HCC calls for review of red meat levy distribution system
The chairman of Hybu Cig Cymru has warned that the promotion of Welsh Lamb and Welsh Beef is at risk unless the system that funds the organisation is revamped. “While the current system of funding isn’t completely broken, cracks are appearing which will have serious repercussions for levy paying farmers and processors in Wales and also in Scotland unless it is amended swiftly to make it fit for the future,” said Dai Davies. Mr Davies...
WA Turner buys Debbie & Andrew’s brand from Vion
WA Turner has acquired the Debbie & Andrew’s brand from the Vion Food Group for an undisclosed sum. Debbie & Andrew’s has for many years been a leading premium sausage brand in the UK and Turner says this acquisition is an exciting addition to the range of quality sausages already produced by the company. Ian Bagnell, managing director of WA Turner, said: “We have a long history of producing quality sausages stretching back...
Tesco lays blame at Silvercrest’s door over burger scandal
Tesco has dropped Silvercrest as its burger supplier and laid the blame for the contamination of horsemeat in its burgers purely on its supplier. The supermarket has said Silvercrest failed to use “approved suppliers” from inside the UK and Ireland, which it claims was outside of its required specifications. Tesco’s group technical director and former chief of the Food Standards Authority told MPs yesterday:...
Browns Good Group acquires Hall’s of Broxburn
Hall’s has been acquired by Browns Food Group (Browns) from its Dutch owner VION. In acquiring the Hall’s brand, created by David A Hall in 1932, Browns, established in 1885, has effectively merged two of Scotland’s oldest family owned food businesses. The move by Browns, which is headquartered in Kirkconnel, Dumfriesshire, will see the retention of the Hall’s production in Scotland, and the van sales operation will continue to...
NFU highlights ‘Great Lamb Robbery’
The NFU says it will do all it can to help sheep farmers in the UK who are being hit from all sides by a collapse in the farmgate price of lamb and soaring farm costs. Tensions are high among NFU livestock members over the gulf between farmgate prices and the price on the supermarket shelves. While farmgate prices have dropped by nearly a quarter and wholesale prices for UK legs of lamb are down 17%, prices in the shops for UK product...
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