnership funding
Mar 27 Organic advisory service launched
Mar 20 Norfolk firm warned over safety breaches
Mar 20 Addressing Region's scientist shortage
Mar 20 Fenland Chairman of sugar board
Mar 20 New HR Director for M&S
Mar 20 Two new cases of Bluetongue
Mar 20 New agricultural and horticultural levy rates
Mar 17 Greenvale and Sainsbury's in corruption probe
Mar 17 Bakkavör buys food and drink supplier
Mar 17 FFB acts on funding decision
Mar 17 Biofuels ' can help' the livestock sector
Mar 17 EFSA publishes view on additives research
Mar 17 New senior marketing executive for Improve
Mar 17 Appointment of interim chief of animal health
Mar 17 Bluetongue vector free period ends
Mar 17 FoodEast's top 5 news stories
Mar 17 What the weekend papers said about food & drink
Mar 14 Suffolk poultry factory to close
Mar 14 Britvic soft drinks report
Mar 14 FMD review published
Mar 14 Concern over seasonal labour
Mar 14 New crops chairman elected
Mar 14 New chair for Science Advisory Council
Mar 14 Latest supermarket research
Mar 13 Uncertainty for Bernard Matthews' workers
Mar 13 Norfolk grower wins top award
Mar 13 Morrisons' results
Mar 13 New role for Sir Ken
Mar 13 Board and management changes at M&S
Mar 13 Budget responses
Mar 13 Latest pesticide report
Mar 13 New fairtrade research
Mar 10 Why Farming Matters in the Fens
Mar 10 Agricultural Land Market Survey
Mar 10 New Chair for COT
Mar 10 New Strategy Director for Sainsbury's
Mar 10 FoodEast's top 5 news stories
Mar 10 What the weekend papers said about food and drink
Mar 7 Bluetongue vaccination impact on Region's farmers
Mar 7 New Finance Chief for Bakkavör
Mar 7 Shop Price Index
Mar 7 Soil Association recommends on air freighted produce
Mar 7 ASDA's latest green initiative
Mar 7 Research on discounters
Mar 6 Farmers cry foul over sugar deal
Mar 6 Minimum wage rise announced
Mar 6 Grocery market share figures
Mar 6 Waitrose results reported
Mar 6 Fairtrade survey results
Mar 6 Effective weed control for pulses
Mar 3 Premier Foods to slash dividend
Mar 3 M&S enters joint venture
Mar 3 Review of progress on carrier reduction
Mar 3 Shoppers give cheap chicken the bird
Mar 3 SPS consultation launched
Mar 3 FoodEast's top 5 news stories
Mar 3 What the weekend papers said about food & drink
Feb 29 Immigration rules could hit Region's workforce
Feb 29 New Chairman of Essex NFU
Feb 29 Fairtrade funding announced
Feb 29 New Commercial Director for Tesco
Feb 29 Waitrose appoints Personnel Director
Feb 29 Functional food market enters critical era
Feb 29 Advice on recruiting migrant workers
Feb 28 Fire at Cambs produce factory
Feb 28 Cadbury completes sale of Monkhill
Feb 28 ABF trading update
Feb 28 Somerfield results
Feb 28 Consumer attitudes to food survey
Feb 28 M&S to charge for carriers
Feb 28 Battle for grocery market share
Feb 28 Animal health news alerts launched
Feb 25 Packaging firm returns to Beccles
Feb 25 New budget for low-carbon Britain
Feb 25 Climate change committee appointed
Feb 25 Leading chefs call on Brits to Save our Bacon
Feb 25 New President for RASE
