All Meat articles – Page 176
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Row erupts over high welfare chicken claim
A row has broken out between the RSPCA and British Poultry Council over the extent to which British shoppers have changed their chicken purchasing habits.An RSPCA poll this week claimed 73% of consumers were now buying higher-welfare...
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Coors beefs up sales team and takes on new strategy director
The senior sales role at Coors Brewers has been split with the appointment of two new sales directors. The role has been divided between former logistics director John Heynen and former MD of Coors independent on-trade business Steve...
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Subsidy fury as cheap beef imports to double
Imports of South American beef could be set to double if controversial EU proposals to help poorer countries are approved.EU trade commissioner Peter Mandelson has outlined plans to reinvigorate the stalling Doha round of trade talks by...
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MPs urged to back pigmeat campaign
Representatives of the British Pig Industry have delivered a petition with more than 13,000 names to Downing Street urging MPs to back their campaign for higher prices.Farmers and pig industry leaders took the petition to London to raise...
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All meat now 100%-British at Morrisons
Morrisons has become the first of the big four to source all fresh meat from Britain following a switch to 100%-British fresh beef.The supermarket already stocks 100%-British fresh pork, lamb and poultry, but previously sourced 5% of...
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Venison gets Forest marque
Wild venison from Forestry Commission sustainably managed woodlands has become the first meat to attain Forest Stewardship Council certification.Rick Bestwick, which supplies independent retailers and butchers, agreed a deal with the...
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Morrisons praised for support of British lamb
Morrisons has come out best in a survey by the National Farmers' Union tracking retailers' support for chilled British lamb.As part of the union's Storewatch initiative, 50 farmers went to supermarkets in England and Wales to find out...
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Halal supplier target of boycott campaign
Europe's largest halal food company, Tahira Foods, has been forced to deal with emails and phone calls from concerned Muslim shoppers after an email smear campaign urged consumers to boycott the company.Campaigner Abdul Raja, who last...
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Price Basket
Meat and fish prices continue to creep up slowly, but generous special offers are keeping rises to a minimum. In the four weeks since the previous survey, just 1.6% has been added to the cost of the basket, but it is now more expensive than it...
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Barramundi sales boosted by fillets
Sales of farmed barramundi in Waitrose have soared following a switch from whole fish to fillets.Sales have risen more than fivefold since Waitrose switched in November, said supplier New Forest Barramundi, because fillets were easier to...
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How astroturf can enrich hens' lives
The so-called enriched colony system of egg production offers a cheaper and more animal-friendly alternative to free-range, producer Kfresh has claimed.Under the system hens are reared indoors but have access to astroturf, perches, rest...
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Maunder gears up for shift to higher welfare
Poultry specialist Lloyd Maunder plans to switch more chicken production to higher-welfare systems in the wake of recent TV exposés of the chicken industry.
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Stand by your ham, urge singing farmers
Pig farmers have recorded a single in an attempt to raise awareness of the unsustainably low prices they claim to receive.The single was recorded in London on Thursday and featured 20 pig farmers from around the country singing Stand By...
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Half egg sales are free-range
Retail sales of free-range eggs rose by almost 20% in volume and 46% in value in the first four weeks of 2008, with four in every 10 eggs sold at retail now free-range.According to TNS data issued by British Lion eggs, free-range now...
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M&S: we will buy out-of-season lamb
M&S has committed to buying British lamb out of season provided farmers can guarantee quality.
Chief executive Stuart Rose made the pledge at the NFU conference after he was challenged on M&S’s policy of buying New Zealand lamb to fill… -
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Talking shop - Pig producers are under serious threat and that unless they get higher prices there could be major shortages of UK pigmeat
Michael Sloyan, chief executive of the British Pig Executive, says pig producers are under serious threat and that unless they get higher prices there could be major shortages of UK pigmeat. In the late 1990s there was a collapse in the pig price....
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Consumers 'switching to free-range chicken'
Nearly two fifths of consumers have switched from buying intensively farmed to free-range chicken since last month's Big Food Fight TV programmes.Some 38% of shoppers questioned as part of research by G2 Data Dynamics said they had...
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NFU on warpath over South American beef
Beef suppliers in Uruguay and Argentina are getting better terms from UK supermarkets than their UK counterparts, the NFU has claimed. Since the EU placed a month-long ban on Brazilian beef imports, Uruguayan and Argentinian suppliers...