Jamie Oliver news and analysis – Page 29
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NewsASA upholds complaints about pork welfare ads
The Bpex campaign to promote UK pig farming experienced a major setback this week when welfare claims in one of its ads were branded "misleading" and had to be removed. The advert, which appeared on billboards and in the press during 2008,...
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Cheaper cuts boosted by Jamie's TV crusade
Retailers have reported sharp spikes in sales of cheaper cuts of British pork on the back of Jamie Oliver’s latest crusade and the deepening recession. Waitrose said total pork sales rose 20% last weekend. Sales of pork belly joints were up...
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Jamie loses Fresh Retail Ventures MD
While Jamie Oliver has been out saving the British pig industry, there has been major upheaval at Fresh Retail Ventures, the company behind his range of branded food and non-food products. The Grocer has learned that MD David Page has made an...
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Minister calls for clarity over meat labels
The environment secretary, Hilary Benn, has thrown his weight behind calls for supermarkets to stop selling as British processed food containing foreign meat.
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NewsBond in the hot seat
This week The Grocer welcomed Asda chief executive Andy Bond as guest editor. While he was here, Chloe Smith took the chance to pin him down and put your questions to one of the most influential men in the industry
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Comment & Opinion
Editor's Comment: Spayne Lindsay's intriguing new private equity fund
As a result of the recession, there’s a heightened sense of anticipation in every announcement at the moment, good or bad, but C4’s devotion of seemingly its entire late-January schedule to food and drink-based issues is such, to paraphrase the late…
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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 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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Editor's Comment: Why not feed pigs on tinned pasta?
Normally I wouldn’t have given a second thought to the pâté in my fridge this morning. It was well past its sell-by date – a hangover from the excesses of Christmas. Until, that is, I read the advice of the Food Standards Agency this week....
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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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NewsAdvertising: Supermarkets splash out on Christmas ads
Supermarket advertising was one of the few sectors to grow in 2008. The trend continued in the lead-up to Christmas, finds Richard Hemming
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Review of the Year 2008
At the start of the year, we said 2008 would be all about the credit crunch. We were right, only it was a crunch far worse than we - or any one else for that matter - had dared predict. As the global banking system reached near-meltdown, no-one in...
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on grubs, celebs and Ramsay's domestic nightmare
Charlie Wright finds Robert Kilroy-Silk even less palatable than deep-fried maggots the size of your fist
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Don't let the crunch steal Xmas
As consumers rein in their spending, retailers are hoping for a festive sales boost before the recession kicks in during January and February. The outlook remains tough, says Noli Dinkovksi, but the grocers could come out on top if they...
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Enco Products brings Caribbean cuisine to microwaveable rice
Caribbean specialist Enco Products is taking on Uncle Ben's and Tilda with what it claims is the first range of microwaveable Caribbean rice pouches.The Caribbean Traditions line, rsp £1.69, consists of Rice & Pigeon Peas Mix, Rice & Kidney...
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Second Opinion: The bad food get-out-of-jail card
Teaching kids how to cook is a good idea, but where's the British produce, asks Joanna Blythman
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NewsDefiant in the gloom
Sainsbury's chief executive Justin King explains why he's still looking up. By Julia Taylor and Adam Leyland
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Jamie Oliver brand licence holder set to review operations
The company behind Jamie Oliver's burgeoning range of branded food and non-food products has begun a review of operations, but insists the brand is "doing well" and will continue to control the licence.David Page, MD of Fresh Retail...