All Meat articles – Page 208
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Bacon report
Malton closes Motcombe Malton Foods has closed its Motcombe site, which it bought from Case & Sons in June. The Unigate subsidiary is to concentrate activities at Wiveliscombe, near Taunton. Slaughtering and cutting will be transferred to...
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Public punch-ups don't help
We've said it before, but it's worth repeating. A public punch-up between the major bacon suppliers will do nothing for consumer confidence and, in the long run, everyone will suffer. So it was encouraging, at the Danes' annual bash last weekend,...
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Malton to close Ahoghill
Unigate arm Malton Foods has announced the closure of its Ahoghill butchery and curing plant in early June. The previously announced closure of its bacon slicing and packing facility at Enniskillen has come forward to March 10. Some 300 jobs are at...
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Dull' presentation of bacon blasted by DMB
Retailers came under fire from the Dutch Meat Board this week for "not communicating positive images of the product instore." The allegation came in the DMB's annual market review which declared: "For too long, the retailer has largely ignored the...
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Deal excites new interest in Malton
Clive Beddall Speculation that the Danes were preparing to make Unigate "an offer it can't refuse" for its Malton Bacon Co subsidiary was sweeping the European pigmeat sector as The Grocer went to press. Suggestions that the "jewel in the crown of...
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danish bacon goes down under
After years of accelerating consolidation in the Danish pig industry, just three producer co-ops remain: the giant Danish Crown, mid-range Steff Houlberg; and small Jutland specialist Tican. "We can respond rapidly to changes in the market," md Ove...
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welcome beef ally
The UK beef industry has some unexpected friends: Isabelle Guillot d'Hauterives is a French vegetarian who markets her partner's Highland beef. This particular shaggy cattle success story started in a Perth farmers' market, where their range of...
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In a stew over shelved British beef
Sir; I wish to take umbrage about a story on beef exports to Holland (The Grocer, January 15, p14). The fourth paragraph refers to "the fight to return British beef to supermarket shelves on the continent". This phrase crops up in nearly every...
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Motoring ahead
What's the story behind Tesco's rising interest in forecourt stores? Camilla Palmer reports The race to capture consumers while they fill up their cars with fuel, or snap up a paper, chocolate bar and a pork pie, has suddenly got faster with the...
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PORK PUSH ON TV
A £1m TV campaign promoting pork began on Tuesday, launched by the MLC to "remind people what a wonderful meal pork can provide" and to boost demand for chops and steaks as midweek family meals. These cuts have recently failed to match the...
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Good idea, unfortunate timing
Sir; re Opinion, The Grocer, Jan 8. I read with interest your editorial comment recently regarding the gradual decline in the purchase of bacon in the UK and how this decline was affecting British, Dutch and Danish producers. I also noted your...
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BEW: fast frozen success
Believed to be the biggest distribution centre of its kind in the UK, Hams Hall is cutting costs and offering flexibility to retailers large and small Birds Eye Wall's says its Hams Hall national distribution centre near Birmingham has brought a...