All Meat articles – Page 224
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Writing's on the bacon
The Danish Bacon and Meat Council starts a £750,000 advertising campaign this week. The TV ad, which positions Danish bacon as a quality product, will run for five weeks, backed up by a press campaign. The first execution of the ad shows a close...
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Beef: Supermarkets lacking enthusiasm for cattle
Sustained downward pressure on deadweight prices Beef buyers probably have little to fear from the couple of pence per kilo gained by many cattle at auctions early in the week, partly because the market was still sorting itself out after the...
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Lang's beef
Tim Lang, professor of food policy at Thames Valley University MAFF's London hq is called Nobel House. A fine bust to Mr Nobel is in the foyer. It amuses me because Nobel of prize fame actually sold explosives and armaments. The hq was once...
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Lang's beef
Tim Lang Professor of Food Policy at Thames Valley University I am a fortunate man. At home in London, we bike or bus a mile to a good little market with specialist food shops alongside. For quick supplies, there's the cornershop or an excellent...
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Lang's beef
Tim Lang, professor of food policy at Thames Valley University Scotland breaking ranks with the government over free care for the elderly is important not just for social policy but also food policy. It's vital that elderly people are well fed....
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Lang's Beef
After lonely years criticising supermarkets, I'm bemused these days to swim with the tide. It is fashionable to knock stores for ripping off Britain. The middle classes, who years ago valued houses by proximity to Sainsbury, now grumble about...
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Lang's beef
Tim Lang Professor of food policy at Thames Valley University I sat in a café the other day in France with some civil servants. We agreed that the fuel blockade had big lessons for government. We debated whether events had been mishandled by...
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Sales data: Some recovery seen but demand remains patchy
Superficially impressive figures for beef, lamb, burgers and ready meals from TNS Described by MLC analysts as showing "buoyant sales of fresh and frozen beef and lamb", latest household purchase and expenditure data from market researcher Taylor...
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BEEF: NI PURCHASING CARTEL CLAIMS BY PRODUCERS
Allegations of anti-competitive trading in the Northern Ireland beef market continue, producer lobbyists from the National Beef Association claiming in evidence to the Province's Assembly agriculture committee a cattle purchasing cartel had existed...
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BEEF: Prices softening as the cattle come off grass
A Christmas present from Ireland to the British multiples? Cheaper beef from an unexpected source is among possible good news for buyers as the market settles down after the fuel protest disruption, although currency instability and renewed media...
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Bacon: Turmoil brings contracts plea
Confusion continued in the bacon market as The Grocer went to press, despite the semblance of normality returning to the production and distribution system as fuel supplies resumed. Malton, the biggest UK pigmeat processor, was almost back to a...
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CORNED BEEF: Supplies squeeze forecast
Consolidation within the Brazilian corned beef industry is causing concern among UK importers who fear a cartel, leading to higher prices. The industry has complained of poor returns for years and evidence suggests canners have been production led...
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BEEF: Butter and butchery still closely linked trades
Milk price rise highlights dairy sector's role in meat industry Meat buyers dependent on home produced beef supplies may have a slightly more secure trading outlook following the latest round of milk price increases, led by Asda and Safeway....
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Mattessons' Strong stuff
Kerry Foods is replacing three of its Mattessons cooked meats products with new versions in October in the second phase of a £5m brand reinvestment programme. Thomas and Friends ham slices replace the pork blend, while Mr Strong chicken slices...
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Beef: The chill of empty cold stores
Confusion and contradiction are features of the beef market at the moment, due only in part to the muddle resulting from last year's abolition of the calf culling scheme. Absence of intervention stocks is adding to the pressure on some traders'...
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PIGMEAT: Seasonal slide in Germany
More price fall signals from biggest EU market Reports from traders in the German pig market are of price wobbles and increasing production, possibly early indications of the next cyclical downturn in pork values throughout the EU. The evidence so...
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Sausages for the sweet toothed
What do you give a butcher who develops steak and chocolate sausages? The butcher in question is Turriff based John Brown, who won a diamond award at the Make It with Meat Awards in Perth. Brown was challenged by a fellow diner when he was unwise...
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Beef: Supplies set to stay tight
MLC seeking FSA support for phasing out Over Thirty Month Scheme Supplies of home produced beef for the growing markets in manufactured meat products appear likely to remain fairly tight, contrary to press reports suggesting one of the Government's...
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Lang's beef - Tim Lang professor of food policy at Thames Va
At the end of September, chief medical officers from all 15 EU states meet in Lyons to approve a health strategy. It might have immense implications for Europe's policy giant, the Common Agricultural Policy. CAP accounts for half of the EU's total...
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Corned beef boosts your sperm count
Princes is about to embark on a PR campaign to promote the potential male fertility benefits of corned beef. This is on the back of a study that suggests that vitamin B3 and zinc which are both prominent in corned beef can help boost fertility....