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Christmas: will things turn ugly for Bernard?
Christmas could be a lean one for turkey tycoon Bernard Matthews. Perhaps unfairly, the best-known brand and largest producer of turkeys in Britain acts as the lightning conductor for the entire sector. And last week lightning struck in the form...
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Ugo's Deli Cafe
Ugo's Deli Cafe is the delicious range designed to inspire from Kepak Convenience Foods. It is offering 10 readers the chance to win the new range of panini hot snacks, worth £50. There are two products in the range: chargrilled chicken with...
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Christmas turkey shortage threat
Thousands of customers may have to go without fresh turkey this Christmas following the latest bird flu outbreak in Norfolk and Suffolk, according to risk management experts.As The Grocer went to press, up to 30,000 turkeys, ducks and...
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Doh! Bernard Matthews was too 'stuck in the past' for Bart
Bart Dalla Mura quit Bernard Matthews last week over frustrations about the slow pace of change at the company, a close source to the former UK chief executive has claimed. He left unexpectedly after less than a year in the job, without...
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Bernard Matthews workers plan strike
Some 1,300 workers at turkey supplier Bernard Matthews are planning to strike next week in a dispute over pay.Union T&G warned turkey supplies to Sainsbury's, Tesco and Morrisons could be threatened in the run up to Christmas unless the...
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Dalla Mura leaves Bernard Matthews
Bernard Matthews' chief executive Bart Dalla Mura has left the turkey producer, The Grocer has learned.Dalla Mura, who joined Bernard Matthews in July 2006, is understood to have departed on Monday.His exit follows a tough year for...
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My Alternative CV: Lorna Cousins, marketing communications manager, Bernard Matthews Ltd
What's your nickname? Have not got one now, but due to being 4 ft 11", not surprisingly, I used to have the original nickname 'Titch' at school Who was your first teenage crush? Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot in Curiosity Killed the Cat - must have been the...
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Tesco signals end to £2 chicken with price rise
Tesco has responded to widespread criticism of cheap chicken by raising the amount it pays its chicken farmers. It has agreed to pay chicken producers an extra 2p/kg - equivalent to a 4% increase - to help counter rising production costs. The move...
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Opinion - "Isn't it amazing that supermarkets can achieve such low prices when material costs are rising and crops have been laid low by floods?"
Last week it was the £2 chicken from Asda. This week it was the price of cauliflowers (and fruit and veg generally) which the ONS linked directly to the fall in inflation, to just 1.9%. Memo from Prime Minister Gordon Brown to Peter Freeman,...
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Poultry farmers warn of looming shortages
British poultry bosses have warned of a shortage of chicken and turkey unless they receive much-needed price rises from the supermarkets. Poultry farmers said that, like the pig sector, they were suffering from a "catastrophic" rise in global wheat...
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Aldi offers ostrich steak for barbecue
Aldi is selling frozen ostrich steak in its UK stores as part of its Endless Summer barbecue range.The German discounter is promoting ostrich as an alternative to chicken, on the strength of its low-fat content. It claims a 100g serving...
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Makro to stop selling foie gras
Wholesaler Makro will reportedly stop selling foie gras at its 33 depots.The company will not buy any more goose or duck liver pate while it investigates claims by animal rights group Viva! that force-feeding the birds is cruel, according to...
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Wheat shortages hit poultry prices
A global shortage of wheat is forcing the price of poultry up, producers have warned.South west poultry producer Lloyd Maunder predicted that the retail price of a whole 1.5kg corn-fed chicken would go up by 20p - equivalent to 4% - as...
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Britain's first buffalo burgers set for launch
Formula One driver turned eco-farmer Jody Scheckter is to launch Britain's first line of buffalo burgers in selected Waitrose stores.Top chefs at Heston Blumenthal's The Fat Duck helped with the recipe, Scheckter said, and Waitrose has...
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Bernard Matthews refinances business
Bernard Matthews, which was hit by an avian flu outbreak in February this year, has reportedly refinanced its business by securing its future against its stock of turkeys.The turkey producer has refinanced through an asset finance deal with...
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acid test - Ocean Spray Grower's Reserve conserve range and Organic Apple & Pomegranate Juice
Expert's verdict:7/10 ? There is a danger this could look like the kind of cranberry jelly that goes with turkey at Christmas. The company is trying to take the popularity of cranberries into other areas, but there is a risk factor with this - most...
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Retailers refuse to sell meat reared on MBM
EU plans to lift restrictions on feeding animal by-products to pigs and chickens have been met with dismay and anger by leading retailers and farming bodies. All the major retailers attacked the plans to relax the ban and said they would...
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Bernard Matthews drives premium NPD
Turkey processor Bernard Matthews has added another premium range to its sliced cooked meats portfolio as part of its brand refreshment activity announced earlier this year. The Rotisserie range will be available in three pre-packed...
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Opinion - "The right procedures are in place. You can't stop some people from cutting corners or ignoring rules"
I won't be buying too many spit-roasted chickens from my local supermarket this Bank Holiday weekend, and I don't much fancy houmous either, following this week's BBC Whistleblower documentary. The flouting of procedures, falsifying of records and...