All Fish articles – Page 73
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Commodities update: fruit, salmon, sardines, dried fruit
Any discussion about canned fruit invariably involves the threat of Chinese low-cost production, as evidenced during the mandarin orange season when Spanish canners put pressure on Brussels to safeguard their industry, claiming Chinese production ...
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Commodities Update: tuna, pilchards, tomatoes
Tuna cost concernsA further rise in skipjack tuna raw material prices is causing serious concern among canners.Prices were expected to have begun to fall by now, but a scarcity of fish has pushed the Bangkok price to $900 a tonne,...
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Millar retires after 40 years in the industry
Kraft’s trade relations manager Easton Millar has taken early retirement after 40 years working in the grocery industry.Millar said he began his career as a four-year-old in sweet stock replenishment at his grandmother’s fish and chip shop. On...
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Forensic eyes on origin
Methods used in criminal investigations by forensic scientists could be the key to preventing food fraud and checking the origin of meats, fish, crops and other produce entering the UK.Counterfeit food and medicines seized as they arrived in...
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Consumer Insight
Consumption of salmon by age groupnIn the past year there were 147 million salmon meal occasions nSmoked salmon accounts for 15% of all salmon...
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Minimum import price ‘unhelpful’
Britain’s major seafood supplier Young’s Bluecrest has hit out at the Minimum Import Price imposed by Brussels on non-EU salmon as “unhelpful to development of the salmon market”.The company is forecasting an overall rise in the retail price of...
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Commodities update: Pineapple, tuna, dried fruit and chilli
Pineapple tribulations“It’s the same old story,” was the reaction of a canned fruit importer this week when asked about the prospects for the summer pineapple crop in Thailand. “Higher tin plate costs – up 42% – and adverse weather...
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Commodities update: tuna, tomatoes, beef, dried fruit
Tuna prices increaseTuna prices are rising after poor catches and concern that shortages are becoming the norm.Conservationists cite over-fishing as a reason, but weather seems more likely. There are many reports of recorded changes in sea...
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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...