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FMCG June-July (1-7):Layout 1 13/6/14 11:37 Page 1 THE TRADE JOURNAL FOR THE FAST MOVING SPECIAL CONSUMER GOODS MANUFACTURING SECTOR INTERPACK REVIEW PLUS Product Innovations FMCG Safety & Hygiene JUNE - JULY 2014 Industry News GB £3.75 Europe €5.00 USA $7.00 news Fix-a-Form Multi-Page Labels – how would you use yours? in ly Cha pp Su FEATURE FEATURE & s Summer Retailer c ti Launch engagement is Gallery g o L FMCG June-July (1-7):Layout 1 13/6/14 11:37 Page 2 FMCG June-July (1-7):Layout 1 13/6/14 12:33 Page 3 Cover Photo: Denny Bros see page 45 for further information July 2014 Hello and welcome to the latest the Farm Shop & Deli and Food & Drink Expo Carlsberg Group, PE in the UK and Sedex edition of FMCG News. The ran at the same time this year. Take a look at Global have offered their insight on the year seems to be flying by and the reviews of the shows on pages 12 and 22. matter. every month we are enjoying In this latest issue of FMCG News we have Finally our regular contributors Danielle new and exciting product lots of exciting news, as well as features from Pinnington, Mike Faers and Mark Salisbury launches, as brands make the some old favourites. Our launch gallery is jam offer up words of wisdom on important topics most of important events, such as the 2014 packed with new products and we have also for the industry. World Cup and seasonal holidays. created a summer launch gallery for those I hope this issue offers insight and A very important event, just for our industry, looking to cash in on the (hopefully) warm inspiration for the month ahead. Enjoy! recently took place in the form of interpack, weather, which is soon to arrive. which we personally visited and had the Our contributors for this month are opportunity to meet with a huge variety of tackling issues such as safety & hygiene, the exciting suppliers for the industry. We also importance of the shopper, traceability and got the chance to pay a visit to the FOODEX logistics. This month’s Question Time feature show, which was a fantastic event full of takes a look at improving supply chain Samantha Owen interesting (and yummy!) new products as sustainability. Experts from 2degrees, the Editor Editor: Samantha Owen NEWS 4 25 LOGISTICS [email protected] Our round up of recent news and events & SUPPLY CHAIN Contributing Editor: In our first of special features we take a look at Jade Tolley INDUSTRY NEWS 8 solutions for your logistics and supply chain [email protected] All the latest news from suppliers for the FMCG Senior Artworker: industry, all in one place 32 QUESTION TIME Lisa Frances [email protected] This month our panelists take a look at supply chain sustainability Sales Office Manager: Vicky Bullivant [email protected] 35 SAFETY & HYGIENE Account Manager: Our final special feature considers the importance Vicky Bullivant of food safety and hygiene [email protected] Accounts: Carole Todd [email protected] Reception: Joanne Cluer [email protected] Associate Publisher: INTERPACK REVIEW 12 Donna Jenkins We take a look at what this year’s interpack show [email protected] had to offer visitors, plus an exhibitor showcase Publisher: Robert Nisbet [email protected] LAUNCH GALLERY 16 This month’s Launch Gallery is jam packed with 39 INNOVATION, exciting new products INNOVATION DON’T GET LEFT 42 SUMMER OFF THE SHELF 20 LAUNCH GALLERY Rosy Parker-Blair considers how brands must take a Media One Communications Ltd, Our special summer Launch Gallery features a 1 Accent Park, Bakewell Road, personal approach to make it on the retailer’s shelf plethora of hot products Orton Southgate, Peterborough, PE2 6XS. Tel: 01733 385300. FOODEX REVIEW 22 44 IN DESIGN... www.onecoms.co.uk This year’s FOODEX show served up fantastic Copyright 2014©, all rights reserved. No part products and insightful expert advice for visitors of this publication may be reproduced in any 50 LAST WORD way without written permission from the Nick Miller discusses the increasing popularity of publisher. All views and opinions expressed FROM THE CONSUMER... 24 Click & Collect services are not necessarily those of the publisher. FMCGNews.co.uk | FMCG News | 3 FMCG June-July (1-7):Layout 1 13/6/14 11:37 Page 4 NEWS that they want increased transparency and information for food products, in order to be Visitor FMCG more confident in the origin of registration food products and their ingredients. The survey also opens for asked shoppers which lunch! 