All Meat articles – Page 196
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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...
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Halal meat at Safeway
Muslim customers at Safeway are now able to pick up Halal meat instore.The retailer launched it’s range of certified lamb and chicken, which it claims is the largest offered by any supermarket in the UK.The new own-label products,...
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France finally relents
Ed Bedington British beef could be back on the menu in France following this week's lifting of the long standing illegal ban on UK product. However the announcement by French PM Jean-Pierre Raffarin on Wednesday received a mixed response from the UK...
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Ahead of the times
A range of Scottish beef is being relaunched this month under the name Born and Bred Scottish Beef. Buchan Meats, based in Turriff, Aberdeenshire, is looking ahead to August next year when all meat sold as Scotch beef will have to be from cattle...
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Asda to get down to nuts and bolts
Asda is to launch an inquiry as to how some nuts and bolts got into meat pies sold at two of its stores in the south east.According to The Sun newspaper, two shoppers have complained after one discovered bolts in a mini pork and pickle pie...
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Sainsbury in pricing overhaul
Sian Harrington Sainsbury is to beef up its pricing strategy as it prepares for a price war between Asda and Tesco and seeks to reduce the gap in the longer term. The retailer, narrowly hanging on to its number two position, is to increase...
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Monster surprise
Walkers is stepping up investment in its Monster Munch brand with the launch of a limited edition Mystery Tongue variant. The savoury snacks giant is also replacing Spicy flavour with an improved version of old favourite Roast Beef....
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Hope France will relent
Ed Bedington The British beef industry is hoping for positive news from the French government over the coming weeks. The recent announcement by French food agency AFSSA that British beef is as safe as other beef on the French market is still...
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The Acid Test
>>consumers and buyers give their views on the latest launchesCurry BombsFrom: Oriental Express Four mainstream flavours, Tikka Masala, Chicken Balti, Beef Madras and Chicken Vindaloo, make up a new range of...
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New ideas at the Wharf
Julian Hunt New ideas in fresh foods top the menu at Waitrose's latest store  the 80,000 sq ft Food & Home in London's Canary Wharf, which opened this week. The store offers a salad and juice bar, sushi bar, steak and oyster bar, Eat In,...
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Devro's on the casing case
A manufacturing company is claiming a world first when it comes to sausage casing. Devro has claimed to have developed the first casing made purely from pork collagen. Chief executive Dr Graeme Alexander said that until now edible collagen...
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How Nice  Tim's back
Younger consumers are under the spotlight as part of a £1.2m lamb promotion by the Meat and Livestock Commission. The latest Nice and Simple campaign, which starts on October 1, will include three TV ads featuring Harry Enfield's Tim Nice But Dim,...
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West Country harbours big regional ambitions
Ed Bedington An ambitious meat supplier is hoping to create a West Country meat brand to rival Scotch beef or Welsh lamb. Turton Quality Foods aims to raise the profile of the region's meat offering by working closely with farmers to create...
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RSPB spreads wings to produce organic lamb
Ed Bedington The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Severn Trent Water and a group of organic farmers have teamed up in an unlikely alliance to launch a range of wildlife friendly organic Welsh lamb. The lamb is being processed and...
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Nairn recruited to help image of Scotch lamb
Ed Bedington Scotch lamb is to be given a boost by celebrity chef Nick Nairn in a major new promotion. Nairn will be championing the Scottish meat industry by becoming the new face of Specially Selected Scotch lamb. The promotion, which...
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Freshbake goes round the bend
Frozen food specialist Freshbake is extending its premium sausage range with four new flavours. The Cumberland, Toulouse, Pork and Leek and Hot and Spicy variants are bendy butcher's-style' with 75% pork. They join the Olde English products...
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MMP gauges female loyalty
Loyalty to home produced beef is surprisingly weak among women shoppers, though their knowledge of the livestock industry is remarkable in some respects, according to a survey by Midland Meat Packers. The company gauged consumer attitudes by...
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british pigmeat
Home production to slump from estimated 609,000t to 549,000t Outlook underlines tightening UK supply Supplies of home-produced pork and bacon will remain tight through next year and the overall UK market volume including imports is almost...
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Procter & Gamble has unveiled a new campaign for Pringles f
Pork Farms returns to TV in the Central region next Friday (August 2) with ads starring the pork pie range. Supermodel Helena Christensen is fronting a poster campaign for Carlsberg Export beer, aimed at catching the attention of young, urban...
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Quavers' rasher behaviour
Walkers has added a new Streaky Bacon favour to its Quavers range the brand's first new flavour in four years. Available from August 12, the newcomer has pink and yellow-striped pieces instead of the usual yellow, and the colours are reflected in...