News and events

Despite the challenges faced by businesses during the pandemic, three Welsh food and drink businesses have been named in the UK’s top 50 fastest growing independent food and beverage companies.

The Food and Drink Wales Export Club, Insight Programme and IGD are teaming up to host a webinar focusing on the European Retail Markets.

As this summer’s Tokyo Olympic Games gets closer, Calon Wen, a Welsh farmers’ co-operative based in Pembrokeshire supplying milk, butter and cheese, has already secured a gold medal position by being the only European cheese certified as organic by the Japanese Government.

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International food and drink group Princes has completed the first phase of a planned £60m investment in its Cardiff manufacturing site, with the installation of seven new state-of-the-art soft drink production lines.

The Welsh Government supported Food and Drink Wales Export Club has reached and surpassed its 100-member milestone following a 56 percent increase in applications since March 2020 and the outbreak of COVID-19.

Riding the crest of the vegetarian and vegan wave, Parsnipship have acquired vegan nut-based cheese alternative producer Nutchi’s with support from Welsh Government’s Investor Ready Programme.

Flapjacks with a Welsh twist made by North Wales bakery, Siwgr a Sbeis are now available to buy across the country after being listed by the Co-op.

An international export cluster programme for Welsh food and drink businesses is underway as part of the Welsh Government’s strategy for the food and drink sector to develop and access new markets in new ways overseas.

Over the coming months, ZERO2FIVE Food Industry Centre are hosting a series of webinars which will give an overview of key food safety considerations for businesses.