All Meat articles – Page 158
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NewsPicture This... Rugby gets even beefier
A Highland bull calf, pictured with Scots rugby players Chris Paterson and Ross Ford, made its way to Murrayfield last week to celebrate a tie-up between Quality Meat Scotland and Scottish Rugby that will see top Scottish Rugby players inspire...
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NewsBirds Eye has a fresh stab at natural frozen seafood
Less than a year and a half after axing its natural seafood range Naked & Natural, Birds Eye is entering the fray once more, with Catch Fresh, a range of frozen prawns it believes could become a £15m brand within three years. The...
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ProfilesMercurial Marco goes mainstream
Marco Pierre White, the Godfather of Gastronomy, feeds Liz Hamson some Bernard Matthews turkey steak and talks about his new passion for the masses
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NewsPrinces promises tuna will be shark-friendly by 2014
Princes has vowed to improve the sustainability of its tuna with a new four-year plan. The company said that from 2014 it would use only pole and line-caught fish, ditching ‘aggregation’ methods that risk catching sharks and other species along with the tuna.
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Analysis & FeaturesRed meat good, red meat bad... confused, anyone?
Last week saw the publication of two apparently contradictory reports on the health risks of red meat. Julia Glotz assesses their potential impact on sales
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NewsTönnies offers its second take on fast meat snacks
Tönnies, the German meat giant behind the Toast Me! range of savoury pop tarts, is gearing up to launch its second product in the UK a range of barbecue pork products that can be grilled straight from frozen. BBQ Me! is made from pork...
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NewsPoultry sector works on CSR plan to boost image
The poultry industry is looking to launch its first corporate social responsibility strategy in a bid to boost the sector's reputation and increase its say on issues such as GM and sustainability. Modern, efficient poultry production was...
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NewsDepartment of Health warns of red meat cancer risk
The Department of Health has waded into the row over the health risks posed by eating meat, advising consumers for the first time that cutting consumption of red and processed meat could reduce the risk of bowel cancer.
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News2 Sisters lifts the lid on new £30m plant
Poultry processor 2 Sisters Food Group has unveiled plans to open a £30m prepared food division in Thetford, Norfolk. The facility on the site of an old Tulip factory that 2 Sisters acquired last year will open in the spring. It will...
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NewsSalmon prices not likely to fall before end of 2011
Shoppers will have to wait until the end of the year before one of the UK's favourite fish will finally become cheaper again, as salmon prices are not expected to come down until the fourth quarter of 2011. The price of salmon has surged...
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NewsChristianity takes on Cadbury as religious Easter egg hits Morrisons
Jesus is taking on the Cadbury’s Caramel Bunny and Aero’s Luvabubble Lamb as a religious-themed Easter egg hits shelves for the first time.
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NewsTulip gets the Gist of £50m distribution deal
Pork processor Tulip has handed a £50m distribution contract to logistics provider Gist. The five-year deal will see Gist transport both raw pork products to Tulip’s factories and finished pork products from the processor’s sites to wholesale and retailer customers.
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NewsAnother PGI application for Newmarket sausages
An application to get protected EU status for Newmarket sausages is back on track following a five-year delay. Newmarket butcher Musks originally sought Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) status, which is also held by Melton...
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NewsAnalysts reassured by Cranswick results
Analysts hailed Cranswick "a safe haven" after it posted a 5% increase in like-for-like sales this week. Total third-quarter sales at Cranswick, which makes meat and poultry products under licence for Jamie Oliver, Red Lion Foods and the...
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NewsWelsh milk on shortlist for protected status bids
Welsh milk and butter could join Champagne, Parma ham and Melton Mowbray pies as protected food names, with the Welsh Assembly looking to submit the principality's finest products to the EU protected food names scheme. Nine Welsh foods...
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News‘Eat underused species - but proceed with caution’
Fish industry experts have played down claims that increasing consumption of underused fish such as the bycatch species championed by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is not sustainable. Christopher Leftwich, chief inspector of the...
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NewsYorkshire Crisps add Roast Lamb limited edition
The Yorkshire Crisp Company is adding a limited edition Roast Lamb & Mint pack to its range following a consumer competition to create a new flavour.
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The great ex-Capes adds beef to Ugo
It seems like quite a while since the discounters were on the up. But 25 years? Perhaps not. Still, nostalgia fans as well as lovers of authentic British beef will have been chuffed at the capture of Geoff Capes as the bearded face and...
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NewsDab and mackerel get new boost from Hugh
Less than three weeks after Hugh's Fish Fight hit TV screens, Sainsbury's is to almost double its distribution of dab and Young's is adding battered mackerel to its portfolio both under-utilised fish featured in the C4 series.
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NewsOliver range escapes Cranswick price cut
'Save our bacon' crusader Jamie Oliver found himself in the spotlight this week after the company that manufactures his pork range decided to cut what it pays to farmers at a time when they are struggling with soaring input costs.