Annual review documents EBLEX achievements
Potential annual growth in the beef and lamb retail market of £88 million resulted from £45,000 spent on product development work, while a £1.2 million investment in market intelligence led to the publication of free market updates worth £8.75 million to the industry, according to the EBLEX 2012/13 Annual Review. The review, which was previously called the ‘levy payer report,’ is designed to take information from the...
Winter promo kit aims to maximise festive sales
EBLEX Quality Standard Mark (QSM) Scheme member butchers will shortly receive a new promotional kit to help drive sales of quality assured beef and lamb during the festive season. The new winter point-of-sale (POS) kit includes some inspirational ‘cook-in’ beef and lamb recipes, designed to encourage customers to enjoy cooking at home. Included in the kit are 200 seasonal beef and lamb recipe leaflets and 80 winter Simply recipe...
Bradford farm shop wins at The Observer Food Monthly Awards 2013
As voted for by Guardian and Observer readers The ‘Best Independent Retailer’ award was presented to Keelham Farm Shop in Bradford. Run by the Robertshaw family, it has a loyal customer base with locals buying their groceries from the family since 1929. Run by brother and sister Victoria and James, the two took over the business nine years ago following their father’s death and have built up the shop which serves both the community...
Livestock Producers Reap the Rewards of a Strong Market
The volume of cattle handled by Scottish price reporting abattoirs is currently around 10% higher than a month ago, according to Stuart Ashworth, Quality Meat Scotland, Head of Economics Services. In England and Wales, cattle volumes have steadied over the past couple of weeks after increasing by around 3,000 head per week, around 20%, since the beginning of August. Similarly prime lamb availability has increased and auction sales of...
United effort delivered crucial meat inspection vote
The long-overdue modernisation of European meat inspection remains on track following the approval of visual assessments and Food Chain Information as the core processes for ensuring that meat is produced in the correct way and is safe to eat. “We’ve been working for the last three years to bring sense and reality into Europe’s 100-year-old meat inspection structure and are delighted that last-ditch attempts to block changes to EU pig...
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