All Meat articles – Page 138
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Analysis & Features
Meat online
The London Fine Meat Company used to supply just caterers. Now it is supplying consumers too via a new online delivery service – and eyeing the high street. Simon Creasey reports
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NewsBored of the usual ketchups? Why not try out...bacon jam?
Britain's best convenience store is looking for listings for wait for it bacon jam. The Village Stores in Walthamstow named the best c-store in the country at the 2011 Convenience Retail Awards (organised by Convenience Store and The...
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NewsMince makes a cheap meal? Not any more...
They constitute some of Britain's favourite dishes. But the cost of spaghetti bolognese, shepherd's pie, lasagne and other mince-based staples are soaring as supermarkets have hiked the price of value-tier beef mince by up to 25% since the same time...
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NewsYoung’s hooks Jamie for new frozen range
Young's Seafood has been praised by rivals for injecting some much needed value into the frozen fish category with its new Jamie Oliver range. The 12-strong line-up, which hits shelves next month, is Oliver's first major retail...
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NewsAsda wows with its Butcher’s Selection
Asda is set to roll out its Butcher's Selection range to meat joints after the initial launch in beef steaks led to a 50% spike in sales. Butcher's Selection steaks which are matured for 15 days and trimmed of excess fat were introduced...
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NewsMarco’s range dropped as Bernard Matthews changes tack
Bernard Matthews Farms has ditched its Marco Pierre White-branded line of turkey steaks and joints just six months after launch, after the chef’s range failed to generate enough sales. At the same time, the company is getting rid of its…
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Herring roe is new beans on toast, says Waitrose
Beans on toast are taking a back seat as shoppers roll back the years with an old-fashioned alternative: herring roe. Sales of the fish at Waitrose are up 39% over the equivalent period last year.
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NewsJerky Group supplies own label for M&S
Beef snack company The Jerky Group, supplier of the Wild West Beef Jerky and Bundu Original Beef Biltong brands, has launched an own-label beef jerky range for M&S. Available in Classic and Peppered, the new range is made in the UK…
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NewsMeat Merchant set for mainland debut
Northern Irish meat business The Meat Merchant is to embark on an expansion drive that will see the company setting up its first mainland UK store. Owned by meat wholesaler Hannan Meats, The Meat Merchant is based in Moira, Co Down. It…
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NewsEgg producers in plea for GM feed for birds
Free-range egg producers have accused retailers of double standards in allowing GM feed for pig and poultry production but not for eggs. The requirement to use non-GM soya in chicken feed for egg production was costing producers an…
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Comment & OpinionAd of the Week: Off-the-Wall’s Alan joins the sausage roll of legends
Throw Skippy on the barbie and haul Flipper, gasping and wheezing, ashore in the tuna nets. A new animal star is born. While Birds Eye wrestles with the dilemma of whether to pull its polar bear ads, Wall’s has blown the competition off…
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Analysis & FeaturesFish Special: The start of the line?
The first MSC-certified line-caught fish from Iceland is hitting Sainsbury’s now. Nick Hughes visits the country to see if its tie-up with Saemark presents a blueprint for the future
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NewsSold at sea: how technology will make fish fresher
The shelf life of fresh fish could soon be extended by up to a day thanks to new broadcasting technology that allows fishermen to sell their catch to retailers and suppliers while still out at sea. Industry body Seafish has developed a...
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NewsYorkshire presents first official sausage
The UK’s largest county, Yorkshire, has got an official sausage at last. The Yorkshire Sausage rolls out to nine Morrisons stores next week. Its launch follows a three-month campaign to find an official Yorkshire sausage, led by local…
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Retailers’ red tape victory tempered by GCA plans
On the same day BIS announced plans to reduce the burden on retailers with its bonfire of red tape, the government department came under major pressure to beef up the power of its proposed Groceries Code Adjudicator a move deeply unpopular with...
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NewsProfits up as Whitby plans expansion
Scampi supplier Whitby Seafoods has reported strong financial results as it pushes ahead with expansion plans. Pre-tax profits at Whitby climbed 14.7% to £764,000 in the year to 31 December 2010, while turnover rose 23.6%, to £25.8m.
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NewsCranswick CEO insists future remains bright
Cranswick CEO Bernard Hoggarth has rubbished claims that an anticipated 15% slump in profits is down to its over-reliance on the supermarkets. The rebuttal comes after the company which produces branded pork products for the likes of...
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NewsPangasius lines removed from retailers’ shelves
Morrisons and Asda have withdrawn a number of pre-packed pangasius lines, it has emerged. Asda said it had withdrawn three pre-packed lines of pangasius after internal testing had found "issues with the quality of the fish". The lines...
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NewsChicken project could cut levels of poisoning
The poultry industry could soon have a new weapon against one of the UK's most common causes of food poisoning, as scientists are working on a new type of chicken feed that could help render tiny amounts of contamination visible to the naked eye.
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NewsMackerel sales boom as Hugh effect kicks in
Mackerel sales at the mults have soared 14% in the five months since Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall launched Mission Mackerel to get consumers eating more of the fish, The Grocer can exclusively reveal. The figures come as retailers and…