All Meat articles – Page 199
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Tasting and looking better
Retailers agree that the value of the market could be raised by an emphasis on premium linesMany believe one way to haul bacon out of the doldrums would be to put more emphasis on premium lines. Get shoppers to trade up and pay more...
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A bit of problem with the joints
Joint sales have been doing well according to the statisticians, but Asda for one feels that a younger generation is turning away from them and they need to be made more appealingIt’s been a flat year for bacon rashers, but joints and...
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Controversial tertiary brands feel the heat
Are tertiary brands flags of convenience for poor welfare standards? Or a way of supporting British prices?As part of its campaign against imports of pigmeat the British Pig Executive has declared war on bacon labelling that does not...
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A recipe for thinking outside breakfast
Bacon, both raw and cooked, has considerable untapped potential as an ingredient in a wide range of recipesBacon suppliers are keen to see their product considered as an option beyond the breakfast and bacon sarnie occasion.The...
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Bringing it home cheaper
Feverish promotional activity has robbed the bacon market of buoyant sales growth. Richard Clarke reports on a far from sizzling pictureIt hasn’t been a great year for bacon. In fact, it wouldn’t be too wide of the mark to say that...
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Commodities Update: tomatoes, tuna, ham
Tomatoes in demandItalian export figures show UK volume imports of canned tomatoes grew by a third over the first six months of the year.Promotional activity on four-packs of canned tomatoes seems to have accounted for a large part of the...
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What cure for the evils of salt?
To what extent will bacon suppliers have to tackle salt levels in their products in the light of public health concerns and the targets requested by the Food Standards Agency?Diet and health are high up the political and social...
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Retailers seek a little tenderness
Retailers and meat processors are running trials to investigate gene technology that virtually guarantees the quality of beef.The technique involves a simple and relatively inexpensive test kit, which farmers can use to find out whether their...
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Research Notes
Lifestyle changes are affecting salesThe UK’s take-home bacon market is down 0.4% to slightly more than £1bn for the year to September 11, with UK households buying 200,000 tonnes of bacon annually.Bacon rashers represent 75%...
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The value of tradition
Smaller players are confident they can differentiate themselves in the face of the enormous Vion, which now produces the majority of bacon from the NetherlandsThe received wisdom among many suppliers today is that to face up...
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Consumer Insight
Preparation methods for beef mincenIn the past year there were 656 million beef mince consumption occasions, up 1% on the year beforen83% of beef mince is consumed on weekdays compared with 71% of all food consumptionn Younger men aged...
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Live export lure for farmers
A resumption of live exports of British cattle next year could cause supply problems for retailers and processors.Livestock industry leaders have said that France has expressed an interest in importing ‘nearly finished’ beef cattle from the UK...
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Fresh pork faces an identity crisis
Fresh pork must become a valuable proposition that consumers understand and feel is relevant to their lifestyles, it has been claimed.Mark Thorpe, qualitative research boss at market researcher SPA, said that bacon was seen as compatible with...
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Pukka pie fix now available in-store
Fans of Pukka Pies will no longer need to go to the local chippie or bakery to get their fix of pastry, as the brand is making its retail debut in the Midlands.Three of the company’s biggest sellers – Steak & Kidney, Chicken & Mushroom...
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Lamb price ‘collapse’
It isn’t just beef producers who are getting a raw deal from multiple retailers, but sheep farmers too, it has been claimed.According to the Farmers’ Union of Wales, lamb prices have collapsed in the past 12 months, even though retail prices...
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NFU confident of strong OTM market in UK
Markets and abattoirs are ready for the introduction of new rules on Monday that will allow the resumption of beef sales from UK cattle aged older than thirty months.NFU spokesman Rob Newbery said: “Live auction markets are working with...
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Henry says it’s game on for the third generation
Celebrating 60 years and three family generations in business, Henry Amar tells Rachel Barnes the secret of RH Amar’s successRH Amar started life in London in 1945 selling frozen turkeys and corned beef to a country deprived under war...
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Eblex to run new ad drive
The English Beef and Lamb Executive is awaiting clearance from the EU to run a new consumer advertising campaign.The drive will be funded by part of the £8m promised to the beef industry two weeks ago by Defra parliamentary secretary for...
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British fresh pork losing share
British pigmeat’s share of the fresh pork category is in rapid decline, new figures reveal.Latest results from the industry’s PorkWatch survey, which monitors the provenance of pork, bacon and ham, show that in September, 79% of fresh pork sold...
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‘No need to beef about meat’
Dairy farmers have been warned against casting envious glances at their counterparts in the beef sector, who have been promised £8m by the government to fund initiatives designed to improve returns.The NFU’s chief dairy adviser Tom Hind...