Food and Beverage stories - Page 2

Spring gifting now packs GBP £6.9bn into 10 weeks, with Valentine's, Mother's Day and Easter rivaling Christmas for UK retailers.

French retail tech firm EasyPicky opens a Delaware base as it targets the US to help drive 90% of its revenue from international markets by 2028.

Online Valentine's discounts shrink as shoppers browse earlier, research more and spread spending beyond traditional romantic gifts.

Square rolls out free AI assistant in the UK, helping SME owners query their own sales data in plain English to speed up decisions.

FiLLi Cafe adopts Oracle NetSuite to streamline finance, inventory and franchise operations as it scales to 100-plus sites in 13 countries.

XR acquires Telly Traffic to fold TV clearance into its ad ops platform, strengthening UK ad compliance as regulatory scrutiny grows.

Open ECX wins PEPPOL access point status as the UK edges towards mandatory e-invoicing, expected to be introduced by 2029.

Point74 unveils Pro PLM platform to help UK food manufacturers ditch spreadsheets, centralise recipes and tighten control of margins.

Dragos expands its Microsoft partnership to run OT security on Azure, integrate with Sentinel and offer SaaS from Q1 2026.

Nexer taps Microsoft veteran Matt Birtwistle to spearhead its UK manufacturing strategy as demand for digital transformation intensifies.

Consumer goods groups race to modernise fragmented data systems as they lay foundations for scaling AI and agentic tools across factories.

Midlands software firm Point74 appoints Rob Sinclair as CEO to spearhead UK and international growth of its food lifecycle platform.

3PL has been chosen to run UK multi-channel fulfilment for Vahdam Teas, handling complex B2B orders for major retail and wholesale partners.

Microlise signs Dayla Drinks, Wright's Flour and Igloo Thermo Logistics to boost visibility and efficiency in UK food transport fleets.

Fred. Olsen launches 'Hybrid AI' cruise campaign built around what partners call the world's largest AI digital twin of a single ship.

Fred. Olsen debuts AI-powered cruise campaign built around a vast digital twin ship, blending live action, CGI and generative tools.

UK startup Distil.ai links its forecasting engine with OpenTable data to help multi-site restaurant groups predict demand and lift revenue.

Siemens deepens Nvidia AI alliance and debuts digital twin tools, targeting an industrial metaverse and copilots across factory floors.

Columbus deepens Infor alliance to drive UK roll-out of M3 CloudSuites, backed by fresh hiring and a plan to double customers by 2027.

PPDS launches 37in Philips Stretch 3150 ultra-wide 32:9 signage, targeting tight retail and transport spaces with Android 13 on board.