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PIGMEAT

2000-05-20T00:00:00Z

Current price recovery could peter out in autumn Slaughter level down by 14% Suddenly the pig shortage looks serious. MAFF's most recent slaughter estimate, for the week to February 19, shows UK abattoir throughput plunging to the exceptionally...
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pigmeat

2000-05-20T00:00:00Z

British kill remains low while production rising in other significant pig rearing states UK at the top of price league so why are suppliers angry? Gossip in the British pig farming community suggests simmering resentment will soon turn into...
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pigmeat

2000-05-20T00:00:00Z

Breeders and finishers ignoring commercial realities' Brussels blames the producers Mike Ingham Crisis in the pigmeat market is largely the producers' fault, according to a surprisingly critical report on the industry by the European...
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pigmeat

2000-05-20T00:00:00Z

We are sure we can sell the extra pigs' Danish set for swelling herd Peter Crosskey Copenhagen While British pigmeat production falls as farmers respond to price weakness by culling breeding stock until the market recovers, the Danes are...
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pigmeat

2000-05-20T00:00:00Z

Simmers' receivership confirms unprecedented crisis King Arthur's empire falls Crisis in the pig market has claimed its biggest victim with the collapse of Arthur Simmers' huge Scottish agribusiness empire. Receivership was confirmed on Monday,...
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pigmeat

2000-05-20T00:00:00Z

Price distortions caused by FMD and BSE no longer disrupting EU market Morale resilient among Continental producers Sharp price falls in several of the major EU pig markets during the past month seem not to have badly dented producer confidence on...
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pigmeat

2000-05-20T00:00:00Z

Sore Belgians keen to share out some of the grief Danes hit back over PCB slur Reports that Belgian evidence of PCB contamination in Danish and Dutch pigmeat had been passed to the European Commission for further investigation have sparked a rapid...
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pigmeat

2000-05-20T00:00:00Z

Producers did not believe warnings about prices Cuts provoke angry reactions New doubt is cast on forecasts of an impending further rise in pigmeat prices by events in the UK trade and reports from the Danish industry. Cuts averaging about 3p per...
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pigmeat

2000-05-20T00:00:00Z

Technical efficiency of competitors better' Farmers' turn to take the flak Mike Ingham Retailers tired of the constant criticism by pig producers might find some comfort in a new MLC report which could be interpreted as implying the farmers are...
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PIGMEAT

2000-05-20T00:00:00Z

Bid to profit from countercyclical capacity management Signs appear of stock rebuild Maybe the tight supply phase of the current UK pigmeat production cycle will prove shorter than buyers and most farmers believe. A couple of surprising figures...
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pigmeat

2000-05-20T00:00:00Z

Export factor causes unease Pig prices in the UK were falling a fortnight before Christmas, a downturn predictable in normal circumstances as most processors would have satisfied their carcase needs by mid month. Yet the deadweight average value...
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pigmeat

2000-05-20T00:00:00Z

MAFF wants multiples to do its welfare dirty work Tesco faces new imports moan Mike Ingham Intimidation of suppliers by supermarkets is acceptable so long as the victims are foreigners. That seems to be the principle guiding pig producers...
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Trolley TLC

2000-05-20T00:00:00Z

Oh but that we had the good 'ol American boy on this fair isle. Where else in the world would one encounter a pensioner who out of sheer community spirit and goodwill has dedicated his twilight years to returning Florida's abandoned shopping...
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Balancing act for Mouton Cadet

2000-05-13T00:00:00Z

Baron Philippe de Rothschild is backing its Mouton Cadet Bordeaux wines with a press campaign which breaks in The Guardian on May 23. This follows its three year radio campaign which carried the L'Art de L'Assemblage message. The press ads have a ...
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Pigmeat: Danes and Dutch react with fury to MLC advert

2000-05-13T00:00:00Z

Clive Beddall International suppliers have reacted angrily to an "inflammatory" opening advertisement in the Meat and Livestock Commission's new £4.6m promotional campaign for pigmeat. As The Grocer went to press, Dutch and Danish marketing...
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Advertising: Tesco and Iceland hit out at ASA rulings on lea

2000-05-13T00:00:00Z

The Advertising Standards Authority has come under attack for its decision to censure Iceland and Tesco. Tesco has condemned the watchdog's ruling it misled consumers with a leaflet extolling the purity, low cost and taste of organic foods. While...
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MLC tries to shock but not alienate

2000-05-13T00:00:00Z

The Meat and Livestock Commission this week upped the ante in the international controversy over pig welfare with the launch of a hard hitting campaign. The aim of the £4.6m ad campaign jointly funded by the Ministry of Agriculture and the...
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Table Talk Antony Worrall Thompson chef and TV personality

2000-05-13T00:00:00Z

One in five of us suffers from some food intolerance or allergy, apparently. Cases of food poisoning are on the rise (except for salmonella enteridites). Organic food is more likely to give you health problems than a factory farmed or genetically...
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United Biscuits buy approved

2000-05-13T00:00:00Z

The European Commission has given the go ahead to the sale of United Biscuits to Finalrealm after investment group Hicks, Muse sold its share in the buyout vehicle. The deal was investigated because Hicks, Muse owns Horizon Biscuits in the UK. That...
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Mason steps up in Asda moves

2000-05-13T00:00:00Z

Wal-Mart's reshuffle of top executives at Asda this week sees retail director Paul Mason step up to become chief operating officer. He takes over day-to-day control of Asda from Allan Leighton (see page 60). Tony Campbell broadens his...