All Meat articles – Page 218
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Pig industry: Gilt edged sword?
Dutch livestock census re-sults showing a contraction in the national pig herd are probably not a reliable indicator of future bacon and pork supplies to the UK. Although, year on year the number of maiden gilts was sharply lower in December,...
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British pork: Offers rife as price weakens
Prices are softening in the UK pork market, despite the Dutch slaughterhouse shutdown and the threat of disruption to EU exports caused by the US and Canadian blockade on European product. Clearest indicators of the swing from shortage to surplus...
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Beef: EU beef sales 'good in parts'
Beef continues to be a buyers' market in the UK as the home kill mounts while traders struggle to clear imported stocks and signs begin to emerge of a consumer resistance. But on the continent, sellers are more positive than a fortnight ago....
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BSE: JS abattoir tests are misguided'
Sainsbury's will confuse consumers with its introduction of BSE testing on beef, according to rival supermarkets. The multiple announced this week that it will trial the new test for slaughtered cattle at its suppliers' abattoirs. But an Asda...
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Lamb: Cull might have little effect on domestic glut
Price boosting shortage counterbalanced by sheepskin value collapse Rumours of further tightening in the lamb market have been prompted by MAFF's confirmation it is considering a major increase in sheep culling as part of its FMD eradication....
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Beef: Hackles rise over BSE risk material
Prohibited BSE risk material has been found in yet another load of imported beef, this time a consignment from Spain to a Lancashire abattoir, sparking fresh protests from home producers who want a ban on all supplies from the continent. The...
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Seafood: Irish supply dearer but long-term surplus looms
Walsh persuades Brussels to extend PFD and keep prices in Republic underpinned British buyers seeking alternative supplies will find Irish beef slightly more expensive than they had hoped thanks to a tactical victory claimed by Irish agriculture...
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Mini Cheddars turn smokey and tangy
KP is taking Mini Cheddars beyond their cheesy homeland into non-cheese-based territory. Two new flavours Smokey BBQ and Tangy Salsa join the range from March 26, replacing Cheese and Onion and Cheese and Ham which will be delisted. This...
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Canned meat: Importers face chaos as retail demand doubles
Hot packs such as minced beef and stewed steak show biggest increases Importers of canned meats report an increase in demand of over 120% as consumers clear the shelves of fresh product in the wake of foot and mouth disease. A survey among the...
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Island of Ireland: meat
an editorial supplement to The Grocer Natural complement The position of Ireland is not simply one of an external supplier to the UK. Its companies make up a processing and trading bloc that dominates the UK beef industry. Mike Ingham reports...
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Lamb: New Zealand calls a halt to promotions in the UK
NZ suppliers careful not to be seen exploiting home producers' misfortunes New Zealand lamb suppliers have halted promotion in the UK, a decision highlighting the conflicting pressures on the market here. "We've pulled our consumer advertising, on...
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MLC Marketing News
produced for the Meat and Livestock Commission by The Grocer Oscar Mayer's British beef success story Oscar Mayer is Sainsbury's largest chilled ready meals supplier, producing a million meals a week for the retailer. It is an important part of...
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Pigmeat: Foot and mouth piles on the illness misery
Hoped for rebound in breeding and slaughter numbers stymied Foot and mouth disease confirmed by MAFF in southern England on Tuesday is the latest and potentially the most devastating in a series of livestock illness outbreaks disrupting UK pork and...
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Beef: Multiples stand by Brits
Farmers moaned about dumping but imports fell; secondary market will feel pressure BSE panic on the continent has certainly sent ripples through the British beef market, but it is increasingly clear the weakening of prices in some corners of the...
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Profile: Kurt Bettin, CMA Central Marketing Organisation o
Accidental exile Kurt Bettin has spent 32 years masterminding the CMA's progress but now, as he tells Helen Gregory, Germany beckons A resident of this country for 32 years, German-born Kurt Bettin declares a fondness for Cheddar, bacon and...
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Beef: Irish fear continent will tempt UK supermarkets
Will multiples be unwilling or unable to maintain two tier market? From Ireland come warnings of impending trouble in the British mainstream retail beef trade as a result of the continental BSE crisis and its effects on trade flows and official...
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Beef: BSP blow from Brussels
Detailed changes to cattle aid regime seem likely to affect UK disproportionately Price and supply prospects in the already confused British beef market were further clouded on Tuesday night after European Commission officials met in Strasbourg and...
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Retail price spreads: Retailers are backing British farmers
Hints of a weakening in consumer demand for beef and perhaps even for pork but more evidence of surprisingly resilient trade in the bacon and lamb categories are the main features of MLC analyst Tony Fowler's latest farm to retail price spread...
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Unappealing antics
When bacon sellers put on a show of international bonhomie at the Provision Trade Federation annual dinner on Tuesday, behind the polite smiles will be a deep-seated feeling of anger and frustration. For as overseas sellers sit down with their UK...
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Beef: German meat unlikely to tempt UK multiples
Sides and boxes of German bull beef are now circulating in the British wholesale trade at prices about 40% lower than the supermarkets are paying for home produced steer and heifer meat. Some of the product from Germany is visible on Smithfield...