All Meat articles – Page 203

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    Monster surprise

    2002-09-28T00:00:00Z

    Walkers is stepping up investment in its Monster Munch brand with the launch of a limited edition Mystery Tongue variant. The savoury snacks giant is also replacing Spicy flavour with an improved version of old favourite Roast Beef....

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    Hope France will relent

    2002-09-28T00:00:00Z

    Ed Bedington The British beef industry is hoping for positive news from the French government over the coming weeks. The recent announcement by French food agency AFSSA that British beef is as safe as other beef on the French market is still...

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    The Acid Test

    2002-09-28T00:00:00Z

    >>consumers and buyers give their views on the latest launchesCurry BombsFrom: Oriental Express Four mainstream flavours, Tikka Masala, Chicken Balti, Beef Madras and Chicken Vindaloo, make up a new range of...

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    New ideas at the Wharf

    2002-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Julian Hunt New ideas in fresh foods top the menu at Waitrose's latest store ­ the 80,000 sq ft Food & Home in London's Canary Wharf, which opened this week. The store offers a salad and juice bar, sushi bar, steak and oyster bar, Eat In,...

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    Devro's on the casing case

    2002-09-21T00:00:00Z

    A manufacturing company is claiming a world first when it comes to sausage casing. Devro has claimed to have developed the first casing made purely from pork collagen. Chief executive Dr Graeme Alexander said that until now edible collagen...

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    How Nice ­ Tim's back

    2002-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Younger consumers are under the spotlight as part of a £1.2m lamb promotion by the Meat and Livestock Commission. The latest Nice and Simple campaign, which starts on October 1, will include three TV ads featuring Harry Enfield's Tim Nice But Dim,...

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    West Country harbours big regional ambitions

    2002-09-14T00:00:00Z

    Ed Bedington An ambitious meat supplier is hoping to create a West Country meat brand to rival Scotch beef or Welsh lamb. Turton Quality Foods aims to raise the profile of the region's meat offering by working closely with farmers to create...

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    RSPB spreads wings to produce organic lamb

    2002-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Ed Bedington The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Severn Trent Water and a group of organic farmers have teamed up in an unlikely alliance to launch a range of wildlife friendly organic Welsh lamb. The lamb is being processed and...

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    Nairn recruited to help image of Scotch lamb

    2002-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Ed Bedington Scotch lamb is to be given a boost by celebrity chef Nick Nairn in a major new promotion. Nairn will be championing the Scottish meat industry by becoming the new face of Specially Selected Scotch lamb. The promotion, which...

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    Freshbake goes round the bend

    2002-08-10T00:00:00Z

    Frozen food specialist Freshbake is extending its premium sausage range with four new flavours. The Cumberland, Toulouse, Pork and Leek and Hot and Spicy variants are bendy butcher's-style' with 75% pork. They join the Olde English products...

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    MMP gauges female loyalty

    2002-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Loyalty to home produced beef is surprisingly weak among women shoppers, though their knowledge of the livestock industry is remarkable in some respects, according to a survey by Midland Meat Packers. The company gauged consumer attitudes by...

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    british pigmeat

    2002-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Home production to slump from estimated 609,000t to 549,000t Outlook underlines tightening UK supply Supplies of home-produced pork and bacon will remain tight through next year and the overall UK market volume including imports is almost...

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    Procter & Gamble has unveiled a new campaign for Pringles f

    2002-07-27T00:00:00Z

    Pork Farms returns to TV in the Central region next Friday (August 2) with ads starring the pork pie range. Supermodel Helena Christensen is fronting a poster campaign for Carlsberg Export beer, aimed at catching the attention of young, urban...

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    Quavers' rasher behaviour

    2002-07-27T00:00:00Z

    Walkers has added a new Streaky Bacon favour to its Quavers range ­ the brand's first new flavour in four years. Available from August 12, the newcomer has pink and yellow-striped pieces instead of the usual yellow, and the colours are reflected in...

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    ­And where the rest fell down

    2002-07-20T00:00:00Z

    Asda Date of shopping trip: 28.6.02 Time taken in store: 60 mins Time of shopping trip: 13.03 Time taken at checkout: 11 mins ...

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    common agricultural policY

    2002-07-20T00:00:00Z

    Welcome for weakening of link between livestock numbers and subsidy income CAP reform set to lead to heavier role for imports More plentiful beef from South America, Australasia and Africa is one significant implication for the UK suggested by...

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    Scare could aid red meat

    2002-07-13T00:00:00Z

    BSE still makes a good scare story for the British media, as demonstrated on Monday by The Guardian's extensive coverage of the controversy over the use of hydrolysed beef proteins in poultry products, but the major practical implications for...

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    MLC looks to post-devolution

    2002-07-06T00:00:00Z

    The Meat and Livestock Commission has reacted to suggestions that it is a spent force by proposing new bodies to promote the lamb, beef and pig sectors in England while advocating an overarching co-ordinating British role for itself, ensuring...

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    Major pigmeat and lamb supplier Glanbia has demonstrated its

    2002-07-06T00:00:00Z

    It is shifting emphasis from the carcase side to a wide variety of convenience cuts and portions with coatings, sauces and marinades. And many of its key lines are centred on the barbecue. Whether indoor or outdoor, barbie style foods are now...

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    UK retail sales of bacon rashers were buoyant in the first q

    2002-07-06T00:00:00Z

    New data provided to the DMB by Taylor Nelson Sofres shows sales up 3% by volume and 3% by value in the 12 weeks to March 31. For the 52 weeks to the end of March, total rasher sales were up 0.5% by volume and 11% by value. ...