All articles by Richard Ford – Page 63
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Tesco promises to clarify labelling on bacon packs
Tesco has caved in to industry pressure by stating it will change the country-of-origin labelling across its standard own-label bacon and gammon lines. Tesco confirmed its decision this week in a letter to The Grocer, which referred to an...
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Co-operative bans chemicals as it aims to save British bees
The Co-operative Group has launched a major campaign this week to understand – and reverse – the devastating decline in the British honeybee colony. Under its new 10-point Plan Bee, The Co-operative Group will make a donation of £150,000...
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UK businesses welcome return of export refunds
The European Commission has reintroduced export refunds to ease falling EU dairy commodity prices in a move welcomed by the UK dairy industry.The EC suspended export refunds in June 2007 following a period of high prices for EU dairy...
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Does British pork really want this much loving from Jamie?
British pork producers feared Jamie Oliver's new programme could damage them. Thankfully, the celebrity chef is firmly on their side, Richard Ford reports
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Jamie's Brit pork plea heeded by multiples
Retailers are bracing themselves for a surge in demand for cheap British pork cuts following next week's Jamie Saves Our Bacon programme. In Oliver's much-anticipated show, seen by The Grocer, the celebrity chef urges consumers to buy cheaper...
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Jamie's bacon crusade goes easy on multiples
Jamie Oliver will take a gentler than expected approach toward the multiples in his crusade to save the British pig industry, The Grocer can reveal. In Jamie Saves Our Bacon, which airs on 29 January on Channel 4, Oliver does not spare the...
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NewsCommodities: Retailers drop meat prices to keep shoppers spending
Meat and fish prices have largely fallen this month, but an increase in the price of salmon has pushed up the overall basket price. Richard Ford reports
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Red Tractor first raises bar for halal suppliers
Janan Meats has become the UK’s first halal abattoir to gain Red Tractor certification in a move its managing director claims will help clean up a “dirty” industry. The lack of any industry-wide production standard had led to reduced animal...
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Pig farms won't cope if Jamie saves their bacon
Retailers will be unable to cope with any surge in demand for UK pork following Jamie Oliver’s upcoming TV show.
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Retailers accused of derailing pig welfare
Retailers have been accused of failing to support pig farmers and undermining efforts to improve welfare standards in a scathing new report.While the report, issued by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs select committee this week,...
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Booker launches new Scots range
Booker is stepping up its activity north of the border with the launch of a 30-strong range of Scottish lines to meet growing customer demand.
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Kettle Produce to axe 100 jobs as loss looms
Kettle Produce is to cut 100 jobs and has warned it is likely to post a loss in its full-year results.The company, one of the largest UK suppliers of prepared vegetables to the multiples, said it was axing 100 of its 950 staff on the back of...
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Pork suppliers facing compensation claims
Irish meat suppliers face a wave of compensation claims from retailers in the wake of the contaminated pork scare - but suppliers may struggle to recoup those losses, experts have warned. Irish pork began to reappear on supermarket shelves...
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McCain ups growers' pay 26% to safeguard supply
McCain is expected to increase the amount it pays its potato growers by up to 26% in a move that will prompt a major shake-up of farmgate potato prices.The Grocer understands the manufacturer will issue the revised contracts in the next...
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Raw food hits the retail road
Raw food has crossed the Atlantic and London foodies will soon be munching on Tranquility wraps. That's what the folks at Raw claim, anyway. Richard Ford reports
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Sainsbury's backs British meat in own-label lines
Sainsbury's is poised to become the first of the big four to use 100%-British meat in its own-label pies, soups, party food and ready meals. By the end of January, all the meat in its ready meals would be British, said category manager for...
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Growers reduce acreage for 'unprofitable' onions
UK onion growers are planning to seriously scale back production next year following two years of rocketing production costs, poor returns from supermarkets and the impending withdrawal of key pesticides from the European market. Marketable...
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Weaker sterling results in higher fruit and veg prices
Fluctuating currency exchange rates have produced startling price rises for fruit and veg but other factors are also responsible, finds Richard Ford
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Tesco blasted for only selling 80% UK lamb
Tesco has come under fire from the farming community for not going far enough to support the British lamb industry at the peak of this year's season.New figures from Eblex reveal that in October only 80% of Tesco's lamb facings were...
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NewsMeat promotions entice consumers to splash cash
Meat lovers can find plenty to cheer about with a number of key lines coming down in price this month. Michael Barker and Richard Ford report