All Meat articles – Page 174
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Declining sales lead to wholesale cod price drop
The wholesale price of cod is falling as consumers switch to alternative fish species – and it could prompt retail price cuts, boosting sales and putting renewed pressure on stocks. The average wholesale cod price across Europe has fallen 7.3%...
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NewsSausage prices dip sharply following year-long rises
Meat prices have been moving in only one direction recently, but this month has seen an abrupt change of fortunes. Michael Barker reports
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In Season: Mackerel
The credit crunch has had a positive impact on the sales of one type of fish at least, with Waitrose reporting a 76% year-on-year volume increase in mackerel sales. Shoppers were choosing mackerel because it cost a third of the price of cod, the...
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Investor group in 11th-hour Cappoquin deal
Beleaguered Irish poultry processor Cappoquin Chickens has been hauled out of liquidation in an 11th- hour buyout by an Anglo-Irish group of investors. Cappoquin, which looked certain to close last month following the collapse of takeover talks,...
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Vickery ads push up Aldi’s seabass sales
Aldi’s sales of seabass have increased ten-fold in the two weeks since celebrity chef Phil Vickery has promoted it. The chef has endorsed the fish in the discounter’s television advertisements and on podcasts on Aldi’s website in which he...
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Discounters steal share with cheaper fresh meat
Cash-strapped shoppers are increasingly turning to the discounters to buy fresh meat, new research has revealed. In the 12-week period to 10 August, purchases of fresh meat from discounters were up 17% by volume year-on-year, according to an AHDB...
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European red meat production set to fall, warn analysts
The European red meat sector faces a gloomy future of declining consumption and production, a Rabobank report on the global protein industry has warned. There would be a fall in both the consumption and production of beef in the EU over the next...
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In Season: Autumn lamb
Most people associate British-reared lamb with springtime, but autumn lamb, which has just come into season, may change those perceptions. Claimed by some pundits to be considerably fuller and richer in flavour than its spring counterpart, autumn...
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Ban on battery eggs triggers import fears
Supermarkets will be forced to sell imported eggs from 2012 if fears that UK producers will not be ready for the ban on eggs from battery birds are realised. Battery cages will be outlawed by the EU in 2012, at which time standard egg producers will...
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Fish finger sales soaring as families turn to frozen
Fish fingers are back on the British menu in a big way as consumers increasingly buy into cheaper frozen fish and take advantage of a wider product selection, new figures reveal. Sales of fish fingers have shot up 12% in the last year, according to...
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After milk, melamine fears spread to meat
Chinese meat destined for the food supply chain may contain the potentially lethal chemical melamine, a British expert has warned. Melamine has been at the centre of a scandal in China over the past fortnight following the deaths of a number of...
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Tesco boosts selection of organic meat
Tesco has boosted its organic portfolio by increasing the range of Helen Browning meats it stocks and adding a new leg meat product. As well as doubling listings of Browning’s Organic Speedy Sausages to 200 stores, the supermarket has introduced...
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Latvian caviar brand Mottra highlights its ethical credentials
Latvia’s only caviar brand, Mottra, is bringing what it claims is the only ethical caviar in the world to the UK. The company allows its sturgeon to mature after removing the eggs – rather than following the traditional practice of immediately...
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Cappoquin falls victim to cheap imported chicken
One of the Irish Republic’s largest poultry businesses, Cappoquin Chickens, is to close with 200 job losses. Talks to secure a buy-out of the plant, which would have involved a substantial investment by Derby Poultry, a British company, collapsed...
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Weak sterling yields 12% hike for pork producers
Pork prices are starting to rise at retail as farmers obtain higher prices and weaker sterling makes exporting more attractive to UK producers, says Michael Barker
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Fairtrade certification for fisheries by 2011?
The Fairtrade Foundation and the Marine Stewardship Council are working together on a project to allow Fairtrade certification of fish by 2011, The Grocer can reveal. The two bodies embarked on a three-phase collaborative project this May when...
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NewsGrocer 33: Lamb chops give £6 lead to Morrisons
We all know competition is fierce, but it’s amazing what a lamb chop promo can do for a supermarket’s performance. With Asda’s price on the chops up 62.1%, after a one-week promotion, Morrisons walked away with the prize, with a gap of £6.25 compared with only 26p last week.
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Loch Duart acquires Salar Smokehouse
Scottish salmon farmer Loch Duart has moved into the value-added sector with the acquisition of Hebridean smokery Salar Smokehouse. Loch Duart sells fresh salmon through fish counters in Sainsbury’s and other outlets, and was already supplying...
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Browning launches nitrite-free salami
Organic producer Helen Browning has produced a nitrite-free salami aimed at consumers looking for food with nothing added. Nitrites were originally adopted to allow safe curing in the absence of reliable refrigeration and the company had been...
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Venison pizza ready to debut in Scotland
A venison pizza, thought to be the first commercially available on a wide scale, will make its debut in Sainsbury’s stores in the first week of November. The pizza has been developed by game processor Highland Game and Scottish-Italian pizza...