All Meat articles – Page 212
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HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION DATA
Demand for lamb fairly strong; pork disappointing; bacon a star Beef sales over Easter reported as strong February household consumption data from Taylor Nelson Sofres seem awful because most figures for the corresponding period last year...
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PASTA SALAD DAYS AT GINSTERS
Ginsters launched a series of pasta salads. The three new products are based on its top selling sandwich flavours, chargrilled chicken and bacon, double cheese and onion and prawn. Commercial manager Alistair Simons said: "We wanted to extend our...
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Angry Gill fears beef ban could run indefinitely
The National Farmers' Union has warned there is no way of knowing how long the French government may be able to spin out its illegal ban on British beef. As UK farmers' anger mounts over the illegal ban, NFU president Ben Gill said that it could...
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Consumers flocking to lamb at pork's expense
Safeway turned its Woking store café into a fine-dining restaurant for a night as part of a promotion for lamb. Supplier HM Bennett and Safeway management said they were pleased with customer response to the event. HM Bennett senior sales manager...
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Industry in uproar over plans to tighten up Scotch beef labe
Calls for a stricter definition of Scotch beef have been attacked by slaughterers who claim any tightening up of the existing rules would lead to severe disruption of the meat market and plant closures. Their angry response came after Scottish...
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Time for a generic sizzle?
Consumer groups wax lyrical about it, vegetarians secretly scoff loads of it and it's often called the backbone of the grocery trade. Can there ever have been a product with as much going for it as bacon? Yet listening to the folk who celebrated...
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danske slagterier conference
Pledge to step up campaign to contemporise and modernise Danes determined to keep bacon special' Clive Beddall Copenhagen Buoyed by increased sales to Britain, upbeat Danish bacon producers fired another "whacky" marketing salvo this week ...
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regional branding
Celtic Pride hits shelves The Celtic Pride Welsh Lamb Sausage went on sale at Tesco and Sainsbury stores across Wales and the south west following pioneering deals struck by Wales' leading livestock co-operative The Welsh Meat Company. Just two...
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Denmark's minister for food reveals an appetite for GMOs
Clive Beddall Copenhagen GM food promoters have a high profile European ally in the shape of the next president of the EU farm council, Danish food minister Mariann Fischer Boel. In an exclusive interview during the Danish bacon industry's annual...
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A new slice of PARMA hassle
The European Court of Justice may put a stop to Parma ham being sliced at supermarket deli counters in a landmark case involving Asda. Asda, which sells deli Parma at 160 stores, is accused of breaking an Italian law which says that Parma ham...
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Glanbia bites back
Irish dairy giant Glanbia is to take on the might of Dairylea by launching a lunchtime snack pack aimed at kids. Munchsters, set to hit shelves from the beginning of next month, are resealable plastic pods which contain wafer thin strips of ham or...
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Princes Foods is introducing four new steak products to its
Juice brand Tropicana is aiming to drive sales through an exclusive promotion with the Daily Mail next Saturday (February 23). Readers will get a free single serve bottle with every issue. Marks and Spencer has started stocking a rarely...
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The Laughing Cow doubles up
Bel UK is putting £2m behind the launch of Laughing Cow Cheez Double Dippers snack. TV and cinema ads, instore activity and PR will back the new cheese snack which combines breadsticks, a creamy cheese dip and crispy bacon bits (rsp: £1.69,...
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Danish side slides into the UK history books
A 155-year era in the bacon industry is set to come to an end after Danish Crown announced that it will stop the supply of full bone-in sides this weekend. The final production run was due to take place in Jutland, in Denmark, on Friday, with the...
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Soya integrity hinders pledge on pork
A year after Tesco and Asda pledged to source all chicken and pork from animals fed non-GM diets, they have failed to meet their targets on pork. Although they attribute the delay to foot and mouth disease, industry sources say the multiples are...
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Sainsbury sells wild venison
Sainsbury has introduced wild venison to its meat counters. The move follows calls from Prince Charles to help venison dealers in the wake of the foot and mouth outbreak as export markets closed. Traditionally, a large percentage of the UK venison...
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Scotland: meat
Finnie unveils venison quality assurance Wild venison is the latest Scottish food product to come with a quality assured label. A new assurance scheme, Scottish Quality Wild Venison, was formally launched at the Royal Highland Show by Ross Finnie,…
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Marketing - meat
The low fat message is key Low fat content is a message meat processors and retailers should be shouting in the consumer marketplace, the MLC reckons. The very sharp reductions in the fat content of average meat cuts and joints over the past couple…
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Wayward vegetarians don't exist!
Sir; We noted with interest the article headed, Processed means less guilt' (December 1, p20), which said "estimates from TN Sofres suggest vegetarians have eaten their way through 1,800t of bacon in the past year". I understand that the TN...