COVID-19 Update: 23rd March 2020 These are some of the most challenging times for the food service industry.  With the importance of social distancing and the government’s advice to avoid restaurants, pubs and other social activities, the hospitality sector has seen a...

These are some of the most challenging times for the food service industry and we must all adapt quickly, recognising our sector has a crucial part to play in Covid-19. The outbreak has caused huge strain on the supermarket/ retail sector with...

With the on-going impact of the COVID-19 outbreak the market is changing faster than ever. This brings many challenges especially to the food sector but with challenges comes opportunity and we are seeing this within the delivery market. Many restaurants and pubs...

The spread of COVID-19 has led to many consumers panic-buying causing stock issues for many supermarkets and convenience stores with even the basics such as bread and pasta becoming hard to find. On the other end of the scale many restaurants have...

In the interest of the health and wellbeing of our own staff and to give us the best possible chance of sustaining our current levels of service to our customers, we have put a number of control measures in place across our...

Japanese food has quickly risen to be the most popular Asian cuisine in the UK with the number of Japanese eateries rising by 67%. Our new product development team saw this growing food trend and developed two new products that have been...

Launched in 2016 the Homestyle range by Meadow Vale Foods has become its fastest growing category with a sales increase of 66% year on year. With the success of the newly launched Shredded Chicken, winning the gold award for best new meat...

Meadow Vale Foods visited number 1 fish & Chip shop Krispies in Exmouth to talk about why they use Meadow Vale Chicken and the benefits it brings to their business. Krispies a family-run business by owners Kelly & Tim Barnes began trading...

In 2019 we celebrated our 30th anniversary which gave us a great opportunity to look at what we have done well in the past but also what we can improve on in the future, which led to how we as a company...

The food delivery market has seen growth of 18% in 2019 to a value of £8.4bn which is significantly higher than the market as a whole.   This is largely down to the accessibility of ordering food to your home, with many...

Every year instead of sending Christmas cards we donate £500 to a chosen charity. This year was no different and at our Children in need fundraiser held in our development kitchen we allowed staff to decide from a shortlist of charities all...

Top Dish a new rating app launched in September found that the top five rated restaurants all fall into the ‘fast casual’ format after receiving over 90,000 reviews. The top 5 restaurants were Wagamama, Franco Manca, Bill’s, Honest Burgers and Côte Brasserie....