By Laura McGuire Food packaging company Hilton Food Group has said volumes and sales are trading ahead of the same period last year as the business continues to trade in line with board expectations. The London-listed firm, which supplies major supermarkets such as Tesco Morrisons and Waitrose, said the strong performance came despite some of the markets it operates in being impacted by lower raw material prices. In Europe, its core meat and easier meals business also performed well, with volume and revenue ahead of last year. The processing giant’s Seafood arm had fallen on hard times in rece…