All Meat articles – Page 152
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Eblex offers PoS kits for farm shops
Eblex is offering a special point of sale promotional kit for farm shops and direct-selling meat producers to boost sales. The materials were designed to whet customers' appetites for beef and lamb by giving them recipe ideas and...
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Cranswick boosted by CCF Norfolk buy
Sales at Cranswick plc have soared 19% as a result of volume gains and the acquisition of CCF Norfolk.Total sales at the pork supplier stood at £198m for the three months to 30 June, 19% higher than the previous year, excluding revenue...
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Birds Eye unveils chicken Bake to Perfection lines
Birds Eye is aiming to build on the success of its Bake to Perfection Fish range by expanding the concept into chicken. The four-strong range includes Garlic & Herb, Chasseur, Tomato & Basil and Red Wine & Mushroom variants,...
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Slower inflation lifts Dovecote Park profit
Dovecote Park, the sole supplier of beef to Waitrose, has posted a 9.8% rise in pre-tax profits as cattle price inflation slowed. Pre-tax profits rose to £3.1m on sales up 8.2% to £106.3m in the year to 25 September 2009, according to...
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Asda offers beef farmers greater pricing security
Asda is introducing pre-agreed prices into some of its beef farmer contracts in a move that producers claim could set a blueprint for the industry. Under the terms of the contract, Asda will agree to pay farmers £2.70/kg for their...
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Budgens hails success of new sausage range
Budgens has put the success of its new sausage range down to the hot weather.The retailer has already shifted 250,000 bangers after launching the range as part of its Budgens Best offer. Varieties include pork variants with chilli, apple...
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Highland Game takeover boosts its clout in venison
Venison processor Highland Game is set to double the size of its business to become the UK's biggest game supplier after snaring English game dealer Rick Bestwick.The takeover, for an undisclosed sum, became effective on 1 July and means...
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NewsGrocer 33: Cottage cheese puts Asda back on top
Asda is back on top this week with nine cheapest items including the cottage cheese (£1), Parma ham (£1.18) and king prawns (£1.67).
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Sales of salmon down as promotions tail off
Demand for fresh salmon has leapt over the past two years but rising prices coupled with falling promotional activity is jeopardising category growth.More than six million Brits are now tucking into fresh salmon at least once a...
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Vion loses second exec from its pork operation
UK and Dutch meat giant Vion Food Group has suffered its second high-profile departure this year. Pork boss Bill Thurston has left to "pursue other career opportunities" in the food industry after three years as managing director of...
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Beef farmers need better price to survive says NFU
Processors and retailers must work more effectively with producers to safeguard future domestic beef supply, the NFU has warned.While supermarkets are selling beef at an average of £5.62 per kg, the farmgate beef price has fallen 20p per...
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Princes ups the stakes in tuna with NPD
One month after John West announced it was rolling out its No Drain concept across its entire tuna range, rival Princes is stepping up innovation with a flavour-infused range.
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‘Jamie effect’ revives sales of pork shoulder
Jamie Oliver has sparked a boom in sales of pork shoulder by inspiring consumers to use the cut more during and since the recession.Sales of pork shoulder have rocketed 40% by volume in the past 12 months, to 27,000 tonnes [Kantar [52w/e...
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Volume sales of ham hit by higher prices
Higher prices have hit sales of cold ham, which have fallen 1.8% by volume over the past year [Kantar Worldpanel 52w/e 28 February 2010]. Loose ham sales have fallen particularly sharply by 10% as consumers increasingly turned to ...
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Focus On Scotland: The future of fish is farmed
Ever-dwindling stock quotas and reduced days at sea have seen many skippers and crew hands turn their backs on the fishing industry and seek more secure forms of employment.
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Danepak makes its debut in sausages
Danepak has extended its reach from bacon and fresh pork cuts into sausages for the first time.Two lines traditional pork and pork and bacon have gone into Tesco, The Co-operative and Somerfield (rsp: £3 for a 475g pack of 10).
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Tulip launches into meat snacks with Wicked Pig
Tulip is making its debut in meat snacks with a rival to Fridge Raiders.The Danish pork specialist has created Wicked Pig, a pork snack aimed at 17 to 35-year-olds looking for an alternative to crisps or nuts. The brand has been launched...
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Natty hits Tesco with her rarebit
An innovative Welsh rarebit spreads range has won its first multiple listing.
Natty’s Welsh Rarebit makes its major retail debut in 45 Tescos in Wales this month. It comes in four flavours original, leek, chilli and bacon and is… -
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Shoppers pick indoor birds over free-range
Sales of free-range chicken are falling as shoppers opt for high-welfare indoor-reared birds. While overall sales of fresh chicken have grown 4.5% by volume to 404,097 tonnes over the past year, those of fresh free-range have fallen 5.7%...
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‘Home-made hog roast’ wins award
The concept of a 'homemade hog roast' has won the ABN Innovation Award at last week's British Pig & Poultry fair.Alastair Butler's idea to better balance farmers' carcase utilisation by creating a market for shoulder meat by...