Purpose – This paper aims to explore the role that inter‐personal relationships play in promoting or hindering the dissolution of business relationships operating in the UK food industry. Design/methodology/approach – The case study methodology was used to explore the dissolution of 11...

The EC food industry is characterized by a fragmented manufacturing sector of over 100,000 companies. The heterogeneous nature of food demand and the predominance of family‐owned companies servicing specialized local needs has hindered the growth of the major food manufacturers, while the...

Despite the long term decline in per capita consumption, eggs remain an important staple in the British diet. Having recovered from the salmonella scare in 1989, the image of eggs has suffered in recent years due to the growing awareness of (and concern over) diet and health, and bird welfare....

Looks at the way in which a pizza manufacturing company, supplying both branded and own‐label products to the Irish and UK retail markets, undertook a major restructuring of its procurement and manufacturing processes. Numerous sub‐processing activities were having adverse effects on...

Purpose – To highlight the problems with and propose a framework for improving demand management in retail food supply chains. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on empirical evidence from multiple case studies and develops a framework for improvement in demand management for...

Presents recent evidence of supply chain developments in the UK fresh produce industry, based on interviews with chief executives from some of the country’s most successful suppliers. A number of success factors were evident, to varying degrees, in all of the companies interviewed. These...