All Meat articles – Page 206
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ABATTOIRS: Not up to ABM standards
Another threat to small abattoir operators emerged during the Smithfield Show. A document said to be circulating among members of the National Beef Association, producers who tend to be highly critical of supermarkets and their biggest...
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Beef: Quality cattle out of market
Protests against imports of meat from 30-month-old animals worry traders Imports of allegedly unsafe beef from relatively old cattle are the latest media scare story, but this twist in the BSE tale is provoking accusations by traders of a lack of...
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The Grocer focus on bacon
analysis by Peter Crosskey It used to be the jewel in the crown of the British bacon industry, and its boss Max Hilliard is regarded as a young manager of outstanding talent. But even Hilliard has found himself swamped by the crisis facing the...
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The Grocer focus on bacon: Retail: in need of a makeover
Like Cinderella, this category languishes in the parlour, while consumers are asking to take it to the ball Bacon has an aspirational element and is seen as healthier than steak or fast food. Yet in store the fixture fails because it is dull....
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The Grocer focus on bacon: storming the fixture
Tulip International is using brand loyal Scotland as a test bed for a £150,000 investment in category management. Working with Safeway's marketing and retailing agency Storm at the Gyle Avenue store in Edinburgh, the first Bacon Zone opened for...
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The Grocer focus on bacon
NPD: TULIP GETS CREATIVE Tulip is trailblazing development of bacon meal centres and innovative products at its new Vejle factory The bacon fixture is dogged by inherent conservatism. Range reviews usually mean redesigning labels or packaging...
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The Grocer focus on bacon: UK: Fever keeps pulses racing in
Weekly slaughter figures have dropped 20% and created a tough marketplace for the curers R etailers will continue to face growing pressure to pay more for British back rashers because supplies of British pork backs are becoming increasingly tight....
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The Grocer focus on bacon: the raw and the cooked
From being a food service sandwich ingredient, cooked bacon has developed very strongly as a retail sector in its own right over the last 12 months. The retail quantities remain small, but last year saw the rival launches of Streakers by Tulip...
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DENMARK: seeking an equitable life The Danes expect the UK to take a bigger slice of their pigmeat, but believe the market here is working against them. Peter Crosskey reports T he Danish industry's frustration with the climate of the British...
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The Grocer focus on bacon: what's in store
- Sainsbury Sainsbury has launched a new range of bacon on its delicatessen fixture, @west Country Premium Bacon, sourced in the West Country. "It is traditionally cured for a fuller flavour and thicker cut for a meatier texture," says category...
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The Grocer focus on bacon: MLC campaign Sales were not dama
The £4.5m MLC-backed generic pig advertising campaign promoting the British Meat Quality Standard Mark broke on May 11 and provoked a storm of controversy and even within the British industry. It was, of course, deeply resented by pigmeat...
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The Grocer focus on bacon: making its mark on ready meals
B acon has more possibilities than just fried rashers. Richard Cullen, MLC national accounts manager, trade marketing, says: "The opportunities for bacon are there in ready meals. "There is a lot we can develop for bacon and pork. "Ready meals...
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Netherlands: Braced for contraction Green legislation will add to already declining pig numbers, and the industry can no longer delay action The tide of environmental legislation is running against the Dutch pig industry which, in addition to...
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Bacon: French signs of slowdown
There are signs that the French pigmeat market slowing down after a further 50 centime lift in deadweight prices last week, Tuesday saw a 25 centime retreat by the slaughterers. There has been a 2p-3p/lb rise on Breton backs, although demand...
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Suppliers: Sale hinted at as Malton plunges into red
The writing is on the wall for Malton Foods after chalking up first half losses of £5.4m and dragging down profits at parent Uniq, the food and logistics group. Malton was for years regarded as the jewel in the crown of the British bacon industry....
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Pigmeat: Malton to close Middlesbrough plant
Just days before the Uniq interims to be announced on Monday, Malton Bacon Factory chief executive Max Hilliard announced the closure of the Middlesbrough plant in February with the loss of 450 jobs. Uniq conceded in September that Malton is...
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A rum business as Lowndes gets set for festive Navy days
Culinary alcohol supplier Thomas Lowndes is gearing up for Christmas with a raft of indulgent sweet and savoury recipes. In partnership with Devon Desserts, formerly BG Foods, two Lamb's Navy Rum desserts will be launched at the end of November. An...
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Sheepmeat: Brussels causes unease
The lamb and mutton markets may come under the political spotlight again, following a study of the sheep subsidy system commissioned by Brussels policy administrators. This probe found shortcomings in the regime, although there are not yet firm...
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BEEF: Stable output balances BSE threat to demand
Brussels forecasts point to steady or slightly declining supply from EU industry Statisticians at the European Commission have published their latest cattle and beef supply forecasts against a background of increasing turbulence in the market...
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Lang's beef: BSE report
Tim Lang, professor of food policy at Thames Valley University Lord Phillips' Report is a landmark, on a par with the Royal Commission set up to investigate food supply in time of war, back in 1904. The Government is already reviewing the lessons....