Feb 25 FoodEast's top 5 news stories
Feb 25 What the weekend papers said about food & drink
Feb 21 New development at University food centre
Feb 21 Cadbury results reported
Feb 21 New chairmen for Cadbury
Feb 21 Tesco responds to competition commission
Feb 21 ASDA set to expand
Feb 21 A moral duty to strengthen farming
Feb 21 New chief for RSPCA
Feb 18 CC supermarket report out
Feb 18 Supermarket report from Sustainable Development Commission
Feb 18 FoodEast's top 5 news stories
Feb 18 What the weekend papers said about food & drink
Feb 15 New Chairman for Fengrain
Feb 15 Newcomer wins for Greene King
Feb 15 FDF appoints Head of BCCC
Feb 15 Award for Defra Science Advisor
Feb 15 Tough year ahead for retailing
Feb 14 Norfolk firm to produce 'green' biodiesel
Feb 14 Norfolk food depot's future under review
Feb 14 New packaging waste recycling targets
Feb 14 Out-of-town retail research
Feb 11 Supermarkets fear tougher regulation
Feb 11 Norfolk farming group wins award
Feb 11 Morrisons to sue OFT
Feb 11 Branston to help Peruvian farmers
Feb 11 New obesity report
Feb 11 New case of Bluetongue in Region
Feb 11 FoodEast's top 5 news stories
Feb 11 What the weekend papers said about food & drink
Feb 8 Sugar quota decision
Feb 8 Funding for Norfolk biofuel project
Feb 8 Robocrop wins LAMMA awards
Feb 8 ISO accreditation for Branston
Feb 8 New training research
Feb 7 British Sugar's new carbon label
Feb 7 Grocery market share figures
Feb 7 Sainsbury's snubs Oliver
Feb 7 First steps to reduce saturated fats
Feb 4 Bird flu affects Matthews' results
Feb 4 Region's rural funding guide
Feb 4 Latest LINKFresh system launched
Feb 4 New MD for Moy Park
Feb 4 Oliver's new row with Sainsbury's
Feb 4 FoodEast's top 5 news stories
Feb 4 What the weekend papers said about food & drink
Feb 1 More innovation at FoodEast
Feb 1 Bakkavör buys prepared food supplier
Feb 1 Greene King management statement
Feb 1 New Marketing Director for Britvic
Feb 1 Soft drinks losing their fizz
Feb 1 New salt research
Feb 1 Farm income figures announced
Jan 31 Region's firms sign Federation House Commitment
Jan 31 New Sales Director for Bernard Matthews
Jan 31 Bakkavör buys vegetable supplier
Jan 31 Britvic management statement
Jan 31 Bakkavör results
Jan 31 Apprenticeship reforms unveiled
Jan 28 Set aside results published
Jan 28 Study of Region's migrant workers
Jan 28 New Chairman for TGA
Jan 28 Research on salt in kids' food
Jan 28 Cadbury cocoa partnership announced
Jan 28 FoodEast's top 5 news stories
Jan 28 What the weekend papers said about food & drink
Jan 25 Feast East 2008
Jan 25 Parripak tips 'Mooli'
Jan 25 New bidder for Somerfield
Jan 25 Climate impacts of agriculture
Jan 25 Obesity report published
Jan 25 New industry standard for milk bottles
Jan 24 Herbert gives vision to Tulip
Jan 24 Which? supermarket survey
Jan 24 Supermarket considers Somerfield buyout
Jan 24 Morrisons' results update
Jan 24 Fresh push for single food labelling system
Jan 24 Tesco set for global £30bn expansion
Jan 21 Norfolk poultry firm plans energy plant
Jan 21 Parripak knows its onions!
