All Fish articles – Page 64
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Loch Fyne Oysters get Scot Excellence award
Meat and fish took starring roles in this year's Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards.Loch Fyne Oysters came out on top in the retail fish and seafood category for its oyster products, while Edinburgh-based Jian's Dumplings took the...
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Waitrose Market Town will go head-to-head with indies
Waitrose is risking its position as the friendly face of supermarket retailing with its new smaller store format, experts have warned.The company is offering fresh meat and fish alongside bakery and deli counters in its new 10,000 sq ft...
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IN THE CAN - Poor catches push up price of skipjack tuna
Poor catches push up price of skipjack tuna Skipjack tuna prices on the Bangkok market are on the rise again because of poor catches worldwide. Fishing fleet operators now face...
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Greenpeace calls for ban on bluefin sales
Environmental campaigners have called for a worldwide ban on the sale of endangered tuna until stocks recover.Last week nearly 100 Greenpeace activists stormed the European Seafood Exposition in Brussels - the largest trade show of its...
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Letter of the week - Clock ticking on pig industry collapse
You reported in The Grocer's Meat and Fish supplement (19 April, p22) that neither Tesco, Asda nor Sainsbury's responded to your question as to whether the potential collapse of the UK pig industry was of any consequence to their business. As a...
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Loch Duart boosts production by 30%
Scottish salmon supplier Loch Duart has bought two disused fish farms off the Hebrides to meet soaring product demand.The new sites increase the number of Loch Duart's salmon farms to eight and will increase production by 30%. The...
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M&S reducing fat in fish ready meals
Marks & Spencer has reduced saturated fat levels across its fish ready meal range, with new and reformulated meals going on sale this month.Fish ready meals are often high in saturated fats because of creamy sauces, but M&S said its...
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Shoppers 'were not ready for No Catch'
One of the key reasons No Catch failed was that British consumers were not yet ready for the premium prices of farmed cod, administrators have said.Grant Thornton announced last week that the organic cod farming business was to be...
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The lucky 13 category winners
Biscuits and Cakes UBUK It was praised for its category management and service levels. It has strong account management and excellent NPD, says one buyer. Meat, fish & Poultry Lyons Seafood The company's...
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Price Basket - 12th April 2008
Meat and fish prices continue their inexorable rise with a third consecutive increase, making the basket the most expensive it has been since the survey began more than three years ago. Beef, lamb and pork prices were all up, with only whole chicken...
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Case study - Compagnie des Peches St. Malo
Comapêche is on a mission to save Britain from bad crabsticks. Instead it wants us to eat a more sophisticated product made from surimi, an Asian white fish product that is pulverised to become rubbery. The company fishes in the North Atlantic using...
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Fury as Marks drops deli product supplier
Marks & Spencer has been accused of putting 183 workers' jobs in jeopardy by switching suppliers of deli fish products.The Unite trade union said this week that the management at the Coldwater Seafood plant in Redditch had begun a 90-day...
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No Catch caught out in treacherous water
When organic farmed cod operation Johnson Seafarms went into administration last month, the aquaculture industry drew a collective gasp. The company's brand No Catch was hailed as a blueprint for the UK's fledgling cod farming industry...
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Marfrig buys UK importer CDB Meats
CDB Meats has been bought by Brazilian beef producer and exporter Marfrig .UK importer and distributor CDB supplies the retail sector with canned corned beef, canned ready meals and tuna in cans and pouches. CDB supplies branded...
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Talking shop - 15th March 20008
Describing aquaculture as a dirty industry is inaccurate and fails to reflect its role in providing healthy food, says Phil MacMullen, Seafish head of environment. A recent Sunday newspaper article suggested fish farming was "the biggest ecological...
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insight - fish fingers/cakes
AGE PROFILE of fish fingers/cakes consumers Children 0-1029% 11-1611% Male 17-3410% 35-6413% 65+4% Female 17-3412% 35-6415% 65+6% Info: Usage overview of fish fingers/cakes. Year ending November 2007. In-home/lunchbox consumption Sales of fish...
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Price Basket
Meat and fish prices continue to creep up slowly, but generous special offers are keeping rises to a minimum. In the four weeks since the previous survey, just 1.6% has been added to the cost of the basket, but it is now more expensive than it...
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Barramundi sales boosted by fillets
Sales of farmed barramundi in Waitrose have soared following a switch from whole fish to fillets.Sales have risen more than fivefold since Waitrose switched in November, said supplier New Forest Barramundi, because fillets were easier to...
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insight - tuna
AGE PROFILE of canned tuna consumers Children 0-1014% 11-169% Male 17-3412% 35-6418% 65+4% Female 17-3415% 35-6421% 65+7% Info: Usage overview of canned tuna. Year ending August 2007. In-home/lunchbox consumption Canned tuna was eaten on 731 million...
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Administration for No Catch
Organic farmed cod operation Johnson Seafarms went into administration this week with debts of £40m. No Catch - claimed to be the world's first organic cod farm - had listings in Tesco and selected Sainsbury's but sales of just £3m last year....