7:33pm

James Hill to be new CEO at Findus

Frozen food businesses trawling for leaders at difficult times

3:16pm

Singapore regulator calls for F&N auction

Rival bidders at standstill for Asian conglomerate

7:37pm

Turkish snack group eyes global expansion

Simit Sarayi hopes to raise $500m in private equity backing

file photos from left to right of LiDL, Aldi, Tesco and Iceland who are all effected by the news that horse meat has been found in a number of their beef products. puknews ©PA From WORLD 6:09pm

Union blames cuts for burger incident

Public deserve to have confidence in products, says Unison

From WORLD 12:45pm

Supermarkets withdraw contaminated burgers

Horse and pig DNA present in Tesco, Lidl and Aldi products

Manchester United logo on a jersey at a Singapore sports store ©AFP From TRAVEL & LEISURE Jan 15, 2013

Man Utd signs up Chinese sponsors

Deals will aid club meet Uefa financial fair play regulations

cans of john smiths extra smooth bitter ©Alamy Jan 14, 2013

Austerity leaves John Smith’s weaker

Brewer waters down beer to combat rising costs and higher taxes

Jan 14, 2013

Molson Coors invests in Cork microbrewer

Canadian group taps into craft beer growth

Jan 14, 2013

Review sets back Barr-Britvic merger plans

Competition watchdog extends probe

From MARKETS Jan 11, 2013

Wheat and corn spike on stockpile squeeze

US says balance of supply and demand is ‘historically tight’

From COMMENT Jan 11, 2013

Farmers must adapt to extreme weather

Food producers and consumers need to embrace change, writes Clive Cookson

Lex Jan 11, 2013

Muddled words of M&A advice

Asian brewer deal deemed ‘fair but not reasonable’ by JPMorgan

Jan 10, 2013

‘Buy British’ looks set to be abandoned

Cash-strapped consumers reluctant to spend more on local products

From WORLD Jan 9, 2013

Extreme weather to hit consumers and farmers

Second wettest year on record caused £1.3bn financial black hole in farming

From WORLD Jan 9, 2013

Poor harvests force Hovis to turn to EU grain

Premier Foods drops pledge to use only British wheat

From TRAVEL & LEISURE Jan 9, 2013

Restaurant Group plans faster expansion

Frankie & Benny’s owner reports like-for-like sales up 4.5%

From TRAVEL & LEISURE Jan 9, 2013

Greggs’ like-for-like sales decline 3%

Bakery group blames festive season calendar and weather

Jan 8, 2013

Statutory code to tackle pubco abuses

Independent adjudicator to be appointed

Jan 8, 2013

Iglo chief executive to step down

Martin Glenn to leave Birds Eye group in wake of failed sell-off

Jan 8, 2013

Yum licking its wounds in China

Poultry scare will hit fourth-quarter earnings

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