Meat insight and analysis – Page 8
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Comment and Opinion
Labelling a frozen turkey as fresh is too dangerous a precedent to set
Despite compelling and understandable reasons for relaxing the rules, food safety must come first
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Reports
Return of Spam and fish head soup as Waitrose prepares for austerity
The grocer’s latest annual Food & Drink Report revealed shoppers were having to be savvier than ever when it came to their grocery shopping, with 72% of shoppers admitting they were now being more mindful about their spending
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Analysis and Features
How Cunningham’s has built its butchery business into the County Down community
The family business has grown from a butcher’s shop to an award-winning, multi-channel operation
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Range Preview
Corn dogs and billionaire mince pies: Morrisons Christmas range 2022 preview
Morrisons has opted for a traditional selection this year, with a few twists on classics such as billionaire’s mince pies, inspired by millionaire’s shortbread
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Category Report
Is it the end of cheap meat? Meat, fish, poultry & eggs category report 2022
Meat prices are rising as soaring production costs feed through to supermarkets. How can suppliers and retailers effectively adapt?
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Comment and Opinion
Lidl goes ‘Big on British’ with meaty campaign
Lidl’s ‘Big on British’ campaign is simple but effective, repeatedly underlining the Britishness of products
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Analysis and Features
Can Brazil stop itself burning?
The reputation of Brazilian agriculture is at an all-time-low as destruction of the Amazon and Cerrado mounts. Can anything be done to put things right?
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Analysis and Features
Town End Farm Shop: where every product has a story
Local sourcing and sustainability is at the heart of this award-winning North Yorkshire-based farm shop, butcher and café
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Analysis and Features
Are we one step closer to an eco-measure for food items?
Oxford scientists have analysed 57,000 multi-ingredient products - but the study has faced criticism
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Analysis and Features
Are farmers’ concerns over NZ trade deal warranted?
Lamb exports to UK could rise 69% in worst case, AHDB warns
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Comment and Opinion
Why aren’t supermarkets’ free meals for kids nutritionally fit for purpose?
Many participating supermarkets’ items are packed with ultra-processed meat products, says Will Breakey of Dr Will’s
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Comment and Opinion
Why food and drink should pay more attention to Costco
Costco is flying under the radar, but offers plenty of lessons to other retailers
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The Big Interview
Christine Tacon on how she’s rebuilding trust via Red Tractor
More and more Brits don’t trust the food they eat. Why? The Red Tractor chair talks through some of the reasons, plus farmer frustrations and the pros and cons of media exposés
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Comment and Opinion
Paul Hollywood Eats… Mexico: Brit abroad forays beyond Tex-Mex
Having chowed his way through Japan’s culinary delights in 2020, the Great British Bake Off judge is back on our screens
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Comment and Opinion
As France bans use of meat terminology, vegan brands will have to get more creative
The French are leading the rebellion against the vegan movement’s appropriation of language, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This
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Comment and Opinion
We need to cut meat consumption, but protein alternatives aren’t a silver bullet
Alternative proteins could help normalise plant-based eating but we need to do more to actually reduce meat consumption, says Krysia Woroniecka, project manager at Feedback
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Comment and Opinion
Latest iteration of Iron Chef proves tenuous, tiresome… and tasty
The cumbersomely titled Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend opens with dramatic music and promises of ‘exciting cooking combat’
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Analysis and Features
Which food commodity prices are still rising and how high can they go?
Costs of production could hinge on energy supplies as concerns grow about winter gas rationing in Europe
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Comment and Opinion
Mandatory animal welfare labelling is a win for British farmers and consumers
My hope is that government continues to find ways to champion British farming at the heart of our food system, says James Bailey, executive director at Waitrose
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The Big Interview
Tim Smith on the UK’s Trade and Agriculture Commission, intervention and food standards
As chair of the Commission, Tim Smith advised on food’s role in Britain’s future trade deals. Did anyone listen? It remains to be seen