2014 information on food packaging was the most important, and most likely to influence their NEWS purchasing decisions. Health information, for example calorie or fat counts, was the clear Alert to consider winner; 60% listed it as the first TOP organic rules in or second most important FIR preparations information on a label, with 36% TWEETS Organic food manufacturers and 24% in total. In contrast, @NFUtweets have been warned that product only 10% listed it as the least NATIONALFARMERSUNION labels, changed to meet new important. At the other end of No reason for supermarkets not regulations, must be checked the scale ethics, such as to be stocking new season British with their organic control body whether food was fair trade or lamb http://bit.ly/1p3o0y1 battery farmed, was seen as the before going into print. Leading Fresh from its win of Best least important to shoppers. @CadburyUK certifier, Organic Farmers & Trade Show 2013 at the UK’s Only 9% of consumers placed it CADBURY UK Growers (OF&G), has flagged up Exhibition News Awards last We’re at Waterloo Station from as the most important the issue after discovering that month, lunch!, which returns to 10am today bringing joy to the consideration, while almost half some packaging which had Business Design Centre in daily commute! Come along to (49%) placed it last or second take part! #FreeTheJoy been redesigned to meet the London on the 23rd-24th from last. Given the attention new Food Information September, is looking to make @TescoMedia paid to organic and GM foods, Regulation (FIR) was being headlines again with the first TESCO PLC farming methods were also altered in such as way as to preview of its 2014 exhibitor You can read about our new important to consumers. While partnership with @houseoffraser breach organic rules. Processing list. To celebrate the show’s 15% ranked them as the most here specialists at OF&G, which does latest win and mark the important consideration, only http://www.tescoplc.com/index.as not require the use of its logo on opening of visitor registration p?pageid=17&newsid=988 … 32% ranked them as the least or labels, are concerned that too for 2014, the list offers an second least; lower than any @groceryaid many organic food processors exclusive first look at some of other factor. Interestingly, the GROCERYAID will be caught out by the the companies who will be Huge thanks to The Westgate statistics across the board assumption that changes do not helping to shape the future of School for hosting the Candy Ball showed clear differences by age. need to be checked by their the food-to-go sector over the goody bag packing and providing The over-65s showed the lots of volunteers to help us! organic control body. Organic next twelve months. With over greatest loss of trust in the food #GACandyBall Farmers & Growers has pledged four months to go until doors industry; were most demanding @StarpackAwards to speed FIR-related enquiries open and only 20 stands left to of extra information and STARPACK AWARDS through its system wherever sell on the venue’s upper transparency on products; and The deadline for the Industry possible but has cautioned that feature level, the 2014 edition were disproportionally Awards looms! 27 June is your it may itself face increased promises to raise the bar yet last chance :) concerned about products’ demand as the implementation again. lunch! 2014 will feature http://www.iom3.org/content/starp country of origin. In comparison, date of the new regulation around 300 exhibiting ack-industry-awards … 16-24 year-olds showed the least #packaging #awards nears. companies showcasing a trust lost in the food industry wealth of new food and drink @asda and were the age group most products, packaging, ASDA concerned about information on equipment and technologies. Our Chosen by you Chicken & Consumers ethics. Chorizo Paella won a top accolade @TheGrocer demand increased #ownlabelawards2014: transparency http://bit.ly/1rD0fRT British consumers have had @MetcalfesSkinny their trust in the food industry Metcalfe’s Skinny METCALFE'S SKINNY severely dented by food let their hair down We are so excited to be in the scandals such as the horsemeat @BootsOfficialUK #MealDeal crisis, according to independent Leading and fast-growing snack CLIC with our Topcorn, Corners and Corn cakes! research commissioned by brand, Metcalfe’s skinny, are Sargent, Trace One. According to the @Foodanddrinkfed proud to be supporting Wig Metcalfe’s survey, 63% of shoppers said Wednesday to raise awareness skinny FDF their trust in the food industry Join our seminar/workshop on and funds for their partner has Food Information Regulation on had been damaged by charity CLIC Sargent, the UK’s pledged 26 June http://bit.ly/fdflabelling revelations such as the leading charity for children and to raise over #regulation horsemeat crisis; along with young people, and their families. £30,000 for the charity.