Jan 21 MPs' decision on biofuels
Jan 21 Top beer brands slim down
Jan 21 Eves Review consultation summary
Jan 21 FoodEast's top 5 news stories
Jan 21 What the weekend papers said about food & drink
Jan 18 Job losses at Norfolk meat plant
Jan 18 Cadbury to sell Monkhill
Jan 18 More jobs at FoodEast
Jan 18 Northern Foods' results
Jan 18 Somerfield up for sale
Jan 18 New yeasts and moulds publication
Jan 17 New innovation park for Ipswich
Jan 17 Tesco results
Jan 17 Food prices rise at record rate
Jan 17 Northern Foods buys soup manufacturing plant
Jan 17 New guidance on allergies & unpackaged foods
Jan 17 Companies set to ride out economic storm
Jan 14 250 jobs may go at Bernard Matthews
Jan 14 Waitrose top grocer for customer satisfaction
Jan 14 Sainsbury's commits on chicken welfare
Jan 14 Significantly lower levels of Salmonella in organic laying hens
Jan 14 EU approves cloned products
Jan 14 FoodEast's top 5 news stories
Jan 14 What the weekend papers said about food & Drink
Jan 11 Del Monte closes Norfolk factory
Jan 11 Ipswich dairy to close
Jan 11 Sainsbury's results
Jan 11 Morrisons results
Jan 11 Grocery market share figures announced
Jan 11 Battery cage ban upheld
Jan 9 Celebration of Region's food at Covent Garden
Jan 9 HELIX workshops for 2008
Jan 9 Christmas cracker for ASDA
Jan 9 Waitrose announces strong Christmas sales
Jan 9 M&S food sales results
Jan 9 Should a chicken go 'cheap'?
Jan 9 Beef producers are getting short changed
Jan 9 Horticulture champion dies
Jan 7 Tesco 'not buying Campbell's site'
Jan 7 Parripak extends exotic range
Jan 7 Jamie Oliver accused of hypocrisy
Jan 7 New Year Honours for grocery industry figures
Jan 7 Food and drink retailers outperform in Q4
Jan 7 Tesco moves to counter Aldi and Lidl
Jan 7 What the weekend papers said about food & drink

2007
Dec 17 Supermarket supplier raided in labour probe
Dec 17 G's signs up to EiC campaign
Dec 17 Britain's posh nosh passion intensifies
Dec 17 FoodEast's top 5 news stories
Dec 17 What the weekend papers said about food and drink
Dec 14 Suffolk firm launches pre-packed coffee shop
Dec 14 Bluetongue detected in imported cow
Dec 14 Voluntary approach for trans fats recommended
Dec 14 Continued high levels of pesticides in food reported
Dec 14 IGD sets minimum levels for whole grains
Dec 14 Flavour trends are evolving
Dec 13 Suffolk brewer targets India
Dec 13 Cadbury Schweppes ahead of targets
Dec 13 The importance of provenance at Parripak
Dec 13 Sharp upturn for Morrisons
Dec 13 New Director General for BRC
Dec 10 Supermarkets fined over dairy price-fixing
Dec 10 Bird flu firm admits biosecurity shortcomings
Dec 10 BPC to be replaced
Dec 10 New CSR director for Northern Foods
Dec 10 Holmer - A cause for celebration!
Dec 10 FoodEast's top 5 news stories
Dec 10 What the weekend papers said about food & drink
Dec 07 Dairyland goes into liquidation
Dec 07 Premier dries ready meal packs
Dec 07 New joint MD for Tiptree Jam
Dec 07 Britvic profits up
Dec 07 Food price inflation hits new high
Dec 07 M&S receives prestigious award
Dec 07 Northern Foods signs up to Skills Pledge
Dec 07 Meat controls advisory body launched
Dec 07 Bird flu zones lifted
Dec 05 Greene King toasts success
Dec 05 New brand from Greenvale
Dec 05 JO Sims looks to berry happy Christmas
Dec 05 Jim joins Herbert
Dec 05 Tesco booms
Dec 05 M&S and Tesco "most admired"
Nov 28 Fram Farmers announces merger move
Nov 28 20 years of slicing and dicing at Parripak
Nov 28 Perterborough tops recycling table
Nov 26 Fengrain grows
Nov 26 Herbert expands with PALS
Nov 26 A taste of the USA comes to Southend
Nov 26 Back to our roots with green manure
Nov 26 2008:International Year of the Potato
Nov 26 FoodEast's Top 5 news stories
Nov 26 What the weekend papers said about food and drink
Nov 22 Bernard talks turkey for Christmas
Nov 22 Norwich firm cuts a dash in Moscow
Nov 22 £14m savings "tip of the iceberg" for food industry
Nov 22 Shrink your carbon footprint!
