All Meat articles – Page 160
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Cranswick snaps up Bowes of Norfolk
Pork specialist Cranswick has acquired the family-owned pork business Bowes of Norfolk for £17.2m.
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In Season: Kippers
The clamour for value is helping boost sales of kippers in the recession. Sales of kippers, or smoked herring, have gone up 8% by volume over the past year, according to Nielsen, with Brits now spending £14.8m a year on the fish, a 13%...
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NewsAcid Test: Rustlers Bacon Roll
There's nothing like the smell of a processed bacon roll fresh out of the microwave...
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Sainsbury's admits 100% UK pork claim is ‘incorrect’
Sainsbury's has backtracked on claims that it only sells 100% British pre-packed pork after an investigation by The Grocer revealed it was selling Danish products. The supermarket was found to be promoting own-label pre-packed fresh Danish pork last...
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Halewood spices up Lamb's Rum to woo younger consumers
Rum brand Lamb’s is being spiced up in a bid to attract younger drinkers – in the brand’s biggest piece of NPD in 150 years. Lamb’s Spiced Rum, which is infused with natural spices including cinnamon, lime and vanilla, is set to hit...
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Aldi trials beef brisket dishes in two stores
Aldi is trialling a new range of pre-cooked meat dishes using beef brisket .The Cook It Taste It Love It range, made by Welsh manufacturer Roberts of Port Dinorwic, comes with three sauce options - onion gravy, cracked black pepper and Diane...
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Ad of the Week: Mattessons' meaty innuendo finds virtue in vice
This column was not the first to note the frequent and often wildly inappropriate use of sexual imagery to sell products ranging from confectionery (Magnum, Flake and now Cadbury's Caramel) to chemical weapons (Lynx deodorant). Perhaps the...
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Beef shortages likely as Irish go elsewhere
The UK is facing a shortage of British and Irish beef on supermarket shelves from this summer.
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NewsCommodities: Herd expansion may lead to cheaper pork and bacon
The overall meat and fish basket price has remained the same month-on-month but several pork lines changed significantly in price says Richard Ford
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Bacon defies recession as consumers turn to butties
Pre-pack bacon is defying the credit crunch as consumers look for convenient, recession-busting comfort food.Although sales increased just 1.6% in volume terms in the year to 26 February [TNS], they were up 4.3% in the final three months of...
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Rustlers appeals to credit-crunched lads
Kepak has launched a new cut-price range of its Rustlers branded fast food to appeal to credit-crunched shoppers. Two products, The Bacon Roll and The Hotdog, have been added to the microwave snacking brand's offerings in convenience and...
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Chinese meat exports set to challenge UK producers
China's desire to increase its meat exports are already having far-reaching effects on world food commodity prices, Mintec's Andrew Larkham reports
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In Season: Lemon sole
Lemon sole is increasingly being promoted as a guilt-free fish for the modern consumer. As one of the species of fish around the Cornish coast that are not subject to catch quotas, lemon sole appears on the Marine Conservation Society's 'fish...
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NewsBirds Eye tackles fish fear with foil pouches
Birds Eye is hoping to take the fear factor out of handling raw fish - and boost total category sales - with the launch of two new "no touch" premium ranges. The frozen giant is eyeing £10m in combined first-year sales for its new Bake to...
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Beefy and Lamby lose places in Eblex squad
It's not just England's current cricketers that are having a bad season - Beefy and Lamby have been ditched as the faces of Eblex's meat adverts. Ian Botham and Allan Lamb have promoted beef and lamb since 2004, but Eblex did not renew their...
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Prawn volume sales fall as shoppers spread net
Shoppers seeking cheaper seafood options may be driving down consumption and sales of prawns. While total fish consumption increased 4% in the year to November 2008, that of prawns fell 5%, according to TNS figures.
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NewsSaturday Essay: Small farmers offer solution to a big problem
Supermarket buyers need to hold their nerve if Fairtrade is to continue growing in the downturn, says Harriet Lamb
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In Season: Mussels
Mussels are being touted as the perfect winter food for shoppers looking for good quality, indulgent meals. The molluscs are “particularly fat and delicious” in the winter months, according to seafood authority Seafish, and are increasingly...
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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...