In the year ending 28th February 2013, Stobart group announced underlying profits of £44.9m, up 12%, on revenues of £572.4m.

Morrisons and Ocado have announced a £170m deal that will see Morrisons.com commence online grocery deliveries in January 2014.

Nestlé is extending its Vorsino based facility in order to support growing demand in Russia for its products.

Growing UK Brewer, St Austell Brewery, is to partner with Norbert Dentressangle as it plans to expand its business out of south-west England.

UK based mineral water supplier, Highland Spring, is to partner with CHEP in a three year pallet provision deal.

Tesco, Unilever, Asda and Coca-Cola are among those signed up to the third phase of the Courthauld commitment, which aims to cut £1.6bn of food waste out of the supply chain.

Tesco and Coca-Cola Enterprises (CEE) have won ECR Europe's 'Best Activation' award recognising the companies’ implementation of collaborative business practices. They beat 20 other submissions from 13 different countries across Europe.

Finnish based food manufacturer, Oy Roberts, have appointed DB Schenker as its 3pl to provide storage and distribution of its products.

Walmart is boosting food safety in China with a 100m yuan investment, according to press reports. Part of the investment will be spent on mobile food safety laboratories which will serve its stores in Guangdong province.

J.O.Sims, the UK’s leading supplier of fresh cherries, is to partner with logistics company, Gist, in a relationship which sees Gist become both supplier and customer.