All Meat articles – Page 182
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Commodities update: tuna, tomatoes, beef, dried fruit
Tuna prices increaseTuna prices are rising after poor catches and concern that shortages are becoming the norm.Conservationists cite over-fishing as a reason, but weather seems more likely. There are many reports of recorded changes in sea...
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The Acid Test
>>consumers and buyers give their views on the latest launchesHeinz POrk & baked bean sausagesFrom: HeinzThe new sausages from Heinz, which contain 28% baked beans, are being made under licence by Manor Born...
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Taking its ‘i’ off the bull
Burts Potato Chips is just one letter of the alphabet away from controversy with the launch of Bullshot!, a new flavour of crisps.The flavour is based on a cocktail of the same name, which contains beef consommé laced with vodka and seasoned...
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Perkins Chilled Food integration going well
Food supplier Cranswick, which sells fresh pork, gourmet sausages, delicatessen cooked meats, released at trading update yesterday and claimed that the integration of cooked meats processor Perkins Chilled Foods, bought earlier this month, was going...
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Get tough on price, farmers told
Beef farmers in England should follow the example set by their Irish counterparts and hold out for a higher price for slaughter cattle, it has been claimed.Earlier this month farmers in the Republic of Ireland prompted a stand-off with the...
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The Saturday Essay
>>Richard Lowe, marketing director, Meat and Livestock Commission, urges retailers to be honest about sourcingOnly about half the pork and pork products consumed in Britain are derived from British pigs. So what, you might ask....
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Commodities update: tuna, olive oil, corned beef
Tuna returns to normalityThe effect of the tsnumai on tuna canning is not expected to be as severe as many feared, said trade sources.Of the main producing countries, only the Maldives felt the full effect of the disaster, which halted...
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NBA relief as mince war ends
Minced beef prices in Tesco and Asda have returned to the levels they were before the multiples’ price war on fresh beef began.Information gathered by The Grocer 33 price survey on January 4 shows that both multiples have increased the price of...
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Mince prices starting to firm
There are signs that the fresh beef price war is cooling after it emerged minced beef prices have risen in the stores of arch-rival retailers Tesco and Asda.According to data generated by The Grocer 33 price survey (see p26), the on-shelf cost...
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Travelling light on the Oriental Express
Oriental Express is bringing out a healthy frozen Chinese meal range under a new China Light sub-brand.The five-strong ready meal range, which rolls out in January, is made up of Honey & Ginger Chicken, Thai Vegetable Curry, Chinese Beef in...
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Irish face OTM displacement
The Irish beef industry has been warned that its record exports to the UK will have to be reduced from the middle of next year, when Britain is set to lift its ban on cattle aged over 30 months entering the food chain. According to estimates,...
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Call for beef price rise
The National Beef Association has told the Office of Fair Trading that retail prices for beef must rise significantly after January 1.In a letter to the OFT, NBA chairman Robert Robinson said that with subsidies decoupled from production,...
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Retailers yet to back OTM beef
The big retailers are refusing to commit to stocking over 30-month beef when the OTM rule is abolished, probably some time next year.Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury, Morrisons and Somerfield all stopped short of pledging to sell products made from the...
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Good taste guidelines
Guidelines on how to produce the best possible flavoured beef have been issued to the red meat industry.The English Beef and Lamb Executive has released a report containing 11 recommendations based on research conducted by the University of...
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NI is eating more lamb
Lamb is becoming increasingly popular in Northern Ireland, according to TNS data.Researchers have found that volume purchases have risen by 17% year-on-year to 3,407 tonnes with expenditure on lamb up by 34% to £18.8m. Frequency of...
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Bovril takes out the beef
Unilever UK Foods has taken the beef out of its Bovril hot food drink and replaced it with a vegetarian-friendly yeast mix.The £9.3m brand has seen volume sales in the UK slump by between 1-2% annually over the past four years. Export markets...
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Heinz chills beans in a fresh sausage
Heinz is rolling its Baked Beanz brand into fresh sausages as it continues its assault on the chilled sector. The new sausages, branded Heinz Pork & Baked Bean Sausages, are being made under licence by sausage specialist Manor Born and...
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Backs into it
Supplier of cooked bacon products TMI Foods has appointed Alan Peterson as production director and Nigel Richmond as sales director.Peterson was previously a general manager at Roach Foods. Richmond joins from his position as business...
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Scottish Courage’s Lamb to direct sales at Vimto
Vimto Soft Drinks has appointed Steve Lamb to the new role of sales director, following the re-positioning of the company from a production-led to a brand-led business.Lamb has been recruited from Scottish Courage, where he held a number of...
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UK guns for ‘illegal’ imports
The UK’s pork producers are to launch a press ad campaign claiming “two-thirds of imported pork comes from farms that operate welfare practices that would be illegal in Britain”.The £350,000 campaign will run from mid-January to early February...