All Meat articles – Page 214
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Monster surprise
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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Sainsbury in pricing overhaul
Sian Harrington Sainsbury is to beef up its pricing strategy as it prepares for a price war between Asda and Tesco and seeks to reduce the gap in the longer term. The retailer, narrowly hanging on to its number two position, is to increase...
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How Nice  Tim's back
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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Devro's on the casing case
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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New ideas at the Wharf
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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West Country harbours big regional ambitions
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
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
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
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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british pigmeat
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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MMP gauges female loyalty
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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Quavers' rasher behaviour
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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Procter & Gamble has unveiled a new campaign for Pringles f
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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common agricultural policY
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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And where the rest fell down
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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Scare could aid red meat
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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Congestion and elusive stock add up to week of headaches
Hunt the product was a game giving our shoppers the biggest headache this week. At Asda bacon was on offer but the shelf where it should have been was bare. By a sheer fluke, our shopper spotted a whole stack in a completely different area where...
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UK retail sales of bacon rashers were buoyant in the first q
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. ...
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Major pigmeat and lamb supplier Glanbia has demonstrated its
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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MLC looks to post-devolution
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...