Addy’s Butchers new shop extension boosts business
A new £160,000 extension that has doubled the retail area of West Yorkshire butcher J Brindon Addy’s shop in Hade Edge, near Holmfirth, is boosting business. Mr Addy reports that the project, undertaken during the award-winning shop’s landmark 21st anniversary year, has gone down well with both existing and new customers. He comments: “ Business is running above the budget we predicted and one thing’s for certain – we have now changed...
New high for UK sheep meat exports to non-EU markets
Export volumes of UK sheep meat to non-EU markets in the first quarter of 2014 have hit a new record high. Shipments to these markets increased by 53% compared with the same period last year at 5,430 tonnes, with the Far East and West Africa the leading destinations. Hong Kong is now second only to France as the largest volume destination for UK sheep meat exports, with volumes for the first quarter of 2014 up 38% on the same period...
New BMPA president is Peter Mitchell
Peter Mitchell of OSI Food Solutions Ltd., is the new British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) president and in his opening speech at the BMPA conference last week he left government in no doubt about members views on regulation. Addressing his remarks to food and farming Minister, George Eustice he said: “We hear a lot about government commitment to reduce the regulatory burden on business, but we don’t see much of...
Butchery Masterclass a Huge Hit with Top Chefs of The Future
A group of up-and-coming chefs from two top restaurants in Edinburgh had the opportunity to hone their skills recently during a Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) butchery demonstration. Using Scotch Beef PGI and Scotch Lamb PGI, Master butcher Viv Harvey emphasised to the group, which was made up of chefs from The Pompadour by Galvin and The Honours, the importance of building a strong relationship between the chef and the butcher. This, he...
Top chefs use Welsh Lamb to turn the tables on food critics
Welsh Lamb will feature as the main course in a hugely successful charity event when London’s top chefs turn the tables on the UK’s leading food critics. Action Against Hunger is staging their Too Many Critics evening at L’Anima, London’s award-winning Italian restaurant in the heart of the city run by Welsh Lamb Club chef Francesco Mazzei. Francesco is a keen supporter of Welsh Lamb, and has given numerous cooking demonstrations on...
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