All Meat articles – Page 190
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Glen back in new ads
Scotch beef is hoping to get the new year off to a good start with a fresh ad campaign. This week Quality Meat Scotland launched the press adverts, featuring its iconic pin up Glen the Highlander, to inform consumers about the nutritional...
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Pig price disparities will persist
Mike Ingham Retailers are likely to find themselves under continued fire from British pig farmers this year. Latest EC forecasts suggest the price disparities between imported and home produced pork and bacon are likely to persist. Optimists...
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Welsh sign Ross Grill deal
Welsh beef producers are celebrating a major new branded launch. St Merryn Foods and farmer co-operative Welsh Lamb and Beef Promotions have signed a deal with Dalepak to supply raw material for its new Ross branded Beef Grill Steaks, launched...
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Ready to seize the potential
With healthy volume growth, processors are determined to build on the fixture's potential. Ed Bedington reports Bacon is the star performer of the pigmeat market. It is a convenient, flexible and fast food where sales have broken the £1bn mark...
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Makro takes up Specially Selected range
The Scottish meat industry has been given a welcome boost from the cash and carry sector. Leading operator Makro has agreed a deal with ABP to stock both Specially Selected Scotch lamb and beef in all 29 of it's UK depots. The deal, which...
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Joanna Legg
Safeway bacon buyer "We're seeing a growing amount of imported raw material within the market. My major competitors are increasing the presence of Dutch, however I stock only British and Danish. Promotions are a key driver but an upcoming...
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NPD proves the real driver
Innovation is the industry's common battleground Innovation is becoming the new battlefield in the bacon category. The words new product development and adding value are on almost everyone's lips across the industry. UK consumers eat a lot...
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Maverick moves deliver
Price-based deals are in danger of commoditising bacon and marketers are looking for radical ideas to build promotions and add value Bacon is not price sensitive, yet when it comes to shifting product, price promotion remains the dominant...
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Something had to give and it was bacon
The British industry has been forced to shift its focus as retailers and processors protected fresh pork's share It has been a shattering 12 months for anyone in the British pig meat sector. With the much documented declining herd, rising...
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How simplifying the bacon fixture lifted sales 7%
One of the key challenges for the industry is the reorganisation of the bacon fixture.The consumer spends, on average, just 10 seconds shopping the fixture, providing limited opportunity in which to catch their attention. Roach Foods...
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WKD Premiership firsts
WKD has extended its link with football by signing its first sponsorship deals with three Premiership clubs. Aston Villa, Everton and West Ham will all feature in marketing for the PPS. As a result of the deal, Beverage Brands has secured...
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Ireland and potatoes may be an obvious combination but until
Wedges n' Bacon Stir Fry  intended as a meal in itself  is the most unusual product in the three-strong range, but classic Potato Rings and Potato Cakes made from an old family recipe with parsley and nutmeg also feature. Potato Fingers and...
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JS simplifies its bacon fixture
Kit Davies Sainsbury is in the process of completing a major overhaul of its bacon fixture to make shopping simpler and easier for consumers. The key to the new philosophy is the separation of smoked and unsmoked into two separate blocks....
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Hazlewood Sauces & Pickles has been developing new customer
Asda's Spicy Tomato & Pepperoni and Tomato, Sweetcorn & Tuna, along with the Co-op's Tomato & Herbs and Cheese & Bacon Pasta Bakes are said to be drawing new consumers to the category. Hazlewood cooking sauces product manager Damien Wurpillot...
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Microwaveable meat launched
Ed Bedington Somerfield has claimed a first with the launch of a wide range of microwaveable meats. The multiple said it believed it was the first to offer such a wide selection of products, ranged across pork, lamb and beef. Charlotte...
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Warning to French over lamb
Julian Hunt The French government has been warned not to repeat the mistake of its ban on British beef by imposing new constraints on imports of sheepmeat. It is proposing to ban the importing of sheep carcases containing spinal cords Â...
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DMB funding slashed
Ed Bedington The Dutch Meat Board is set to see half its funding slashed as part of an internal shake-up. The move, decided by Dutch producers, means the board will no longer be responsible for consumer promotions on bacon, like the...
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Beefing up confidence for exporters
Anne Bruce Food from Britain this week celebrated the lifting of the French beef ban by bringing a contingent of 74 British exhibitors to Sial. FFB chief executive David McNair said: "For a long time we have had to focus on getting beef...
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Safeway's Halal first
Ed Bedington Authentic Halal meat is now on offer in Safeway stores across the country. The retailer launched the range of chicken and lamb products this week, and claims it is the largest offered by any supermarket in the UK. The own...
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Beef gets a foot in the door
With British Beef allowed back into the French meat market, the lorries will be jostling for space on the ferries. Won't they? Well, perhaps not, if the reaction of Richard Cracknell, MD of Anglo Beef Processors, is anything to go by. "We're...