Kantar Worldpanel data indicates pork shoulder retail sales improving according to AHDB Pork
According to Kantar Worldpanel, interim retail sales results show that pork shoulder experienced a 37 per cent volume increase in the four weeks to 24th May, compared to the same period last year. AHDB Pork claim nearly a third of households (31.5 per cent) bought more pork shoulder than they did a year earlier, taking total penetration to five per cent of households. Around 80 per cent of the value increase came from...
Interfood raise funds for childrens’ charity through Samworth Brothers challenge
A team from Thame based food technology, processing equipment and ingredients specialists Interfood, took third place in the 2015 Samworth Brothers Challenge. The team raised over £3,700 for Make-A-Wish® UK. Make-A-Wish grants wishes to children and young people fighting life-threatening conditions.
Investment in quality standards pays off for East Yorkshire poultry business
Management and staff at an East Yorkshire poultry company are celebrating after recording a 20% increase in sales year on year. Family owned T. Soanes and Son has secured £2.5m of new and additional business following the Red Tractor and BRC accreditations that were obtained by the Middleton on the Wolds business last year. Nigel Upson was appointed general manager by the Soanes family in 2012 and is very proud of the team’s...
2 Sisters hands over Suffolk poultry production to 1Stop Halal
2 Sisters Food Group’s chicken processing plant in Eye, Suffolk is to be handed over to 1Stop Halal, a provider of halal poultry products, based in Scotland. The transfer will take place in July and a spokeswoman for 2 Sisters, reported in The East Anglian Daily Times, said: “Following a strategic review of our poultry processing manufacturing footprint in the UK, the business can announce it is proposing a transfer of the operations...
National Meat Products Competition at Meatup set to be the biggest yet
The National Federation of Meat & Food Traders’ (NFMFT) National Meat Products Competition to be held at Meatup on 1st July looks set to be the biggest of its kind to date, according to the NFMFT. There are 19 categories, ranging from sausages and burgers through to bacon and pastry products and 21 trophies are up for grabs, including Supreme Sausage Champion and Overall Champion. Don’t miss out. Register for Meatup...
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