All Meat articles – Page 177
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Young's: let's teach people to love coley
Coley could be the next big growth area in fish if it was marketed more effectively, according to leading fish producer Young's Seafood.The fish, which is dull white in colour and from the same family as cod, is currently mostly sold as...
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Noble left with egg on its face after ad breach
Noble Foods has lost "tens of thousands" of potential customers this week after it was forced to delay an ad campaign for eggs because the children's song it featured was found in breach of rules banning kids making health claims.The...
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Price Survey - 9th February 2008
Morrisons' reign as Britain's cheapest retailer didn't last long. Asda reclaimed its crown this week with a £44.13 basket, while Sainsbury's leapfrogged Tesco and Morrisons to snatch second place. Despite doubling the price of minced beef, Asda...
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Here's the £1.99 chicken from Tesco
Tesco has been accused of sending out confusing messages to consumers over its latest chicken pricing strategy.In a bid to appeal to shoppers on a tight budget, standard whole birds will be reduced to £1.99 from £3.30 for five...
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Venison set for mainstream
Venison has become the fastest-growing meat product in Asda, the retailer has revealed. Sales had soared and the meat would be one of the major food trends this year, said Asda meat buyer Jim Viggars. "It's healthy, easy and...
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Retailers urged to give UK lamb more support
The NFU has launched a scheme to name and praise retailers that support British lamb - and name and shame those that don't. This week, the union unveiled 'Lamb Storewatch', a scheme to check the provenance and price of lamb products in...
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Farmers' wives police pork labelled as Irish
Farmers' wives have been roped in to policing supermarket meat counters in the Republic of Ireland in a campaign to stop imported pork products being passed off as Irish. The women have been recruited as unofficial auditors by the Irish...
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Mole Valley Farmers retail sales hit £66m
Greater promotion and emphasis on regional foods has helped rural retailer Mole Valley Farmers to increase sales by 6.3%. The south west farmer-owned co-operative announced a £4m sales increase in its retail division to £66m last year...
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Lamb sales lifted by autumn promotion
Retail lamb sales jumped an average of 8.6% in England over the last three months of 2007 on the back of a high-profile autumn marketing campaign.TNS data shows retail sales of lamb in England were up 6.2% year-on-year in October, 15.9%...
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In the can
Brazilian shortages lead to beef price hikeAs the demand for beef continues to rise, Brazil is struggling to meet outstanding orders due to a shortage of cattle, and sources in São Paulo see no let-up in the situation. Market...
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Tesco to phase out imported veal
Tesco has pledged to phase out sales of imported veal and instead stock British meat from calves bred to higher welfare standards.Some 930 farmers who supply Tesco with milk have agreed not to export their dairy calves, and the chain's beef...
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Lean times for farmers despite store price hike
The retail price of pork products has risen by more than 10% in the past five months but the price paid to farmers remains unchanged. New figures from the Meat and Livestock Commission have revealed that the average retail price for a...
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Beef tenderness trial set to shake up sector
A trial is under way to discover which cattle produce the most tender meat - in a move that could transform the beef supply chain. The trial, which is being carried out by a collaboration between industry and genetic specialists, uses...
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The big bacon quiz: is that your final answer?
It's Farmhouse Breakfast Week soon, so it's time for another pointless survey designed to show that young people are stupid and the world isn't as good as it used to be.Apparently a poll of 1,950 adults found that many young people...
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Rivals acquire UK sausage producers
Two UK sausage producers have been bought out this week by European rivals. WA Turner, a Kent-based producer of sausages and savoury bakery products, has been acquired by beef processor Irish Food Processors. Turner will operate alongside...
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Seafish hikes project fund to £1.2m
Seafood industry support organisation Seafish has announced it will be almost doubling the amount it puts into its Industry Project Fund for 2008. The scheme, which is in its second year, has a revised budget of £1.2 million, up from the...
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Eco-friendly prawn packs
Compostable packaging, described as a first for the UK seafood industry, has been launched by Dawnfresh Seafoods. Easy-peel, jumbo, ready-to-eat prawns, sourced from Thailand, have gone on sale in Asda stores under a six-month...
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Report calls for hike in organic beef price
The UK organic beef sector's days are numbered if supermarkets and processors do not start paying farmers enough to cover the cost of production, claims the Soil Association. The association has called on supermarkets to increase organic...