All Meat articles – Page 198
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JS puts flavour back into pork
Sainsbury is hoping to reinvigorate the British pork sector with the launch of a new range of premium products.The Taste the Difference range features 14 cuts produced from a new cross breed of pig exclusively for Sainsbury.Pork buyer Ben...
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‘Cattle must be shaped for steak’
The growth of single-person households is set to change the shape of the UK’s beef animals, according to Sainsbury’s livestock manager.Demand for traditional short, heavy-boned animals with large rumps would fall by the wayside as steak meat...
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Bacon packer put up for sale
Administrators are hoping for a quick sale of struggling bacon slicer and packer, St Helen’s Bacon Packing.The St Helen’s-based business says it has suffered cash flow problems. The company has an annual turnover of £3.8m, 22 employees and a...
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Asda says it’s standing by Saltire
A tartan labelling war has broken out between a political party and Asda.The Scottish National Party has accused Asda of ditching its Scottish credentials in sourcing its premium beef products, a claim hotly denied by the Wal-Mart...
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Call for pork price rise
British Pig Executive Chairman Stewart Houston has written to retailer and foodservice leaders warning pigmeat producers in Britain and the rest of Europe are facing major feed price rises and calling for an increase in pork prices.The long hot...
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S&N beefs up marketing
Scottish & Newcastle has named three new directors to oversee group operations, marketing and information services.Simon Ricketts joins with immediate effect as information services director. He was previously chief information officer of...
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Devolution means competition
The stage was set this week for no-holds-barred competition between the devolved UK meat bodies.Quality Meat Scotland, Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) and the English Beef and Lamb Executive (EBLEX) will in future run their own beef and lamb...
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Scots venison direct to the door
A Scottish producer is using the internet in a bid to get consumption of venison out of the restaurant and into the kitchen.Highland Game has launched an online ordering service which sees game meat from Scotland’s hills delivered direct to...
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Plenty of scope in NPD
>>’we need to play about with rasher counts and pack sizesA key way to innovate in bacon is through packaging and added convenience.Ben Wheeley, bacon buyer with Sainsbury, says the last real NPD launch in bacon was...
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What a scorcher!
It's not just beef sales that can be boosted through the great British barbie. Chicken, fish and veggie burgers are also hot, says Lucy Bray. The burger has had a tough year thanks to the BSE scare. With the barbecue season approaching, however, a...
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Merger gives further assurance
Two leading forces in farm assurance have joined ranks.FABBL Farm Assurance, responsible for ensuring standards in British beef and lamb production, has merged with the independent European inspection service EFSIS.FABBL will now...
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Grampian buys St Merryn’s
Grampian has bought the St Merryn Food group, which produces beef and lamb products, including burgers, turkey products, barbeque products and ground beef.Managing director of Grampian’s beef business, Grant Mackie, said the move “helps to...
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JS struggles with downtime
Sainsbury has played down continued reports of serious problems at its first automated fulfilment factory at Hams Hall, Birmingham.A source close to JS said its warehouse management system was “working intermittently” and was sometimes “down...
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Sophie’s choice
Celebrity chef Sophie Grigson has agreed to be the face of Dickinson & Morris’s Melton Mowbray Pork Pies.The cookery writer and presenter’s face and signature will appear on large and six-pack mini Melton pork pies from this month for six...
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Baxters goes for size
Baxters is launching its largest ever soup – Big & Chunky.The new chilled sub-brand is available in two varieties – Tomato, Mushroom & Pasta and Chilli Beef Meatballs with Tomato – and both have secured listings in Tesco and Sainsbury stores...
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Iberico seeks ham ambassadors
Gourmet Spanish ham producers are hoping to fire up a passion for their product in the UK.Producers of Iberico ham are hoping UK retailers and distributors will act as ambassadors for their premium product, said Miguel Ullibarri MD of...
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Lamb demand proves resilient
The assumption of mutton and lamb as a commodity sector in decline is being challenged by strong demand in retail and catering.Ironically, the evidence has emerged during a period of almost unprecedented upheaval in the sheep industry, both...
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Phase two for the Danish sizzle
Danish Bacon is pushing ahead with the second phase of its £1m ad campaign this autumn.The campaign, featuring in colour press and radio, continues to focus on the concept of the Danish ‘sizzle’ following research which showed around 92% of...
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Dogs get a beefy drink
Pampered pooches can now be indulged with a beef-flavoured drink instead of plain old water thanks to a new product called Alpha Max.Launched this month, the new offering is positioned as a tasty and healthy alternative to water and is...
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A French success
The growth of prepacked salads and increasing interest by the foodservice sector has lifted UK sales of French lambs lettuce from 500 tonnes to 700 tonnes last year, according to Pascal Poiron, marketing manager of the Loire Valley Comité...