Latest Industry News – Page 117
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NewsHi tech-driven Tariq Halal store to open in Stratford
Tariq Halal is set to launch, what it says is a unique, state of the art, tech-driven store in Stratford Shopping Centre.The butcher brand’s next generation store data-driven AI promises to deliver a unique supermarket experience in east London.Gone will be the days of waiting, queueing and barcode-scanning replaced instead ...
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NewsPowters gets new Tesco listings
Family-run Newmarket sausage producer, Powters, has announced it has gained new store listings with Tesco for its Newmarket Pig and Skinny Pig sausages.L-R: Grant and Tristan Powter of Powters Sausages.The fifth-generation sausage company has been producing its Newmarket Pig sausages since 1881 and has worked steadily with Tesco since the ...
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NewsOngoing training on antimicrobial usage gets positive feedback
The Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland (LMC) has reported that at the end of March 2021 over 7,000 producers have been trained in the Responsible Use of Antimicrobials on beef, sheep and dairy farms. LMC's industry development manager, Colin Smith.LMC is encouraging members of the Northern Ireland Beef ...
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NewsSales of meat slow while fish goes against the current
According to Kantar, fresh meat and poultry growth rates slowed down in the latest 12 weeks, with fresh primary meat growing 11.6% and fresh processed 5.8%. These are year-on-year comparisons now compared to the start of lockdown restrictions in March 2020.In the latest four weeks, both fresh primary and fresh ...
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NewsAvara continues investing
Avara Foods, one of the UK’s largest food companies, and Herefordshire’s biggest private employer, is investing heavily in its Hereford city operations. The past two years has seen over £6.5m in new technology, site improvements and colleague development. Now, as part of this ongoing commitment to sustained investment, a new ...
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NewsLMC and UFU join forces for Northern Ireland Beef Week 2021
The Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) is working in collaboration with the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU), to celebrate Northern Ireland’s beef this NI Beef Week. This year the week-long event, running from 23rd to 30th April will focus on how Northern Ireland Farm Quality Assured (NIFQA) beef is farmed with ...
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NewsFood Awards judging in full swing
Headed up by well-known meat and food expert Keith Fisher, the chief executive of the IoM, product judging for this year’s FMT Food Industry Awards is underway and has started the process of evaluating a record entry of products for this year’s Food Awards judging at Harper Adams University.Head judge ...
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NewsMeat consumption targeted in proposed tough new GHG emission targets
A reduction in meat and dairy consumption was cited as part of the Government’s new, ambitious revised green house gas (GHG) emissions target to achieve a 78% reduction by 2035.The CEO of the Sustainable Food Trust, Patrick Holden, was keen for a distinction to be made between sustainable meat production ...
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NewsMeat giant acquires Europe’s third largest plant-based food business
Brazilian meat company, JBS, the world’s largest meat company and second-largest global food producer, is to buy Europe’s third-largest plant-based food company, Vivera, in a deal reported to be €341 million.“This acquisition is an important step to strengthen our global plant-based protein platform,” said Gilberto Tomazoni, global CEO, JBS. “Vivera ...
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NewsTesco fined for admitting 22 breaches of food safety regulations
Tesco has been fined £7.56 million for selling out-of-date food at three stores in Birmingham.The supermarket admitted 22 breaches of food safety and hygiene regulations between 2016 and 2017, and was handed the penalty on Monday 19th April.A Tesco spokesperson said: "We're disappointed that a small number of out-of-date products ...
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NewsGreat British Beef Week 2021
Great British Beef Week (GBBW) runs from 23rd – 30th April 2021, created by Ladies in Beef this year.This year the campaign is focusing on recognising and highlighting British beef farmers and the work they do to support sustainable production practices on their farms. It’s due to the strides that ...
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NewsRichmond announces expansion of range with Iceland
Richmond, part of Kerry Foods, has announced a significant expansion of its frozen range with the launch of seven new offerings. The products - launching in Iceland - will cater to families looking for more varied options at mealtimes, tapping into the growth of meals at home and shopper demands ...
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NewsWelsh Lamb moves online
With more people shopping online for groceries during the Covid-19 pandemic, both in Britain and abroad, promotional efforts for Wales’s farming exports have been ensuring that PGI Welsh Lamb and PGI Welsh Beef aren’t left behind by the trend.Whilst the online grocery sales trends has surged across the world over ...
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NewsCharlie Bigham’s launches new advertising campaign
Independent food brand, Charlie Bigham’s, has launched its latest spring advertising campaign called Obsession is my secret ingredient. The brand has invested £3million on the campaign and includes radio and podcast as well as print, digital, experiential, on-pack and social, hoping to further raise brand awareness and reach new audiences.Bigham’s ...
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NewsTesco releases preliminary results for 2020/21
Tesco’s chief executive, Ken Murphy says the business is well placed to build on the momentum it has created since the start of the pandemic. He was speaking as the supermarket released its preliminary results for 2020/21, which revealed its UK online sales were £6.3billion, up 77%.Murphy continued: “Tesco has ...
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NewsWhy biofilm formation is such a threat in poultry processing
SPECIAL FEATURE - Poultry hygiene:Peter Littleton, technical director of Christeyns Food Hygiene, discusses the key elements and problems associated with hygiene in the poultry processing sector.“Poultry accounts for just over half of all the meat consumed in the UK.In 2019, the UK production value of poultry and poultry meat was ...
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NewsBlue Peter’s anti-meat message to children dropped
The BBC’s Blue Peter programme has been forced to drop its request to ask children to ‘go meat-free’ as part of its green badge initiative for ‘climate heroes.’ This followed strong opposition from leading levy boards, individual farmers and trade organisations.The BBC programme amended its green badge qualification from going ...
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NewsFunding secured for significant expansion to Warrington cold storage facility
Temperature-controlled storage business, Magnavale, has secured both planning and funding to construct a significant expansion to its Warrington based cold storage facility. The expansion will see an additional 8,000 pallet spaces added to its already large network and will provide additional capacity to accommodate the huge demand it reports it ...
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NewsPigmeat producer margins under pressure
SPECIAL FEATURE – QMS commentary on pork market:Global farmgate prices for pig meat have performed strongly over the first quarter of 2021. Although, despite the recent increase, UK and European prices continue to struggle to match last year’s levels according to the latest market commentary by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS). ...
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NewsThe numbers don’t lie
SPECIAL FEATURE – Trade:In the April print issue of Meat Management Magazine Peter Hardwick, trade policy adviser at the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA), voiced his concerns about the increase in trade friction since the start of the year. Here’s what he had to say for those who may have ...
