Sausage world record set by Inverness butcher
Ali Paul from A&I Quality Butchers, Inverness has officially set the Guinness World Record for making the most sausages in one minute. Paul successfully cased and linked 36 sausages – made from Specially Selected Pork – in one minute live on the Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) stand at this year’s Royal Highland Show and has now been confirmed as the world record holder by Guinness. Paul said: “It still hasn’t sunk in; it was a very...
Stuart Roberts resigns from AHDB Beef and Lamb
Following a meeting of the AHDB Beef and Lamb sector board and after just six months into the post, its chairman, Stuart Roberts has resigned. In a reported statement Roberts said: “This is the toughest decision I have ever taken – but I felt it is important to stand up for what I believe in, which is agricultural levies belong to farmer and processor levy payers.” Roberts was clearly adamant that sector boards should be in control...
QMS Scotch lamb campaign supported by local farmers
Aberdeenshire sheep farmers have joined Quality Meat Scotland’s (QMS) Scotch Lamb ambassadors to encourage shoppers to re-discover the versatility of Scotch Lamb PGI. Sandy Tulloch of Waulkmill Farm in Lumphanan and Andrew Robertson of Titaboutie in Tarland were in Tesco, Banchory to tempt consumers with samples as part of a Scotland-wide QMS sampling campaign. QMS is delivering more than 80 days of sampling activities across Scotland...
G. N. Badley & Sons to supply National Hospitality School
Family butchers, G. N. Badley & Sons will supply all meat needed for the new kitchen training facility at the National Hospitality School, based at New College Telford. The National Hospitality School has been launched to meet skills shortages in the catering, leisure and hospitality industries and is turning to local businesses for its supplies. “Supporting local business is at the heart of the National Hospitality School,” said...
Consumer expectations influence response to producer price movements
According to the latest consumer price information published by the Office of National Statistics (ONS), 10% of total consumer spending is on food, with meat accounting for around 23% of food spending. QMS head of economic services, Stuart Ashworth said: “Compared to twenty years ago, the importance of food spending has fallen from around 13% of all spending to 10%. “This can be achieved by buying less food, by price movements on food...
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