All Fish articles – Page 72
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Gorged on prawns
Consumers’ burgeoning love affair with prawns has turned the chilled fish category into a £1bn business.The category is now growing faster than the other major protein groups at 7% (12 months to December 5, TNS), and now represents 20% of...
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Consumers urged to boycott cod
The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) is calling for consumers to boycott cod, haddock and other fish from depleted stocks in an attempt to force supermarkets to buy from sustainable sources.The MCS has divided fish into three categories,...
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Unilever sells oil and fats businesses
Unilever has sold its oil and cooking fats arm to Princes, the canned fish company.Unilever is reported to have said jobs at its factory at Purfleet in Essex, which produces 1m tubs of margarine a day, would not be affected by the sale of...
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Waitrose fish is in the pink
Waitrose has hailed its fish sales as “fantastic”, with 14% growth for its service counter and 40% growth for pre-packed over the year.Fish buyer Jeremy Langley said the strongest performers on the service counter had been organic salmon and...
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Commodities update: mackerel, sardines, olive oil, salmon
Mackerel prices rise 15%A reduced catch quota for North Sea mackerel will force prices up by at least 15%, according to sources in Denmark.Japan and Russia are enjoying year-on-year growth, so with a quota drop from 535,000 tonnes...
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Consumer Insight: mackerel
In the last year there were 36.9 million occasions of mackerel consumption. This is 1.2% of the overall chilled and frozen fish market and an increase of 7.6% on last year.Some 60% of mackerel is consumed in the evening, with...
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Commodities update: tuna, olive oil, corned beef
Tuna returns to normalityThe effect of the tsnumai on tuna canning is not expected to be as severe as many feared, said trade sources.Of the main producing countries, only the Maldives felt the full effect of the disaster, which halted...
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Festive salmon sales a-leaping
Suppliers are hailing brisk demand for salmon, especially premium lines, as the Christmas period approaches.Sales are particularly strong for smaller gutted fish used for smoking and for the fresh portion market.Allan Miller, sales...
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Wise move for Guru
Spice Guru is a new range of curry pastes for fish, vegetables and meat.Based on recipes from the Gujarat region of western India, they come in three varieties – Fabulous Fish, Vibrant Vegetable and Magical Meat – and are free of artificial...
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Northern seafood sale
Northern Foods has agreed to sell the Cavaghan & Gray Seafood chilled and frozen fish business to IFP Holdings, a subsidiary of Icelandic Group, for £12.6m.The seafood company processes and manufactures added value fish products, particularly...
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Olives get stuffed with Omega-3
Spanish olive producer Cándido Miró has launched olives with added omega-3.Launched under the El Serpis brand, the olives are stuffed with anchovies and have omega-3 rich fish oil added to them. They are also high in vitamin E.Omega-3...
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n tuna price upFollowing a lengthy period of raw material rises, retailers have raised both brand and own label tuna prices (180g) by 10p per can.“The prompt response by the trade to escalating costs will save the industry from catastrophic losses, although...
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Marr buys Fastnet
Hull region-based Andrew Marr International has acquired Murray Vernon Holdings’ controlling interest in the Fastnet Fish Group based in Grimsby. The deal creates one of the largest seafood businesses in the UK, and represents the ongoing...
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In Profile: Andrew Gidden, Sales & Trade Marketing General Manager, John West
What is your career background? I joined John West from RHM’s Manor Bakeries, where I looked after its business with Tesco for three years. I was director...
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Skipjack failure
Retail tinned tuna prices are set to rise, say analysts.The failure of skipjack catches in all three oceans has led the market into its worst period for over 30 years.Factories in Thailand, Africa and the Indian Ocean have closed for...
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Christmas challenge to M&S
Waitrose is taking on M& S in the run-up to Christmas with the launch of a 30-strong range of packaged meat and fish products under the Easy banner.Speaking as Waitrose posted a 6.4% rise in sales to £1.4bn in the half-year to July 31, Waitrose...
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no bones about it
Princes has added Skinless and Boneless Red Salmon Chunks in Brine to its range.The addition is in response to research that suggested consumers had a growing appetite for the fish because of its Omega-3 properties but were put off by having to...
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Low production ups salmon price
Scottish salmon farmers are optimistic about firmer prices in the final quarter of the year, thanks to lower production.Leading distributor Sea Products of Scotland reported that prices were currently averaging £2.10/kg.MD Willie Liston is...
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director jailed
Brighton fish merchant Christopher Leonard Bish was sentenced at Hove Crown Court to 21 months in prison after falsely claiming more than £5.5m from a finance company. Bish, a director of Jelfish Ltd, Lower Goods Yard, Trafalgar Street,...
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Public indifferent to origin of fish
Shoppers are keen to buy fish that comes from the area they live in, but otherwise origin is not high on their agenda.Seafish and Seafood Scotland interviewed 1,000 shoppers across the UK to find out just how much the origin of seafood mattered...