Between them, the 16 companies received 15 health and safety fines totalling £5.47 million over the past three years. Not one of these companies has a living wage accreditation, meaning their workers aren’t guaranteed an hourly wage of £9.90 an hour, although Greencore says it pays the living wage at “many” of its sites.Īccidents. ĭata collected by Tortoise for our Better Food Index, launched in beta today, shows that 16 of the 30 biggest UK food producers by turnover are private label companies. It has a meat brand, Tendercut Meats, producing raw and ready-to-cook lamb, beef and pork chops to Morrisons, as well as a deboned meat business called Belwood Food. Fletcher Bay Group, led by CEO David Gray, owns Berryworld and The Orchard Fruit Company, providing berries, citrus and stone fruits to several retailers including Tesco, Aldi, Morrisons and Waitrose.It provides Asda with its own-brand fruits, wine and now meat, having acquired British meat companies Forza and Kober. International Procurement & Logistics, led by CEO Martin Smith, is owned by Asda but operates as a separate company.It also supplies buns and desserts to Marks & Spencer, Tesco and Waitrose.
It makes ready meals for Tesco under the brand The City Kitchen and baked goods under the brand name The Pizza Company.
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