All Meat articles – Page 145
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Ginsters Balti chicken spices up pasty range
Ginsters is replacing its Ham, Leek & Cheese Cornish pasty with a Chicken Balti variant, and is pledging to keep the nation's love of spicy food in mind for future launches. The Chicken Balti Pasty (rsp: £1.99), which hits shelves...
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RSPCA flagged up cloned meat risks back in 2008
The RSPCA warned Defra of the danger of 'cloned meat' entering the UK food chain as early as March 2008, The Grocer can exclusively reveal. Last week, the Food Standards Agency confirmed meat from the offspring of a cloned animal had...
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How can the industry see off another attack of the clones?
Given Defra was warned in 2008 about products derived from cloned animals, why was action not taken? And what happens now, asks Richard Ford
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Suppliers say cloning is not a food safety issue
The meat industry has hit back at suggestions that the discovery of meat from a cloned animal in the UK could spiral into a crisis of similar magnitude to BSE in the 1990s.Industry representatives said it was vital to make it clear to...
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Billingsgate porters blast licence repeal
Porters at Billingsgate fish market are up in arms over plans to overhaul a local bylaw that they claim threatens to undermine the professional standing of their trade. The City of London Corporation is proposing to repeal a bylaw from...
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Comment & OpinionEditor's Comment: The 12.5p pint of milk will have a major impact on the trade
I suppose it’s not surprising Andrew Thornton’s squirrel-steak-selling Budgens store in Crouch End is receiving so much publicity right now.
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More Xtreme flavours for P&G Pringles
P&G is bringing out two new Pringles flavours under its Xtreme banner Hot Paprika & Smoky Bacon and Spicy Sour Cream & Onion. The new flavours will roll out on 1 August under the Pringles Xtreme brand, which was launched...
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Birds Eye sizes up market for natural fish products
Birds Eye is investigating the market potential for a new range of natural fish and seafood products in the UK, less than a month after news emerged that it had called time on its Naked & Natural fish range. The frozen food...
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Focus On Lunchbox: Hand-held pastry products
Not so long ago, the pastries market was looking limp and tired, with little to offer shoppers besides the same old traditional sausage rolls or pork pies.
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Linden Foods profits from efficiencies
Profits at Northern Irish meat processor Linden Foods are up 17% thanks partly to increased efficiencies and a strategy of targeting the top end of retail and foodservice. Pre-tax profit rose 17% to £2m for the year to 30 September 2009...
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Seafish fights on in the Supreme Court
Seafish is now set for a Supreme Court showdown in its battle to retain its levy on imported fish. The Sea Fish Industry Authority and Defra last year won a High Court case against British Seafood, which challenged the levy as illegal....
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Lamb’s Navy Rum promo supports RNLI
Lamb's Navy Rum has joined forces with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) for the first time in an on-pack promotion that offers a two-week cruise holiday. Nearly 100,000 bottles of the Halewood rum are being rolled into the...
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Eblex offers PoS kits for farm shops
Eblex is offering a special point of sale promotional kit for farm shops and direct-selling meat producers to boost sales. The materials were designed to whet customers' appetites for beef and lamb by giving them recipe ideas and...
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Cranswick boosted by CCF Norfolk buy
Sales at Cranswick plc have soared 19% as a result of volume gains and the acquisition of CCF Norfolk.Total sales at the pork supplier stood at £198m for the three months to 30 June, 19% higher than the previous year, excluding revenue...
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Birds Eye unveils chicken Bake to Perfection lines
Birds Eye is aiming to build on the success of its Bake to Perfection Fish range by expanding the concept into chicken. The four-strong range includes Garlic & Herb, Chasseur, Tomato & Basil and Red Wine & Mushroom variants,...
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Slower inflation lifts Dovecote Park profit
Dovecote Park, the sole supplier of beef to Waitrose, has posted a 9.8% rise in pre-tax profits as cattle price inflation slowed. Pre-tax profits rose to £3.1m on sales up 8.2% to £106.3m in the year to 25 September 2009, according to...
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Asda offers beef farmers greater pricing security
Asda is introducing pre-agreed prices into some of its beef farmer contracts in a move that producers claim could set a blueprint for the industry. Under the terms of the contract, Asda will agree to pay farmers £2.70/kg for their...
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Budgens hails success of new sausage range
Budgens has put the success of its new sausage range down to the hot weather.The retailer has already shifted 250,000 bangers after launching the range as part of its Budgens Best offer. Varieties include pork variants with chilli, apple...
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Highland Game takeover boosts its clout in venison
Venison processor Highland Game is set to double the size of its business to become the UK's biggest game supplier after snaring English game dealer Rick Bestwick.The takeover, for an undisclosed sum, became effective on 1 July and means...
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NewsGrocer 33: Cottage cheese puts Asda back on top
Asda is back on top this week with nine cheapest items including the cottage cheese (£1), Parma ham (£1.18) and king prawns (£1.67).