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Duck with difference from Green Label
A leading duck producer is celebrating the launch of three new lines with Sainsbury stores.Green Label Foods is supplying the retailer with three Gressingham duck products under its Taste the Difference range. The products include duck legs...
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FAMILY APPEAL
Birds Eye Wall's entered the added value white meat market 10 years ago with the launch of chicken burgers. The company now claims to hold the top selling products in each of the four market sectors coated grills, burgers, children's snacks and...
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More products found to contain Sudan 1
The Food Standards Agecy has warned of additional products containing the illegal dye Sudan 1. The latest products found to be contaminated are Bilash Premium Chicken Curry in 400g cans, UM Glenbrook Chilli Con Carne 368g, and Plumrose...
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Morrisons tops turkey honours
Supermarket Morrisons scooped the British Turkey Retailer of the Year title this week with its ranges of everyday and seasonal turkey beating off tough competition from the other major multiples.Judges praised all retailers for the variety...
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Brandons finds buyer
The UK’s second largest turkey producer Brandons has been rescued from the brink of collapse.The company, which called in the receivers in April this year, has been snapped up by Cranberry Foods, a new organisation established by joint MDs...
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Basil Brush-up for kids’ chicken
Grampian is to take on Birds Eye and Bernard Matthews in the children’s frozen food category – with a little help from Basil Brush.The company hopes to capitalise on the character’s recent upsurge in popularity to reinvigorate the category...
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Sunday Mirror says...
Tina Weaver, editor of the Sunday Mirror, said: “We asked the Hillside Animal Sanctuary to investigate, following concerns raised about the welfare of chickens. Martin Coutts works part-time for the Sunday Mirror. He resigned from the Hillside...
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Bangkok picks off Cherry Valley
UK duck producer Cherry Valley Farms has been snapped up by a major Asian processor.Cherry Valley owners, Nickerson Group Rothwell, have reached an agreement with Navis Capital Partners, who own a controlling interest in the Thai-based...
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Getting abreast with some TLC
A pork producer has taken a leaf out of the chicken industry’s book to launch a range of innovative new products.The range, from Flagship Foods, features pork fillet steaks which have been cut to appear like chicken breasts. The products are...
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Wild Canary forced into isolation
Pernod Ricard has blocked a rival from using a trademark which it claimed was too similar to its Wild Turkey brand.The drinks giant objected to a new US winery using the name Wild Canary because it said consumers would wrongly assume that...
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Dutch halal scam sparks crackdown
Bill Doult The government is clamping down on importers following the discovery of pork-contaminated chicken being sold as halal. Public health minister Melanie Johnson told the Commons formal action had been taken against five Dutch processors by...
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Dutch halal scam sparks crackdown
Bill Doult The government is clamping down on importers following the discovery of pork-contaminated chicken being sold as halal. Public health minister Melanie Johnson told the Commons formal action had been taken against five Dutch...
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Somerfield lifts lid on rotisserie offer
Julian Hunt Somerfield has come up with an ingenious way of offering hot rotisserie chicken in stores without room for the traditional serveover counter. Shoppers at its store on the King's Road in London one of those testing the idea ...
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Chip and PIN trial proves a hit
Elaine Watson Cashiers and customers are taking to the new Chip and PIN technology like ducks to water' according to retailers involved in the Northampton trial. Speaking six weeks into the trial, which now includes 600 stores and more...
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The 24cm treatment
The 24cm treatment Frozen pizza specialist Schwan's is extending its Freschetta brand's presence in the sharing arena by launching a new medium-sized offering. Three versions Speciale, Garlic Chicken and Cheese Speciale all get the 24cm...
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Sun Valley abreast of the opposition
A natural new range of simple' chicken products is to be launched by leading supplier Sun Valley Foods. The range, entitled Simply the Breast', is a deliberate move away from the company's well-known processed chicken products. Sales and...
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New Halal range at Asda
Asda has launched a new range of Halal chicken. The retailer, along with Green Label Foods, has launched the range under the Green Label brand into 51 stores in Muslim areas across the UK. The range, in stores now, includes whole skin-on...
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A ROUND-UP OF THE HOTTEST RECENT ACTION IN FMCG
BEW re-educates n Birds Eye Wall's has unveiled an £18.3m spend to back new and revamped products plus a campaign to re-educate consumers about the quality of frozen food. n Newcomers include Steamfresh Vegetables and whole chicken...
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Brandons victim of cheap turkey imports
More than 1,400 jobs are at risk following the collapse of one of the UK's leading turkey processors. Receivers have been called in to Derbyshire based poultry giants Brandons after a year of difficult trading. The company is attributing the...
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Chicken gets a roasting
A new range of potentially award winning chicken products has been launched by Grampian Country Foods. Already short listed for the prestigious Grampian Food Awards, the added-value range was unveiled at IFE this week under the company's...