All Meat articles – Page 192
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Waitrose aims high for chicken welfare
Waitrose has staked a claim for the highest welfare standards on supermarket chicken. From September, the stocking density of its Select Farm Chicken will be 10% lower than the industry standard in an effort to raise the bar in animal...
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In the can
Fish While the Alaskan red salmon run has come in slightly above forecast, the pinks are a disaster. After three years of oversupply and all-time low prices, canners fear the total pink pack may be 60% below last season, resulting...
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Overseas buyers have hunger for British beef
British beef exports have shrugged off the heatwave to put in a strong EU performance, according to the first official figures since exports resumed.The statistics published by the Meat and Livestock Commission only cover the year to May...
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Irish sharpen the axe over meat processing
Consumers and livestock farmers are both hoping to benefit from a plan to close up to 25% of Ireland's meat processing capacity. The plan was mooted four years ago but has only just been given the green light by the High Court in Dublin,...
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Union slams retailers for raising the steaks
The beef industry has branded British retailers irresponsible for encouraging shoppers to buy steaks at a time of year when demand is traditionally high anyway. The NFU is calling on the multiples to rethink their pricing policy so...
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Lidl fined for false meat label claims
Discount retailer Lidl has been fined nearly £50,000 for two separate breaches of labelling rules on meat. Tests by Trading Standards officers found the multiple's Maitre Special Chicken breast fillet contained less meat than the label...
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Maggi moves into breakfast pastries
Nestlé is propelling its Maggi Hot Pockets pastries into the breakfast market with a bacon & eggs variant. The new flavour will stretch the brand, which has so far targeted meal and snacking occasions with ham & cheese, cheese & tomato...
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UK likely to steer clear of Argentinian imports
More Argentinian beef is on its way to Europe after export restrictions were relaxed by the country's government in a bid to boost domestic beef prices. For the next two months, the country will be able to export up to 90% of its pre-ban...
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Time to get into the grove
In the 1950s and 1960s, bread and dripping was a teatime staple. Mum had cooked the roast beef or pork for lunch and served up the leftover fat and juices, spread on bread, for tea.But how times change - today's equivalent is a much...
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World Cup demand pushes pork price up
Pig producers are among the biggest winners from the World Cup, converting soaring demand for pork into high farmgate prices. But processors say they have not seen the benefits of retail price rises and are still on paper thin...
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Cull cows 'wasted' in fallen stock scheme
Cow beef worth around £600,000 is being 'wasted' every week because cull cows are going through the national fallen stock scheme, rather than entering the food chain.As well as a national farmgate loss of more than £30m each...
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Suppliers concerned by power of Pan Fish
Fears that the acquisition by Pan Fish of Marine Harvest will push up Scottish salmon prices have triggered its referral to the Competition Commission. Industry sources told The Grocer there was concern among buyers of Scottish farmed...
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LMC gets EU mince cash
The Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland has been awarded EU funding to promote beef mince under its Farm Quality Assured (FQA) logo. The product's traceability and versatility and its place in a healthy balanced diet will...
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Beef prices level off for summer holiday
The recovery of UK beef values is showing signs of reaching a plateau, as consumer demand takes its usual summer holiday. Beef prices continued to rise in June, but at just 2p/kg deadweight, the growth rate has halved compared to the...
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Meet organic hunger chains urge farmers
There is an acute shortage of organic meat produced in the UK, some of Britain's leading retailers have said. Tesco's fresh foods director Steve Murrells urged farmers attending the Royal Show at Stoneleigh in Warwickshire to consider...
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Young's: we won't touch bluefin tuna
Britain's major seafood supplier Young's Bluecrest stressed this week that it had for some time had a policy with regard to bluefin tuna of "not touching it with a bargepole."Young's spoke out in response to a WWF report that warned that...
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Young's speeds up in chase for the big chill
Young's Seafood is casting its net further across the chilled arena by adding four fish recipe ready meals to its repertoire. The move continues the company's ambitious plan to boost its chilled turnover to £100m by 2008, which began with...
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In Brief: M&S tenderness; Green barbecue
M&S tenderness Marks & Spencer is set to launch a new range of fresh beef this summer, called Guaranteed Tender British Beef. It will appear on sirloin, ribeye and fillet steaks and is claimed to represent maximum tenderness in...
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Full Brazilian beef ban possible, EC tells NFU
The prospect of a full ban on Brazilian beef imports came a step closer this week, according to the NFU, which says the country is producing meat that would be illegal in this country. European Commission officials have told the union...
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Spam: bacon is in the can
Spam fans can bring home the bacon from this month in the form of a limited edition of the canned meat.Spam with Bacon follows a black pepper limited edition, launched last year, that has performed so well that general manager Swen...