About Us

The UK’s food and drink manufacturing market is renowned for its innovative approach to food development, high-tech manufacturing and high-quality raw materials. The Food Manufacture Excellence Awards provide a platform to celebrate and recognise this hard work and the boundaries pushed forwards in the past 12 months. The Awards have been running for 21 years and established a coveted mark of quality and excellence. 

The Food Manufacture Group provides news, insight and analysis on the fast-moving world of food and drink manufacturing.

If a topic matters to food and drink manufacturers, you will find it reported in news, features, video interviews and photo galleries on FoodManufacture.co.uk and across our social media channels.

With 133,300 unique users and 232,825 page views per month, FoodManufacture.co.uk provides daily updates dedicated to the food and drink manufacturing industry. Our multi-media coverage gives our 40,500 newsletter subscribers a wealth of topics that directly impact the profitability of manufacturers from key industry investments, restructuring, new legislation, product recalls, latest food trends and nutrition news.

Our group also has a busy events programme including face-to-face and virtual events. Flagship annual events include Business Leaders’ Forum and Food Manufacture Excellence Awards.

The Food Manufacture Group has a broad social media audience numbering 51,000 social followers. The site is also allied to a dedicated job site, Foodman Jobs, which has 14,000 users.

Meanwhile, you can sign up for FoodManufacture.co.uk’s free newsletters here .

What our customers say...

We are incredibly proud to have been recognised as winners in three categories at this year’s Food Manufacture awards, especially taking home the coveted ‘Company of the Year’ title. This has only been achieved through the incredible efforts of our colleagues, and I would like to thank them for their support and commitment which has enabled us to continue to deliver outstanding service to our customers.

Adam Couch Chief Executive Officer Cranswick plc

I’m really proud that together, all our hard work has been recognised by this award, which was delivered through focusing on developing people, who are our major asset.

Paul Thomas Head of Operations Muller

To win two awards at such a high-profile industry event was amazing. There were some top companies there as finalists, so we were proud just to be taking part; really gratifying, and testament to all the hard work put in by the whole Simply Doughnuts team.

Shiraz Master Managing director Simply Doughnuts

For any business, large or small, considering entering, we encourage you to take that leap. The awards celebrate innovation across the board, and every company has a story worth telling. Whether you’re a small business making a big impact or an industry giant setting new standards, your achievements deserve to be recognised.

Charlotte Langdon Partner Menzies LLP

We are very proud to be sponsoring Food Manufacture Excellence Awards 2022. Reward and recognition are key parts of continuous improvement, and it is our honour to be able to support the 2022 Food Excellence awards, just as we have in the past, so that those who have excelled in the UK’s largest manufacturing sector get appropriate recognition.

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