All Meat articles – Page 223
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The Grocer focus on bacon
Netherlands: Braced for contraction Green legislation will add to already declining pig numbers, and the industry can no longer delay action The tide of environmental legislation is running against the Dutch pig industry which, in addition to...
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Bacon: French signs of slowdown
There are signs that the French pigmeat market slowing down after a further 50 centime lift in deadweight prices last week, Tuesday saw a 25 centime retreat by the slaughterers. There has been a 2p-3p/lb rise on Breton backs, although demand...
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Suppliers: Sale hinted at as Malton plunges into red
The writing is on the wall for Malton Foods after chalking up first half losses of £5.4m and dragging down profits at parent Uniq, the food and logistics group. Malton was for years regarded as the jewel in the crown of the British bacon industry....
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Pigmeat: Malton to close Middlesbrough plant
Just days before the Uniq interims to be announced on Monday, Malton Bacon Factory chief executive Max Hilliard announced the closure of the Middlesbrough plant in February with the loss of 450 jobs. Uniq conceded in September that Malton is...
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A rum business as Lowndes gets set for festive Navy days
Culinary alcohol supplier Thomas Lowndes is gearing up for Christmas with a raft of indulgent sweet and savoury recipes. In partnership with Devon Desserts, formerly BG Foods, two Lamb's Navy Rum desserts will be launched at the end of November. An...
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Sheepmeat: Brussels causes unease
The lamb and mutton markets may come under the political spotlight again, following a study of the sheep subsidy system commissioned by Brussels policy administrators. This probe found shortcomings in the regime, although there are not yet firm...
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BEEF: Stable output balances BSE threat to demand
Brussels forecasts point to steady or slightly declining supply from EU industry Statisticians at the European Commission have published their latest cattle and beef supply forecasts against a background of increasing turbulence in the market...
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Lang's beef: BSE report
Tim Lang, professor of food policy at Thames Valley University Lord Phillips' Report is a landmark, on a par with the Royal Commission set up to investigate food supply in time of war, back in 1904. The Government is already reviewing the lessons....
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BEEF: Bigger role for importers in stable British market
Focus shifts to non-EU suppliers as Irish production falls BSE makes the headlines but commercial reality in the UK beef sector is more about increasing tension between suppliers of home-killed product and the overseas processors winning a growing...
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What's the beef with the Frogs?
Sir; Your correspondent "Food Lover" (The Grocer, October 28), had a completely opposite experience to me at SIAL. His steak may have been like shoe leather, but I have to say that mine, also bought at the restaurant in Hall 6 was delightful. In...
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UK consumption of pork and bacon
Renewed consumer fears of BSE are a subtle reminder of why the pigmeat industry and its markets have become so politically contentious in recent years. Food shoppers' switch away from beef, a demand shift becoming dramatic in late 1995, gave a...
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In the city: Has Malton had its bacon? The pig processing ar
As results day at Uniq approaches, the future of Malton, the ball and chain around the food and logistics group's ankles, continues to preoccupy analysts. But precisely what ought to be done with the troubled pig processor remains a bone of...
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SIAL show review: Tivall plans meat free steaks
Israel's Tivall Foods plans to launch a host of products in the UK including what it claims is the first meat free fillet style steak. The new product is made using Tivall's patented fibrous vegetable protein (FVP) and was recently launched in...
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Executive moves: Tulip chief shifts to SQM
One of the Danish bacon industry's best known and respected figures, Tulip International managing director Peter Rasztar, is leaving to join Sweden's largest slaughterhouse group, Swedish Quality Meat. Rasztar will take up his new post at the...
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Brits doing sterling work
BSE spoiled the party for the French government in Paris this week. As another cynical example of Gallic disregard for EU rules kept British beef in locked cabinets at SIAL, Mad Cow Disease became an embarrassing domestic headache, casting an...
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Beef: MLC/MAFF set to tackle Brussels over exports
Day dedication of processing plants could enable more operators to tackle trade Long expected moves aimed at increasing the commercial viability of British beef exports are at last beginning with a formal approach to Brussels by the MLC and MAFF...
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BEEF: Bansback: We must secure that return'
Beef exporting is a sensitive issue for major retailers within the UK because there are fears of the confidence boosting effect conflicting with the need to keep a lid on prices. On the one hand a further relaxation by the European Commission of...
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PIGMEAT: Export subsidy cut a sign of confidence
Sentiment turns against buyers Another reduction in aid for pork exporters agreed at the latest meeting of the EU pig management committee is evidence of official confidence or complacency, according to conflicting assessments by market traders and...
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Bisto looks to meat-free
New Bisto Best brand owner Centura has boosted the range with roast vegetable flavour and a larger jar of roast beef flavour gravy granules. It hopes to cash in on the meat-free market with the new vegetable option (rsp 95p for 200g) approved by...
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Bacon: Dearer Dutch backs warning
While Dutch bacon curers are still shipping around 2,500 tonnes of back bacon a week, there are strong indications that price rises are on the way. The latest Dutch government figures show a 2% drop in clean pig numbers for August, coupled with a...