All Eggs articles – Page 63
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Farm links via the net
Consumers will soon be able to trace their organic chicken back to the farm via the internet, thanks to Sainsbury.From the beginning of next month, customers will be able to enter a code from the chickens’ label on to the Sainsbury website to...
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Feed pushes up chicken prices
Substantial price rises for chicken are inevitable due to rocketing feed costs, the British Poultry Council has warned.The poultry industry is facing a huge £190m increase in feed costs alone, said Peter Bradnock, chief executive of the...
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Nestlé sells dairy unit in Turkey
Swiss food giant Nestlé had sold its dairy business in Turkey to French group Danone for an undisclosed sum. Nestlé said the disposal, which would include its chilled dairy and UHT milk products, would allow it to focus on its core...
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New breed of chicken
Sainsbury has joined forces with poultry farmers to launch a new breed of chicken.Devonshire is a 100% Westcountry free range chicken the retailer claims “tastes like chicken used to taste”.Lloyd Maunder and selected farmers worked with...
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Getting the bird to fly
Cranberry Foods’ bosses are preoccupied with Christmas, but how will the new men at the top of the UK’s second biggest turkey producer reshape it to survive today’s market? Ed Bedington reportsChristmas is coming and Cranberry Foods...
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What a scorcher!
It's not just beef sales that can be boosted through the great British barbie. Chicken, fish and veggie burgers are also hot, says Lucy Bray. The burger has had a tough year thanks to the BSE scare. With the barbecue season approaching, however, a...
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White is the colour
Marks and Spencer has announced a new addition to its poultry range.After the successful launch of the Oakham Gold chicken, M&S is introducing Oakham White, a slower growing bird, raised free range and in barns.Labels will carry the...
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Grampian buys St Merryn’s
Grampian has bought the St Merryn Food group, which produces beef and lamb products, including burgers, turkey products, barbeque products and ground beef.Managing director of Grampian’s beef business, Grant Mackie, said the move “helps to...
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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...