All Pork articles
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NewsEating more beans could save households £100 a year, research finds
The intel from think tank Green Alliance has revealed that replacing the equivalent of two pork sausages per person per week with pulses grown in the UK would provide the same amount of protein and cut average household annual food bills by almost £100
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NewsMattessons launches chicken and pork pulled meats range
Dubbed Mattessons Pulled Meats, its lines include Slow Cooked Pulled Pork, Slow Cooked Pulled Chicken and Slow Cooked Chicken Shawarma, and each 400g SKU can be prepared in under two minutes
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NewsPilgrim’s workers begin strike over pay in Enniskillen
Unite, which represents approximately 130 workers employed by Pilgrim’s Europe at the facility, has announced the strike will begin at 6.30am on Wednesday 2 September
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NewsRichmond launches into frozen ready meals with six-strong range
The six dishes are: Sausage & Mash, Toad in the Hole, Sausage Pasta Bake, Cottage Pie, Sausage Casserole and Sausage Mac & Cheese
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NewsPilgrim’s Europe to acquire Samworth Brothers-owned Walkers Deli & Sausage Co
The deal is subject to an employee consultation and approval by the Competition & Markets Authority
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NewsBrowns Food Group ‘resilient’, despite challenging 2025
Turnover rose from £251.7m to £303.1m in the year to 31 December 2025, but the Scottish meat industry giant could not prevent its pre-tax profit falling 45.7% to £9.6m
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NewsMeat giant Cranswick acquires stake in high-welfare The Jolly Hog brand
The agreement will see Cranswick support The Jolly Hog in achieving its next stage of growth by becoming its long-term manufacturing partner
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NewsRed meat sales declining but signs of change ahead
AHDB’s latest data found lower demand for beef and processed pork were chiefly to blame, down by 3.2% and 3.4% respectively
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NewsSpam launches Gochujang variant into Asda
Spam Gochujang contains a shoulder pork and leg ham with fermented spicy red chilli paste
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NewsPlummeting wholesale pig prices not showing up on supermarket shelves
Whilst the average price paid by abattoirs for pigs in the UK has collapsed 14.2% year on year, according to AHDB, The Grocer’s own analysis shows the average retail pork price has risen 5.8%
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NewsThe Gym Kitchen launching new high-protein SKUs into Tesco
The High Protein Lean Pork Sausages hit Tesco shelves nationwide this week with the High Protein Chicken Nuggets to follow from 22 June
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Comment & OpinionWill we really see cancer warnings on bacon sandwiches?
A decade after a WHO agency published a damning report linking processed meats – and the nitrites used to cure them – to cancer, The Grocer reported back in October that UK governments had done “virtually nothing” to reduce exposure to the chemical
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NewsZack Polanski backs campaigners calling for CO2 stunning ban for pigs
The politician joined animal welfare advocacy group Project Slingshot as it projected a video of pigs ‘being slaughtered inside CO2 gas chambers’
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NewsDanish Crown announces plans to cut 800 jobs globally
The major pork supplier said it was undergoing a comprehensive transformation aimed at strengthening the company’s position in the global food market
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NewsAnimal welfare groups urge government to launch pig gassing consultation
RSPCA and Compassion in World Farming have said the move could improve the welfare of millions of pigs and end a 20-year-old ’welfare crisis’
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NewsTesco expands Sustainable Pig Group with Sofina joining
The expansion will mean the number of pigs supplied through the scheme will grow by almost 30%
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NewsPork sector at breaking point, industry sources say
Abattoir breakdowns, falling demand, trade turbulence and soaring energy costs have all contributed to a ‘perfect storm’ for the sector, according to industry sources
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NewsCranswick benefiting from affordable proteins as revenue soars
The pig and poultry supplier announced its UK food revenue had grown by 9.4% in the year to 28 March 2026 with strong volume growth of 8.3% and record Christmas trading
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NewsTesco Northern Ireland doubles local suppliers in three years
The UK’s largest retailer said nearly 140 suppliers based in the devolved nation offered over 1,600 lines, with all Tesco own-brand fresh beef, pork, milk and eggs sold in the country sourced from them
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NewsMorrisons abattoir to reduce pig suppliers due to economic climate
A release from the National Pig Association said the cull would include some long-standing producers and at least one ‘very large supplier’ to Woodheads abattoir in Lincolnshire – part of Morrisons’ Myton Food manufacturing arm