All Meat articles – Page 202
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Spam’s portraits of a nation
Spam is to make its television advertising debut after 63 years on shelf as part of a £2m advertising spend behind the brand.Hormel Foods’ chopped pork and ham product was introduced to the UK during the Second World War as part of the US...
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PGI works breakthrough magic
Welsh meat processor St Merryn’s has landed another export coup, securing a contract to supply European retail giant Auchan with Welsh lamb for its Italian stores.The Protected Geographical Indication status meat will go on sale in November in...
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TV first for Welsh lamb
Welsh meat is to be featured in television adverts for the first time as part of a £600,000 campaign by Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) that uses lines of poetry.The advertisements feature a Dylan Thomas-style voiceover and will go out on HTV, S4C,...
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Lord Whitty Brit-beefs up Sial
There was plenty of optimism among the British contingent at this week’s Sial as exhibitors received good news, positive feedback and a raft of leads.British red meat producers had most to celebrate as not only did food and farming minister...
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UK award winners
Two UK companies picked up Sial d’Or awards at the show. Duchy Originals won the organic product category for its Beef & Ale Casserole, while Angel Technology won the UK award for its cholesterol-busting cheese alternative Heartily Healthy.But...
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Pork space squeezed
English supermarkets are cutting back on the amount of space they give on their shelves to fresh British pork, according to September’s PorkWatch survey.Results suggest that of the leading three multiples, only Asda had given over more space to...
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Flag up domestic virtues - NBA
Forster, speaking at a red meat conference, listed the arguments he believed could persuade the multiples to buy home-killed beef. “It’s impossible to import more beef without reducing quality and assurance standards. And retailers using...
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Dungannon loses JS beef
Sainsbury is cutting Dungannon Meats out of its fresh beef supply chain and will in future source all of its fresh beef from Anglo Beef Processors.The move, which follows a similar rationalisation exercise in Sainsbury’s milk supply chain, was...
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Dungannon Meats lose Sainsbury beef business
Sainsbury is to cut Dungannon Meats out of its fresh beef supply chain as it moves to source all of its fresh beef from Anglo Beef Processors.Dungannon immediately announced plans to close its Elmgrove Foods facility in Belfast with the loss of...
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EBLEX appoints new ceo
The director of food policy at the British Retail Consortium, Richard Ali, has been appointed chief executive of the English Beef and Lamb Executive.He will take up his new post in January and will succeed David Croston, who retires in...
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FSA probes rogue fat
The Food Standards Agency has launched an investigation into how beef dripping made from fat that was not intended for human consumption entered the food chain.The dripping was made by Doncaster-based Nortech Foods and the company was this week...
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healthy nutrients will be a casualty
from Brian Walters, vice president, Farmers’ Union of WalesSir; The FUW shares your concern over the government’s traffic light labelling proposals. The Grocer is right to highlight the fact that dairy products and bacon are...
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Mark hails English meat brand
Meat bosses will back a new quality mark for English beef and lamb with a multi-million pound TV-led advertising campaign in the spring.The campaign, which is part of a drive to give English red meat the sort of high profile enjoyed by Scottish...
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The foods they’ll demonise
The Grocer launches campaign as Labour spin about food and health growsThat Great British institution – the bacon butty – will be among the food products demonised by a labelling scheme that the industry fears the government is...
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Meat chain questions
It remains unclear what steps Morrisons is taking post-Safeway takeover to consolidate its meat supply channels.The vertically integrated multiple runs a generally pro-British buying policy, though something like 5% of its beef supply comes...
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Health ads for beef
Meat bosses are to launch a drive to change consumers’ perception of beef as a fatty, unhealthy product.The Meat and Livestock Commission will use a European Union grant to purchase up to £750,000 worth of consumer press advertising space in...
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Budgens enters LinkPork Scheme
Budgens has entered a partnership with pork processors, George Adams & Sons and a group of British pig farmers in order to ensure high quality supply of home produced pork.The new relationship with the LinkPork Scheme follows the recent...
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mccoy’s tie-up
McCoy’s and Skips are both getting limited editions this autumn. United Biscuits is adding a Honey Roast Ham & Colman’s mustard version to its McCoy’s line-up, in a dual branding initiative with Unilever Bestfoods. The move follows the brand’s...
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Bisto beefs up potatoes
Frozen potato specialist Cheviot Foods has added another product to its Bisto-branded offering.Bisto Crispies will line up alongside Bisto Roasts from this month, initially launching into Asda in a two packs for £2 promotion, or £1.79 for a...
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the case for protecting UK beef supply
from Robert Forster, chief executive, National Beef AssociationSir; The unnamed source quoted in the article on post-CAP denial among retailers (Market Edge, August 21, p56) has misunderstood the National Beef Association...