Nov 19 Parripak celebrates growth in 20th year
Nov 19 Region's farmers face ruin from disease charge
Nov 19 Labour pledges £1bn to tackle lack of skills
Nov 19 New chief for FSA
Nov 19 Best Innovation in Food Ingredients award winners
Nov 19 Firms to feel the squeeze in 2008
Nov 19 Tesco fresh thinking challenges US retailers
Nov 19 FoodEast's top 5 news stories
Nov 19 What the weekend papers said about food & drink
Nov 16 Parripak rises to demand for gourmet garlics
Nov 16 Most milk, dairy products & pork from GM
Nov 16 Highest food prices for a decade
Nov 16 Bird flu update
Nov 16 Traffic lights guidance issued
Nov 16 Northern Foods profits up
Nov 16 New recruits at Improve
Nov 16 Britons besotted by BOGOFs
Nov 15 Greene King buys pub chain
Nov 15 Bird flu cull widens
Nov 15 Sainsbury's sales up
Nov 15 Tesco still strong in the face of stiff competition
Nov 15 Which? calls for tougher restrictions on junk food ads
Nov 15 FFB personnel changes
Nov 13 Suffolk bird flu is H5N1
Nov 12 Bird flu confirmed on Norfolk/Suffolk border
Nov 12 Region's success at Food Manufacture awards
Nov 12 PM orders probe into security of food supply
Nov 12 Warning of livestock link to global warning
Nov 12 Rose to become BITC Chairman
Nov 12 Chief Vet quits
Nov 12 Environmental guide published
Nov 12 FSA launches postgrad scholarships
Nov 12 FoodEast's top 5 news stories
Nov 12 What the weekend papers said about food and drink
Nov 9 Turkey giant fights for survival
Nov 9 Sugar producer hits the heights
Nov 9 Arla Foods scoops top honours
Nov 9 Record levels for food and drink exports
Nov 9 Organic milk cuts eczema in children
Nov 9 GM crops 'grown here by 2009'
Nov 8 New jobs at Linda McCartney food group
Nov 8 Bedford College wins prestigious award
Nov 8 M&S food sales up
Nov 8 Education reforms offer boost to industry
Nov 8 Meat export ban eased
Nov 6 The Future of East Anglian Sugar Beet?
Nov 6 Region's farmers Farmers Weekly winners
Nov 6 Sainsbury's takeover bid dropped
Nov 6 Garden Organic supports Afghanistan
Nov 6 FoodEast's top 5 news stories
Nov 6 What the weekend papers said about food and drink
Nov 2 Matthews CEO quits
Nov 2 Region's organic action plan launched
Nov 2 Excess body fat causes cancer, says WCRF
Nov 2 Ambitious targets for apprenticeships
Nov 2 FSA issues fish labelling guide
Nov 2 Lawyers add food group to the menu
Nov 2 Defra tenders for Bluetongue vaccine
Oct 31 Competition Commission reports on supermarkets
Oct 31 New East of England bluetongue zone
Oct 31 Migrant workers 'vital' to food and drink sector
Oct 29 Future of Del Monte plant in the balance
Oct 29 Santa sails into Snape
Oct 29 BRC standards to be updated
Oct 29 FoodEast's top 5 news stories
Oct 29 What the weekend papers said about food and drink
Oct 26 Bakkavör sales up
Oct 26 Deadline set on Sainsbury's bid
Oct 26 Skills Academy chief unveiled
Oct 26 Government challenged over air freighted food
Oct 26 Manufacturers launch environmental plan
Oct 25 Anglia's mobile application wins award
Oct 25 Top grocery brands announced
Oct 25 Supermarkets must reduce excessive packaging
Oct 25 NFU warns of labour crisis
Oct 25 Warning on impact of pesticide directive
Oct 25 Bluetongue zones extended
Oct 22 Region's meat exports back on track
Oct 22 New EU regs on glass jars
Oct 22 Information overload is industry opportunity
Oct 22 FoodEast's top 5 news stories
Oct 22 What the weekend papers said about food & drink
Oct 19 MBMG's Anya potatoes win award
Oct 19 Britvic reports robust trading
Oct 19 Organisational changes at FFB
Oct 19 Green league table released
Oct 19 Online grocery set to deliver
Oct 18 Tackling Obesity - Future Choices
Oct 18 ABS wins award
Oct 18 Grocery sector growth returns
Oct 18 Tesco to map carbon footprint of products
Oct 18 Bluetongue confirmed in Peterborough
Oct 18 Product Development Guide published
Oct 15 Why farming matters in the Fens
Oct 15 Cadbury collaborates with Carbon Disclosure Project
Oct 15 Bluetongue movement restrictions lifted
Oct 15 New Food Safety & Science Director for FDF
Oct 15 FoodEast's top 5 news stories
Oct 15 What the weekend papers said about food & drink
Oct 12 New FoodEast Flyer
Oct 12 ERMS buys MBM site
Oct 12 IGD Food Industry Award winners
Oct 12 Food Environmental Efficiency Day
Oct 12 New Convenience Director for Sainsbury's
Oct 12 GLA appoints new Chief
Oct 12 Tougher targets for packaging waste
Oct 12 Northern Foods' trading in line
Oct 12 Lessons learned from bird flu outbreak
Oct 11 Employ migrant workers? Let the Fenland Pilot guide you!
