All Fish articles – Page 63
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Birds Eye encourages switch with Omega-3
Birds Eye is making a big play of the Omega-3 content of its new fish fingers to persuade consumers to switch from cod to pollock.This month it launches Omega-3 branded fish fingers made from Alaskan pollock, which is in much more...
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the net widens
Every week, there are reports of yet another fish species in crisis because of overfishing. And every week, another retailer or supplier unveils plans to improve its sourcing strategy. Asda, Birds Eye and Young's Seafood are among many companies now...
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Wholesaler Profile - Makro
Depot numbers: 33 Turnover: £1.1bn Growth year-on-year: N/A Type of operation: cash & carry Which wholesaler sold 400,000 TVs last year, is one of the UK's biggest retailers of vacuum cleaners but also has a range of fresh fish to...
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Shop Profile Makro
Which wholesaler sold 400,000 TVs last year, is one of the UK’s biggest retailers of vacuum cleaners but also has a range of fresh fish to rival Billingsgate market? You may be surprised to learn that the answer is Makro. Even Makro customers would…
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In the can - salmon, tuna and fruit juice
Red and pink salmon UK importers are hoping to pay similar prices to last year for red salmon following a record final catch of 28.5 million for Bristol Bay. But the packers are adamant that their returns must rise to mitigate a 5% rise in cannery...
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Princes revives TV ads to push ranges
The Princes brand returns to the small screen for the first time in a decade next months in a £4m marketing drive. The TV campaign will centre on a new strapline - 'Yours to enjoy' - and feature the brand's tuna range being enjoyed at different...
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What the papers said - 25th August 2007
? Shoppers could soon see a new species of fish on the supermarket shelves, according to The Independent. Fishermen, seafood processors and the government have launched a new campaign to reduce the eight million tonnes of fish discarded by fishermen...
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Killer bug found in Waitrose salmon
Waitrose has ordered a recall of two own-label salmon products after samples were found to contain the potentially fatal food poisoning bug listeria.The affected products - 115g Scottish smoked salmon parcels and 100g Scottish poached salmon...
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T&L to exit fish operation
Tate & Lyle is considering exiting its joint venture business Astaxanthin Partners.The business produces Astaxanthin, a nutrient for farm-raised fish made by the fermentation of sugar products, but T&L said the operation was loss-making. It...
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Industry works to sell discarded fish
Retailers and fish processors could help to reduce the numbers of unwanted fish tipped back by commercial boats through creating new markets for unfashionable species. Seafish has brought together industry and government representatives to make...
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spotlight - Tesco listing has transformed Westcountry Smokehouses from a small business run by two brothers into a national supplier
Winning a Tesco listing has transformed Westcountry Smokehouses from a small business run by two brothers into a national supplier, says director Edward Obolensky My father Andrew started the business as a hobby. He processed mackerel from the…
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Kinvara's Whole Foods Market fillip
Organic Irish smoked salmon producer Kinvara is extending its expertise into other fish varieties and the freezer cabinets with a range that makes its debut in London's Whole Foods Market store this month. Kinvara has been...
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insight - mackerel eaters
There were 38 million meal occasions for chilled mackerel last year and there has been no change year-on-year. Ninety-five per cent of mackerel consumption is by adults. Unlike total fish, the majority of mackerel is not eaten on a Friday. Health is...
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Suppliers furious over deli hygiene breaches
Meat and fish suppliers have blasted the supermarkets following revelations of serious breaches of hygiene rules in two stores.Consumers who watched the BBC's Whistleblower exposé of lax standards would be put off buying food at deli...
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Why FSA's fishy findings could cost the industry
The shocking thing about the FSA's findings is not the deception itself - there's clearly money to be made from passing cheaper fish off as its more expensive wild cousin. But rather that established major retailers, including Asda, Sainsbury's...
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Imported potatoes in mislabelling inquiry
Trading standards haven't ruled out prosecutions in the cases of two retailers being investigated for mis-selling potatoes.Echoing the FSA survey on farmed fish incorrectly labelled as wild (see page 48), officers said chemical testing...
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harrogate's laststand vs. tesco
Nobody cares about Tesco in Betty's Tea Rooms. Scones are buttered and Yorkshire tea sipped without a second thought of the UK's largest grocer. Down the road at Ramus Seafood Emporium, well-dressed customers have fish on their mind, not Sir...
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Sainsbury's probed on 'wild' fish from farms
The Marine Stewardship Council has launched an investigation after it emerged fish sold by Sainsbury's as MSC wild salmon was farmed.The case has been referred by MSC chief executive Rupert Howes to the scheme's auditor, Accreditation...
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Opinion - "By starting the process, the FSA has given everyone the best possible chance of getting it right"
Can you 'taste the difference' between wild salmon and farmed? Sainsbury's clearly can't - and neither can buyers at the Harrods food halls, no less. Both were caught selling farmed fish as wild in an FSA-backed sting last week involving Trading...
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What the papers said - 14th May 2007
First it broke the news that retailers were selling farmed fish as wild and this week The Times revealed more potential fraud in the food and drink industry - this time concerning potatoes. According to the paper, at least two retailers are under...