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'Drumsters will boost coated turkey sector'
Unilever has thrown down the gauntlet to Bernard Matthews with what it claims is a healthier alternative to the latter company's Golden Drummers turkey drumsticks. Turkey Drumsters, which comes under the Captain Birds Eye brand, is being...
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Climbing the ladder
What was your first ever job? I worked as a waitress at Lakeside in Surrey, the home of the World Darts - chicken in a basket anyone?Give us a quick rundown on your career to dateI started working as a TV buyer at McCann...
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FSA withdraws snacks
The Food Standards Agency has withdrawn a number of snacks from sale after they were found to contain a potentially cancer-causing toxin.Certain batches of Quaker Caribbean Chicken Seasons, Sainsbury's 18 Chocolate & Toffee Crispie Bites and...
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Choice variety of snack bites
C-store owners looking to attract snackers are one of the targets for new products from Country Choice.The Bake & Bite savoury wraps in sweet chilli and Chinese vegetable, cheesy steak and chicken Korma need to be baked...
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Tesco chicken sales unruffled by bird flu demo
If the poultry sector was looking for more evidence that the public isn't put off chicken by bird flu outbreaks, it was to be found at a Tesco Metro in Norwich last week. The store - in the same county as two farms where the low...
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Zesty addition to Seasons' snack bites
Zesty lime & coriander is the latest addition to Quaker's Seasons range. The mini crispbread snacks, which contain less than 10% fat, join the other variants in the range - Caribbean chicken; cheese, onion & chive; and sun...
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Bird flu discovered in Norfolk
Bird flu has been discovered at a farm near Dereham, Norfolk.Preliminary tests carried out on a number of dead chickens at the farm found that they tested positive for the virus.However, the strain is thought to be the H7 strain of...
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Bid to raise global sourcing
Tesco is aiming to cut costs by increasing its international sourcing and looking at new supply markets such as Turkey.Richard Brasher, Tesco's commercial and trading director, has told analysts and investors that it was aiming to...
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Commodities Update
>>namibia back in the pilchard business...Spain feels impact of chinese strawberries...Good quality grapefruit from turkey...Details are awaited of this year's Namibian pilchard quota, expected to be just above last year's...
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Sparky goes down Devon way
The supermarket version of Sparky Brand’s Omega-3 rich whole chicken, news of which was broken by The Grocer (January 28, p62), will be produced by Devon farmer and processor Lloyd Maunder.The bird raised for the product will be Lloyd Maunder’s...
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Costs hit poultry farmers
Chicken farmers are emptying their sheds because soaring energy and feed costs are making production unprofitable.Charles Bourns, chairman of the NFU’s poultry committee, said he knew of one farm in Gloucestershire, which usually reared 600,000...
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Brain food breadwinner
Bread enriched with the healthy fat Omega-3 is the latest product to be launched in the Sparky Brand range.The loaf is the third in the Sparky stable, with Omega-3 enriched whole chickens and fruit juices already unveiled. Ues Yuor Laof...
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Costs cause the end for Farm Fed
Escalating costs, poor returns, competition from cheap imports and the loss of volumes with Sainsbury have all been blamed for a decision by Northern Ireland chicken processor Farm Fed Chickens to close its plant.The management of the...
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Omega-3 fad is for the birds
The Omega-3 health craze sweeping the country has spread to another area of grocery – this time branded chickens enriched with the nutrient are hitting the market.They are one of a range of breakfast, lunch and dinner ingredients and drinks...
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Poultry goes on ad offensive
The chicken industry is to hit back at criticisms of its production methods with a high profile advertising campaign.Farmers and processors this year will buy advertising space in major magazines in a bid to explode what it says are “myths”...
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Turkey remains on the menu
Farmers’ and processors’ groups insist turkey sales remain buoyant this Christmas, in spite of a recent slump in poultry meat sales sparked by fears of avian flu.British Poultry Council chief executive Peter Bradnock said turkey sales in...
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Bacteria get some stick
A plastic device that indicates when a turkey is fully cooked has been launched in the UK in a bid to reduce food poisoning over the festive period.Sainsbury is selling the Pop-Up Timer bundled with fresh turkeys this Christmas, while 140...
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Aldi stretches into lobster, goose and duck
Aldi is offering its customers whole frozen salmon, lobster, duck and goose for the first time as part of its Christmas range.The discounter is hinting at further premium line offerings in meat and fish being introduced in the future.The...
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M&S opens new depot for Christmas turkey supplies
Marks and Spencer is to open a new distribution centre next week dedicated to supplying all its turkeys around the country this Christmas.The 100,000 sq ft site in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, has been configured to operate as its central turkey...
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Welsh excel at invention
An upmarket bottled water, great-tasting sorbets and organic ducks were among the winners at this year’s True Taste Wales Food & Drink Awards.The awards, which are backed by The Grocer, are now in their fourth year. They celebrate...