All Meat articles – Page 220
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Beef: Farmgate prices appear to be holding up despite produc
Prime cattle numbers heading for reduction Margins are probably being squeezed in the beef trade between farm gate and supermarket checkout, reality conflicting with persistent media allegations of profiteering by retailers and processors. While...
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Corned beef: A profit for Brazilians
Consolidation within the Brazilian corned beef industry seems to be paying off for the major frigorificos as a hardening of prices is resulting in profitability, a situation that has eluded packers for some time. As Argentina cannot export...
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Pigmeat: Madrange set to become much bigger supplier to UK
Madrange, the French pigmeat processor that began attracting attention in the UK market as a supplier of pâté and sliced ham a couple of years ago, will soon have a higher profile here, and one much more in keeping with its role as one of the EU...
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Italy: Esselunga hams it up for launch of home shopping
Leading Italian retailer Esselunga has launched a home shopping web site developed for it by Unipower Solutions Europe, which helped develop Tesco's service. Initially the service will be available to customers in Monza with a wider rollout later...
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Beef: Brussels fragmented' over reform package
Overheated instructions resulted in unworkable reforms' NBA The controversial beef industry reform package hurriedly put together by the European Commission immediately after the eruption of the BSE crisis on the continent last November is...
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Pigmeat: British pigs cheaper than anywhere else in Europe
Very high prices on the continent causing concern in Brussels Britain is beginning to look like the bargain basement of the EU pig market, and the FMD crisis is just one of several reasons for believing pork buyers here can look forward to plenty...
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Canned meat; Militant dockers' action hits corned beef expor
A form of cartel is going to work to the disadvantage of UK buyers' The threat of a corned beef shortage looms as militant dockers in Brazil's largest port, Santos, have stopped the loading of all vessels. Attempts by frigorificos to divert...
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BSE and FMD: Major buyers' bans mean huge tonnages locked in
EU internal market will have to soak up huge additional volumes European Commission officials say the barriers erected against EU meat by all major buyers because of BSE and FMD have wiped out 94% of beef export business and blocked 73% of third...
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Pigmeat: Trade at mercy of Japan
Danes asking for exemption from ban; positive feeling' in Copenhagen Bacon and pork traders are at the mercy of the Japanese authorities, whose imminent decision on whether to permit imports from Denmark is expected to prove the crucial influence...
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Lunchable pizzas for Fun
Kraft Foods is widening the Dairylea Lunchables Fun Pack menu with the addition of a pizza variant. The Fun Pack contains a do-it-yourself pizza kit (including a pre-cooked pizza base, tomato sauce, ham or pepperoni and Dairylea slice) as well as...
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Foot and mouth disease: supplies
Imports draw hostility but interest is up Prejudice against imported meat, especially third country beef, is hardening following MAFF's disclosure of its suspicion illegally shipped product brought FMD to Britain. Producer lobbyists led by the...
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Foot and mouth disease: Russia blow for beef
Russia is the new friend of the British meat consumer, Moscow's decision to ban imports from the EU locking a huge additional tonnage of product into the western European market and therefore guaranteeing more downward pressure on prices. The main...
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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...