Oct 11 Sustainable farming and food champion visits Norwich
Oct 11 Cadbury to demerge Americas Beverages
Oct 11 Cantley beet deliveries suspended
Oct 11 New skills needs research
Oct 11 Bluetongue zones extended
Oct 11 Sainsbury's sales up
Oct 11 Packaging restrictions lifted
Oct 8 Bakkavör buys Welcome
Oct 8 Tiptree Little Scarlet wins award
Oct 8 Animal Health launches information line
Oct 8 Grass-fed beef poised for comeback
Oct 8 Feed-saving tasks for pig farms
Oct 8 Time to use Fazor in root crops
Oct 8 FoodEast's top 5 news stories
Oct 8 What the weekend papers said about food and drink
Oct 5 Geo Adams to be taken over
Oct 5 Food cost inflation influences prices
Oct 5 New Board members for Improve
Oct 5 FSA launches Food Champion Awards
Oct 5 Another green award for ASDA
Oct 5 Sainsbury's to relocate HQ
Oct 5 National ADER Conference
Oct 4 Tesco profits up 14%
Oct 4 Campbell's soup to be rebranded
Oct 4 Trade of meat to resume
Oct 4 Parripak Four triumph in charity challenge
Oct 4 Cadbury restructuring announced
Oct 4 CAP reform briefing
Oct 4 National Farm Management Conference
Oct 1 Bluetongue control zone set up in Region
Oct 1 Region's land prices continue to rise
Oct 1 Eighth case of FMD confirmed
Oct 1 Prince of Wales raises over £½ million for farmers
Oct 1 New Business Environment Director for BRC
Oct 1 ASDA named Britain's Greenest Grocer
Oct 1 FoodEast's top 5 news stories
Oct 1 What the weekend papers said about food and drink
Sep 28 Cadbury tops climate change survey
Sep 28 Livestock markets to re-open
Sep 28 TNS acquires ID Magasin
Sep 28 Employers urged to go to universities
Sep 28 Growing market for healthy snacks
Sep 27 Norfolk winery increases capacity
Sep 27 Salvesen receives takeover approach
Sep 27 Bluetongue and FMD update
Sep 27 Zero set aside to be monitored
Sep 27 Food and drink chiefs back skills drive
Sep 27 Major rise in bulk wine imports
Sep 24 Bluetongue hits Suffolk
Sep 24 New Flexiwrap brochure from Herbert
Sep 24 Brits shun fast food
Sep 24 FoodEast's top 5 news stories
Sep 24 What the weekend papers said about food and drink
Sep 21 Sainsbury's bid moves closer
Sep 21 Latest grocery market share figures
Sep 21 Morrisons sales up
Sep 21 New Levy Board to be based at Stoneleigh
Sep 21 Producers shun high fructose corn syrup
Sep 20 OFT slams supermarket price fixing
Sep 17 ABF takes stake in Jordans