All Meat articles – Page 199
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No beating the traditional fry-up
Despite health concerns, people still enjoy the traditional fry-up – including bacon, eggs and baked beans – particulary over weekends when they have more time to prepare and savour itHealth may be the fastest-growing factor affecting...
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OTM beef ‘arriving October’
Beef from animals aged over thirty months could re-enter the food chain by mid-October following a long-awaited recommendation by the Food Standards Agency that the Over Thirty Months Scheme should be replaced with a robust BSE testing...
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Consumer Insight
How lamb is prepared nIn the past year there were 617 million lamb occasions, an increase of 2.4% vs last year nJoints and chops are the major cuts, accounting for 40% and 28% of occasions...
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Commodities Update: tuna, salmon, corned beef
Tuna prices risingTuna raw material prices continue to rise as a result of poor fishing. UK importers face major fob increases from suppliers.Sources in Bangkok say skipjack prices are heading for $1,000 a tonne, which will mean increases...
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Consumer Insight
When pork is eatennIn the past year there were 984 million pork occasions, 1.6% fewer than in the previous year nThree-quarters of chops are consumed during the week, whereas 55% of joints...
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Commodities Update: meat, fish, fruit, dried fruit
FOB prices still climbingWith Brazilian cattle prices at an all-time high, and an insatiable demand for frozen beef trimmings from Russia, corned beef importers face a difficult future. Freight-on-board prices have risen 22% in the past 12...
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NZ lamb complements British offer
from Gerry Thompson, Meat & Wool New ZealandSir; In your articles about UK farming (‘A Grave Future?’, The Grocer, July 9) you resorted to emotive comment about New Zealand: “For too long the industry has allowed New Zealand to...
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More beef ads the merrier
English cattle farmers have welcomed the launch of an advertising campaign to promote Scotch beef in England. English Beef and Lamb Executive head of marketing Andrew Garvey said it was a case of “the more the merrier” when it came to advertising...
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Beef farmers blame supermarkets for price slump
Farmers are complaining that a glut of South American beef is having a major impact on domestic beef prices.Richard Haddock, chairman of the National Farmers’ Union livestock board blamed the supermarkets for a “Massive miscalculation”...
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Supplier Spotlight
Millions of people have eaten products manufactured by TMI Foods, but few realise it.Most of the 10 million rashers of crispy bacon that the company produces every week at its three factories in Coventry and Northampton are destined for the...
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Talking Point
Coupled subsidies paid directly on the backs of beef animals, some as high as £310 per head, were scrapped on December 31. This means domestic supply security depends on farmers overcoming this handicap by cutting costs and earning more from the...
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Imports to get quality mark
The prospect of imported pigmeat carrying the Quality Standard Mark is just months away, according to the British Pig Executive.Outgoing BPEX marketing manager Chris Lukehurst told The Grocer he expected Dutch producers to adopt the mark soon,...
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Retail price of pigmeat to rise
Retail prices for pigmeat products are poised to go up from this weekend to reflect rising market values.Pork leg prices are expected to increase by at least 10p/kg in supermarkets from Sunday, while bacon prices are set to rise by 44p/kg a...
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Findus returns to sweeter stuff
Findus is making a return to the sweet frozen category with the launch of Flips filled pancakes.The line is being launched in six flavours – Choc ‘n’ Roll, Super Strawberry, Really Raspberry, Cheese & Ham, Mexican Cheese and Chilli Beef...
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Consumer Insight
When cold beef is eatennCold beef was eaten on 51 million occasions last year, a decline of 29% on the previous year n47% of cold beef is eaten at the evening...
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FSA insists: ‘Cut salt in bacon’
The Food Standards Agency remains committed to forcing through a cut in salt levels in bacon and ham produced in the UK. FSA officials have told manufacturers to look at ways of achieving salt reduction in cured meats without compromising...
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Commodities Update: dried fruit, fish, canned fruit, beef
Sultana trade buoyantTrade in Turkish sultanas is buoyant, with exports expected to have reached 200,000 tonnes by mid-June.“Export levels have been running at a faster pace this year than last,” said one source.Specially cleaned No...
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Supplier Spotlight
Welsh farmers’ co-operative Celtic Pride believes the success of its premium Welsh beef and lamb products is due in part to its absence from the shelves of the major multiples.Supplying only independent retailers and butchers with its carefully...
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Tesco is ‘beef’s best customer’
Tesco’s commitment to British beef is great news for the UK’s livestock farmers, according to John Dracup, producers’ club manager at St Merryn Foods.Dracup, speaking at Beef Expo 2005 in Wales this week, said: “I am convinced that St Merryn...
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Beef supply prices set to rise
A major shake-up in the beef supply chain throughout the EU over the next decade is expected to tip the balance more in favour of primary producers, according to industry analyst David Evans.While not going the whole way towards the National...