All Eggs articles – Page 48
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Britain's 100 Biggest Brands 2011: Walkers to Kingsmill
Brits aren’t renowned for being adventurous eaters, but offering them the likes of BBQ Kangaroo or Teriyaki Chicken crisps seems to have worked...
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NewsDiageo buys Turkish spirit maker Mey Icki
Diageo completed the £1.3bn acquisition of Turkish spirits maker Mey Icki from TPG Capital this week. The Smirnoff and Guinness owner is now expected to use the deal to accelerate growth of its spirits brands in Turkey. The deal also...
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NewsWaitrose duck supplier hit by welfare exposé
Waitrose has been caught up in a row over animal welfare after undercover footage revealed that ducks on a supplier's free-range farm had been subjected to cruel treatment.
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NewsBoparan ‘in talks’ with Northern’s pension trustees
Ranjit Singh Boparan has entered talks with the trustees of Northern Foods’ pension scheme, meaning the chicken magnate could yet launch a formal bid ahead of this week’s deadline.
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Matthews unveils Marco Pierre White turkey line
Bernard Matthews Farms is gearing up for a new push to convince Brits that turkey is not just for Christmas with the launch of a range of fresh turkey products co-branded with chef Marco Pierre White.The six-strong Marco's range...
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NewsGerman dioxin scare: ‘no health threat to the UK’
The FSA has moved to reassure UK consumers over the safety of eggs and chicken in the wake of a major dioxin scare in Germany. Germany was this week embroiled in one of the biggest food safety scandals to ever hit the country after it...
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NewsFormer Grampian boss Power heads 2 Sisters
Chicken giant 2 Sisters Food Group has hired poultry stalwart Eddie Power to head up the group's UK business. Power, who takes up the newly created role of UK managing director on Monday, will be based at 2 Sisters' head office in West...
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Fowl play as Indian chicken firm buys Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn Rovers Football Club has been sold to Indian chicken processor Venky’s.
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NewsCall for duck eggs to get Lion-style mark
The UK's largest producer of duck eggs, Watercress Lane, believes a British Lion-style mark would restore consumer confidence in duck eggs after the recent salmonella outbreak. Although the Food Standards Agency sets out general handling...
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This is just battery farming for cows
Sir, So now we have a concentration camp for cows ('Super-Size My Farm', The Dairymen, 11 September). For many years a battle was fought to stop battery cages for chicken. Always we were told the hen was perfectly happy, otherwise it...
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NewsMatthews turkey gets chippy-style batters
Bernard Matthews is taking on one of the nation's favourite meals the fish and chip supper with a new range of turkey fillets with flavoured batter. Aimed at families with teenagers or young adults, there are four lines in the Taste of...
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Comment and OpinionWho feels like Chicken Tonight?
The received wisdom is that adverts should above all be memorable, by hook or by crook.
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Comment and OpinionRaising the rhubarb
To frustrated residents of Bray, home of the Fat Duck, the ‘Heston effect’ refers to the expansionist tendencies of the Berkshire town’s most famous son.
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Wheat costs threaten to push up price of poultry
Shoppers face rising chicken and egg prices as a result of soaring wheat costs. Sixty per cent of the cost of producing poultry and eggs is feed, and the November futures price for wheat which makes up 60% of that feed has risen £50 per...
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Study probes need for a higher-welfare label
A new label for 'higher-welfare' chicken could be on the cards after a poultry industry group commissioned research into whether a new term needs to be created for broilers that fall in between baseline industry standards and organic or...
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Kershaws launches veggie ready meals
Kershaws Quality Foods is launching its first range of frozen vegetarian ready meals this autumn under a cheeky twist on the 'I can't believe it's not butter!' banner. The chicken-style soya kievs, vegetarian bangers & mash and nut...
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Ginsters Balti chicken spices up pasty range
Ginsters is replacing its Ham, Leek & Cheese Cornish pasty with a Chicken Balti variant, and is pledging to keep the nation's love of spicy food in mind for future launches. The Chicken Balti Pasty (rsp: £1.99), which hits shelves...
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Bernard Matthews hires Ballantyne as agricultural director
Poultry giant Bernard Matthews has named Andrew Ballantyne as its new agricultural director.Ballantyne joins the Norfolk-based company from his role as general manager of UK agriculture for Moy Park, Northern Ireland's largest food...
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Heinz low-salt soups for health-conscious
Heinz has launched reduced salt versions of its Classic canned soups to meet a growing demand for lower-salt products. The four-strong Heinz Classic Reduced Salt range consists of Cream of Tomato, Cream of Chicken, Cream of Mushroom and…
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Birds Eye unveils chicken Bake to Perfection lines
Birds Eye is aiming to build on the success of its Bake to Perfection Fish range by expanding the concept into chicken. The four-strong range includes Garlic & Herb, Chasseur, Tomato & Basil and Red Wine & Mushroom variants,...