All Meat articles – Page 224
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Dutch bacon to get boost from round two of piggy smashing
Bacon fans will have a chance to smash their way to a cool million pounds next year in a national promotion being run by the Dutch Meat Board. Dubbed smash the million pound piggy', the on-pack promotion is a repeat of a hugely successful...
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Farm prices plea rebuffed
Farmers in the Irish Republic are seeking a "substantial rise" in the prices consumers pay for milk and beef, with the increases passed directly to them. They claim they can no longer continue to produce food at current prices, which they say have...
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meat imports
Beef imports increased but less sharply than some forecasters predicted Less upheaval in trade than had been feared The MLC's latest summary of Customs and Intrastat data offers a useful indication of how the market here is settling down after...
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Danish to return to TV advertising with fun, lighthearted'
Danish bacon will be back on the box next spring with its first TV campaign for more than two years. The Danish Bacon & Meat Council said the decision to return to the small screen had been taken as TV rates were expected to be more fluid next...
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Danish to return to TV advertising with fun, lighthearted'
Danish bacon will be back on the box next spring with its first TV campaign for more than two years. The Danish Bacon & Meat Council said the decision to return to the small screen had been taken as TV rates were expected to be more fluid next...
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Partners have major role in turnaround
Discount chain Kwik Save has launched it first national promotion of meat and fresh produce. Three deals are featured in the chain's latest leaflets and press ads. Consumers in England and Wales are being offered bone-in legs of pork for 99p/lb,...
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Available data on lamb purchases and spending do not yet sho
A possible source of reassurance is the EU Scientific Steering Committee. These scientists have declared the risk of BSE infection in sheep small, with no proof found so far of the disease being present in small ruminants under field conditions,...
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Reduced purchase volumes not being offset by increases in ex
What is wrong with retail pork market? Foot and mouth disease is merely the latest in a series of traumas for the pig industry. Swine fever, the BSE scare on the continent, breeding herd contraction in this country due to financial pressure on...
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beef: exports
MLC keeps up pressure Beef exporting is a sensitive issue among retailers, many of whom resent producers' and processors' determination to find alternative customers abroad. So controversy seems likely when it becomes widely known DEFRA and...
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Manufacturers urged to sign up as sausages get the Quality m
British Meat is set to extend its Quality Standard Mark for pork, bacon and ham to include sausages. The move, which starts on Monday (October 29) to coincide with British Sausage Appreciation Week, is being introduced to bolster consumer...
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Heinz is continuing to count the calories by adding six new
Burton's Foods is revitalising its £8m Viscount biscuit brand with the launch of a new special edition, Viscount Dark. Danish gammon is to get a push in the run up to Christmas. The Danish Bacon & Meat Council plans to provide promotional...
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SHEEPMEAT: anuga
Unrealistic expectations by farmers could cause new market collapse Foot and mouth still shadows sheepmeat Prices and supplies of home killed lamb are likely to remain distorted by the export ban due to foot and mouth well into next year, the...
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anuga: pigmeat
MLC confident of strong demand for British pork on the continent Prices may ease despite resumption of exports Buyers of pork in the UK will almost certainly have to pay higher prices as a consequence of exports resuming next week. However any...
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Food manufacturers can source a whole range of beef and poul
Marks and Spencer is to sell its 18 French stores to department stores group Galeries Lafayette for an undisclosed sum. M&S is "still in consultation" over remaining stores in the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Luxembourg. The four Belgian stores...
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Platform for the Brits to flag up resumption of pigmeat expo
The partial lifting of the ban on British pork exports meant the meat industry had something to celebrate at Anuga for the first time in years. Better still, the first export order was signed at the show as part of a stunt that provided a welcome...