All Chicken articles – Page 3
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NewsRSPCA reports positive reaction to Better Chicken campaign
The RSPCA's Better Chicken campaign has been backed by over 19,000 people, with respondents demanding their supermarket agree to only sell higher welfare chicken. According to the RSPCA, around 90% of the 1.1 billion chickens slaughtered for meat in the UK are fast-growing breeds.The RSPCA’s campaign aims to help retailers ...
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NewsAvara to close its Abergavenny plant
Avara Foods has revealed plans to shut its Abergavenny factory as a result of post-pandemic rising costs.Picture source: Avara.For its workforce the announcement means 400 jobs at risk.The Monmouthshire plant supplies foodservice and major retailers with both chicken and turkey meat.A company spokesperson for Avara told the BBC: “Regretfully this ...
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NewsMoy Park invests in pioneering laboratory
Food company Moy Park is investing almost £1 million in a new laboratory, further enhancing its food and agricultural testing capabilities. (L-R) Moy Park's Pamela Mullan, Group Labratory manager; Chris Robinson, Labratory manager and Ursla Lavery MBE, Technical and R&D director Europe.The laboratory, recently constructed at the Moy Park’s site ...
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NewsAHDB’s ‘We Eat Balanced’ Campaign reaches 43 million people
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board’s (AHDB) ‘We Eat Balanced’ campaign was created to drive awareness of the nutritional value lean meat and dairy can add as part of a healthy, balanced diet.The campaign, which is now in its third year, ran from Autumn 2022 to January 2023 and was ...
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NewsFirst European ChickenTrack report to monitor progress of 'Better Chicken Commitment'
Compassion in World Farming has launched its first annual European ChickenTrack Report to measure company progress towards meeting the higher welfare requirements of the Better Chicken Commitment (BCC). The 2022 Report provides a baseline for tracking year-on-year industry progress.Over 350 companies in Europe and the UK have signed up to ...
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NewsMoy Park brings BBQ back with a bang for summer
Ireland’s chicken brand Moy Park is bringing back its BBQ range for summer.The product range will see the return of three familiar items, with the addition of four brand new products including Texas BBQ Chicken Steaks, Chicken Burgers, Piri Piri Chicken Wings and Honey Chilli Chicken Breast Chunks.The addition of ...
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NewsSainsbury’s goes trayless on whole chickens
Sainsbury’s has announced that its by Sainsbury’s whole chicken range is now trayless, after the retailer removed single-use plastic trays from its packaging. Using a minimum of 50% less plastic, the change is estimated to save 140 tonnes of plastic annually.Sainsbury's hopes to save over 10 million pieces of plastic ...
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NewsPrice inflation drives rise in value for most areas
According to data analyst Kantar, inflation continues to play a large role in the fresh meat, fish, poultry and meat free category's performance, with the market seeing high average price growth and large drops in volume.Its data is for the period covering the 12 weeks to 22nd January 2023. Fresh ...
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NewsChicken and pork dinners are Christmas winners as turkey sales declined
According to data analysts, Kantar, both chicken and pork were the winners over the Christmas period, covering 12 weeks to 25th December 2022, while turkey sales declined.Fresh primary meat and poultry grew 9.7% over the last 12 weeks an improvement on last month’s 7% growth. Kantar said this was due ...
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News730 jobs at 2 Sisters Anglesey plant under threat
The 50-year old chicken plant, now owned by 2 Sisters Group, at Llangefni on Anglesey is to face closure with around 730 jobs at risk.The company has stated that the age of the plant would mean significant further investment would be required to bring it up to similar levels at ...
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NewsMoy Park wins deal with Asda
Moy Park has secured a contract to list an additional nine product lines to all Asda stores across Northern Ireland.Pictured (L-R) Cathy Elliott, NI local buying manager at Asda and Chloe Gill, brand marketing manager at Moy Park.The stores current offering is now bolstered by nine new breaded lines from ...
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NewsMoy Park unveils new emission reduction scheme
In its drive to reach net zero, UK food company Moy Park has unveiled a pioneering new scheme that will monitor and track greenhouse gas emissions in real time at individual farm level, across its entire farming base. Moy Park's Orchard Farm, in Lincolnshire.The business says the project is the ...
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NewsMoy Park director appointed honorary professor at Queen's University
Ursula Lavery, technical and R&D director Europe at Moy Park, Northern Ireland’s largest private-sector employer and one of Europe’s largest chicken processors has been made an honorary professor at Queen's University, Belfast.L-R: Professor Ciaren Graham, deputy head, School of Biological Sciences; Prof Nigel Scollan, director, IGFS; Ursula Lavery, technical and ...
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NewsMoy Park secures £4m funding for smart factory projects
Poultry processor, Moy Park has secured £4m for sustainable manufacturing research as part of a consortium, known as Project Butterfly. Dr Anne Richmond, head of research and development, Moy Park; Prof Simon Pearson, University of Lincoln; Paul Gardiner, head of process development, Moy Park.Dr Anne Richmond, head of research and ...
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NewsMPs call for change to “unfair” bird flu compensation rules
MPs on the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee have called for “fundamentally unfair” rules on farmers’ compensation for bird flu to be changed.In a letter to the Secretary of State for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Rt Hon Dr Thérèse Coffey, MPs have called for a revision of the ...
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NewsAnimal protein companies must pivot in 2023 to secure future – Rabobank
Animal protein companies face an “inflection point” with a need to respond to structural changes in the market even with production levels and prices likely to remain elevated next year, according to Rabobank.Producers and processors of meat, poultry and seafood approach 2023 after a year marked by rising input prices, ...
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NewsMoy Park kick off World Cup with on-pack promotion
Moy Park, is giving consumers a chance to win football related prizes to celebrate the World Cup, through a ‘Scan to Score’ on pack competition.Shoppers who purchase a pack of Moy Park breaded chicken products at participating retailers can enter through a ‘peel to reveal’ sticker on the pack, where ...
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NewsFDA gives green light to 'cultivated chicken'
The cultivated meat, poultry and seafood company, Upside Foods is the first company in the world to receive a "No Questions" letter from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for cultivated meat, poultry, or seafood. Noodle bowl with Upside Chicken.The letter signals that the FDA has accepted Upside's conclusion ...
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NewsMoy Park to downsize Ashbourne plant
Moy Park’s Derbyshire plant in Ashbourne is to reduce its workforce from around 860 to 175 rather than closing the site altogether, which was first proposed back in September.The GMB Union welcomed the news saying the move comes after weeks of negotiations and campaigning requesting the manufacturer to re-consider closing ...
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NewsUSDA releases latest forecasts for global meat markets
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has reported its latest forecast for world markets and trade in red meat and poultry.BeefGlobal production is forecast fractionally lower in 2023 as falling North America and EU production offsets gains in Brazil, China and Australia.The report indicates that Brazil production is expected ...
