All articles by Julia Glotz – Page 73
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NewsUK cucumber prices fall by 30% as E.coli triggers supply glut
British cucumber and salad growers were this week bracing themselves for plummeting prices as the devastating E.coli outbreak in Germany threatened to swamp the market with cheap EU produce and hit shopper confidence.
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NewsEaster sizzler drives roast lamb sales down by 37%
It may once have been the traditional Easter roast, but high prices and the warm weather mean Brits have been falling rapidly out of love with roast lamb, with sales plummeting more than a third this Easter. Volume sales of lamb roasts...
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NewsWas Tesco hoping to follow Yoo with MU?
Was Tesco planning to follow the launch of its successful Yoo yoghurts with a new tertiary Cheddar brand called MU? That is the question being asked after cheesemaker Adams Foods applied to register a trademark for MU Cheddar "exclusive...
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NewsKung Fu Panda kicks off first kids Cheddar launch
First Milk is looking to harness significant amounts of pester power in the dairy aisle this summer, when it launches a new brand of kids' cheese in partnership with Kung Fu Panda and Shrek-maker Dreamworks.
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NewsNPA to ‘shame’ mults if new letter campaign fails
The National Pig Association is considering a national ad campaign to 'name and shame' supermarkets that do not do enough to support British pig farmers after a warning letter to retailers failed to get the hoped-for response.
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Dairy Crest stands firm on Cheddar promotions
A defiant Dairy Crest has vowed to continue with its aggressive marketing strategy for Cathedral City and said it would 'not be out-promoted by anybody', despite other Cheddar brands warning the category needed to rethink its approach to...
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Pig farmers call for board action over pork pricing
Tensions between pig farmers and supermarkets are close to boiling point, with producer organisations calling on supermarkets to act now on low pork prices or risk falling foul of their CSR commitments.Last week, Stewart Houston, the...
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Category ReportMeat & Fish Supplement 2011
Hardly any brands have managed to crack fresh meat, fish or poultry. Julia Glotz investigates why – and finds out where future opportunities might lieFresh food has traditionally been a tricky hunting ground for brands.The highly commoditised nature of many fresh food staples, after all, means adding value and delivering ...
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Analysis & Features
Meat & Fish Supplement 2011: Could I be a brand?
Hardly any brands have managed to crack fresh meat, fish or poultry. Julia Glotz investigates why – and finds out where future opportunities might lie
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Meat & Fish Supplement 2011: A nice cut of lamb - if you can afford it
Growing global demand and falling flock sizes have led to sharp price rises and depressed sales for lamb. How can suppliers fight back, asks Julia Glotz
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NewsWheat prices to soar as drought deepens
The food industry is on red alert again over wheat - and this time it's wheat used in food, rather than feed, that's most at risk.
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NewsRain in Spain falls and UK tomato prices soar
British fruit and veg growers may be having a hard time dealing with the recent unusually warm and dry weather, but it's the opposite problem for growers in Spain, where unseasonably heavy rainfalls are threatening this year's tomato crop.
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Animal protein return to feed is a step closer
Controversial feeding practices from pre-BSE days are one step closer to being reintroduced, after an influential EU committee produced a document endorsing the feeding of animal by-products to pork, poultry and farmed fish.
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Profiles and QandAsNFU adviser shuffle sees Watson move to poultry chief role
The NFU has made its latest appointment in a major reshuffle of its chief advisers, with Kelly Watson taking over from Robert Newbery as chief poultry adviser. Watson has worked as NFU poultry adviser for the past two years. Having grown...
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NewsGrowers warn of damage to crops if May stays dry
Supplies of British fruit and vegetables as well as grains such as wheat could come under serious pressure if the dry spell continues this month, growers have warned. April was the warmest on record and the driest since 2007, according...
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News‘Low-fat Cheddar’ label gets green light from EU
Cheddar makers will soon be able to call their low-fat cheeses 'low-fat Cheddar' as a result of new cheese-labelling rules coming in. Current UK laws on compositional standards for cheese mean cheese makers are not allowed to use the...
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NewsTonnies ups UK presence with a toastable burger
First there was the microwavable fish finger, now shoppers can look forward to a beef burger that can be heated in a toaster. German meat giant Tonnies, which brought a range of savoury 'pop tarts' to the UK last year, is launching...
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NewsFarmers to scrutinise multiples’ CSR claims
The NFU is about to put the CSR claims of the UK’s 10 biggest supermarkets to the test with a benchmarking exercise that will measure what retailers say in their corporate social responsibility statements against their actions.
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NewsFood price hikes in check but meat could yet go up
Amid declining consumer confidence, food price inflation is being contained but the price of meat could still see significant increases, new forecasts suggest. In its latest quarterly retail price report, published this week, agrifood...
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NewsWaitrose to bring edible flowers to the salad aisle
They're usually associated with fine dining but Waitrose is hoping edible flowers and micro-leaves will appeal to adventurous home cooks as well. The supermarket has developed an eight-strong range of salad 'add-ons' with Bakkavör that...