All Eggs articles – Page 55
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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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WORLD NEWS - Koc moots Migros stake sale
Koc moots Migros stake sale Istanbul, Turkey: Turkish industrial company Koc Holding is considering selling its 50.8% stake in supermarket group Migros. In a statement, Koc said:...
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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...
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Crown blames hot weather for maggots
Supplier Crown Chicken has tightened up its biosecurity after severe lapses in standards were revealed by Whistleblower this week, MD David Thacker said. The manager of the farm shown has been "transferred" after the programme showed...
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Farmers dismiss new chicken welfare rules
British poultry growers have panned new EU chicken welfare rules agreed last week by farm ministers.They say the directive from Brussels could lower welfare standards in the UK and won't create a level playing field with producers in...
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Devonshire Red 'not backdoor branding'
Poultry supplier Lloyd Maunder insists it is not branding its products by the back door after a deal to get the words Devonshire Red on own-label packs of chicken.The West Country-based chicken producer said instead that it was adding...
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Lidl abandons foie gras trial
Lidl has abandoned an experiment selling foie gras in some of its UK stores.It said the decision to sell the delicacy, made with the livers of force-fed ducks, was based on customer requests. But less than a year on it has been...
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Devonshire Red in own-label triumph
West Country chicken supplier Lloyd Maunder is on the verge of seeing its logo appear in Britain's supermarkets.The company is launching a new logo based on its chicken breed - the Devonshire Red. The logo and the words Devonshire Red...
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Schwartz cuts salt from new range
Seasonings with no added salt are joining Schwartz's portfolio as part of a shake-up targeting health-conscious consumers.Salt Free Seasonings, in chicken, steak and season-all flavours, hit shelves next month. The company is also...
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Anger over bird flu compensation
MPs have reacted with anger over Defra's decision to award Bernard Matthews, the turkey producer at the centre of February's bird flu outbreak, £589,000 in compensation.Defra's final report into the outbreak at a Bernard Matthews site in...
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Suppliers look to Easter to rescue post-flu sales
Turkey producers are banking on a successful Easter to put sales back on track after February's bird flu scare.Data from Nielsen shows that total fresh turkey sales were still 24% lower in the week ending 17 March than they had been at...
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Bernard Matthews escapes prosecution
Bernard Matthews has escaped prosecution for leaving bins of scraps uncovered at its Holton cutting plant. The FSA had been looking at evidence the turkey producer breached rules on disposing of animal by-products after BBC news footage...
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Asda brings curry crops to home turf
Asda plans to make curry a truly British dish by growing the ingredients for a chicken tikka masala in the UK. To establish its green credentials, Asda will test new growing techniques and set aside land to produce the UK's first...
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The Hutton inquiry
Why has the FSA developed a Nutrient Profiling Model that allows chips, chicken nuggets and diet soft drinks to be advertised to children and not honey, cheese, raisins or cereals? Here's what Dame Deirdre Hutton had to say. The Grocer asks:...