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Up close and personal with food
Sir; When Alice gives in to the bottle marked drink me' she gets the mixed flavours of cherry tart, custard, pineapple, roast turkey, toffee, and hot buttered toast delicious by anyone's standard. But, in today's wonderland of supermarket...
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Organic hit by scare
Germany's organics industry has been thrown into disarray after banned pesticides were discovered in chicken feed on organic farms supplying leading supermarkets. Metro, Wal-Mart, Tengelmann and a raft of other chains pulled organic eggs, chickens...
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Chicken fillets injected with beef and pig proteins
Chicken fillets imported into the Irish Republic from the Netherlands had been injected with beef and pig protein, a probe has established. The Irish Food Safety Authority found animal DNA in 17 out of 30 samples. The fillets had also been...
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Grampian axes plant
Grampian Country Food Group is to close its food processing plant at Newbridge, Edinburgh, with the loss of more than 500 jobs. Grampian, which acquired the chicken processing business in September 1998 from Marshall Food Group, said that most of...
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Bernard, naturally
Poultry specialist Bernard Matthews is aiming to make turkey a serious rival to chicken in the fresh portions market with the launch of a premier natural' turkey portions range. The first wave of four products will be on shelf at the end of this...
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Vimto is launching a new design for its 500ml PET carbonate
Westbridge Foods is aiming for a pizza' the action in snacking by launching Aldo's Pizza Bars microwaveable snacks in three recipes Triple Cheese, Tuna & Sweetcorn and Spicy Chicken TexMex. Rachel's Organic Dairy has introduced two new low...
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McVitie's has added Strawberry Minis to its BN portfolio.
Bernard Matthews is running a spring ad campaign in women's magazines and a year-long campaign in five top slimming titles for its cooked meats range. Crème Tapenade, a blend of soft cheese in Pesto and Green Olive varieties, joins Arla Foods'...
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PASTA SALAD DAYS AT GINSTERS
Ginsters launched a series of pasta salads. The three new products are based on its top selling sandwich flavours, chargrilled chicken and bacon, double cheese and onion and prawn. Commercial manager Alistair Simons said: "We wanted to extend our...
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Thai Chicken Curry boards RVP's Oriental Express
Frozen ready meal specialist RVP Foods is launching a new limited edition Thai product under its Oriental Express banner. Thai Chicken Curry is the first Thai meal to come under the label and will join the company's existing range of popular 99p...
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Label rebuke for Moy Park
Tesco has withdrawn Finest free range chickens after supplier Moy Park was caught using the Freedom Food brand without licence. Spot checks at Tesco stores by RSPCA subsidiary Freedom Food revealed the misuse, caused by what Moy Park is calling an...
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Soya integrity hinders pledge on pork
A year after Tesco and Asda pledged to source all chicken and pork from animals fed non-GM diets, they have failed to meet their targets on pork. Although they attribute the delay to foot and mouth disease, industry sources say the multiples are...
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Paterson Arran has re-packaged its range of Oatcakes with a
Bernard Matthews' range of cooked meats has taken top spot in Slimming Magazine's Light & Low Awards for the second time. Its range of sliced cooked poultry product was voted top meat product for the second time in two years. Vitabiotics'...
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Morrisons debuts in Wales while stocks run low during major
Two new stores and three refits pepped up our weekly shop. Tesco, Carlton, was being refurbished to make room for food to go, a new fish counter and new freezers. However, stocks were low, especially in the freezers where turkeys and Christmas food...
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Baxters' fresh soup total hits 10
Baxters has added two new varieties to its recently-launched fresh soup range, taking the total number of offerings to 10. Chicken Gumbo (rsp: £1.89) is based on a spicy recipe from the American deep south, while Chunky Winter Vegetable (£1.69)...
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Heinz cans Premium Pasta
Heinz is launching two new canned pasta meals which it hopes will "reinvigorate" the category. Its Premium Pasta range consists of Rigatoni pasta with chicken in a creamy white wine and garlic sauce and Fusilli, pasta in an arrabbiata spicy...
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Seeing red over a 9p carrier bag
The price of carrier bags was a sore point with our shoppers this week. Both Kwik Save and Lidl in Cardiff imposed a 3p charge for them and at Kwik Save our shopper was unable to obtain a free bag even for raw chicken. The biggest gripe ...
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Birds Eye Chicken O's Buy one get one free Gondola en
Birds Eye Bigtime Codcakes 4s Price promotion 98p Gondola end Asda Birds Eye Frozen Beef Curry Price promotion 99p Gondola end Tesco Birds Eye Mega Burgers 320g ...
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Market saturation worries UK poultry suppliers. How long can
And how much more growth can be generated from the already mature added value sector? To date poultry and turkey suppliers have been masterful at defending their sales against the notorious strains of the British meat market. Twenty years ago...
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21st century duck
"Cherry Valley is bringing duck into the 21st century," says Eric Jagger, the company's sales & marketing director. Cherry Valley has developed its own strain of Peking duck over the last 40 years through a combination of selective breeding and a...
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The total poultry market is worth £2.98bn per annum and is g
Fresh and frozen primary poultry represent 54% of total poultry market value and experienced 3% growth in the last year. Over 80% of primary poultry products are now bought chilled. Strong sales of fresh chicken breast fillets (+5%), turkey roll...