Latest Industry News – Page 210
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NewsEversfield Organic takes over The Well Hung Meat Company
Family-run organic farm, Eversfield Organic, is acquiring organic meat business, The Well Hung Meat Company, in a bid to position itself in the top three organic box delivery businesses nationwide.By joining forces, the two businesses will extend their offering of organic meat and other organic produce, thereby providing a better ...
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NewsParliamentary Committee lambasts 2 Sisters
The “problems identified” at the 2 Sisters plant at West Bromwich, are “not a one-off”, according to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Commons Select Committee’s first conclusions report, after an inquiry into allegations made in an exposé by ITV and The Guardian.Adding that "the past record of the 2 ...
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NewsBrown Brothers receives round of public funding
Dumfries and Galloway based meat processing company, Brown Brothers Manufacturing Ltd, has been awarded more than £800,000 as part of the Food Processing, Manufacturing and Co-operation grants.The support will allow the company to extend its premises and purchase new equipment, while safeguarding 567 full-time posts and creating 50 new jobs.Rural ...
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NewsSupermarket sales on the rise, Kantar reveals
Kantar Worldpanel’s latest grocery market share figures for the 12 weeks to 5th November show that supermarket sales have increased in value by 3.2% year on year in the run up to Christmas.Fraser Mckevitt.Fraser Mckevitt, head of retail and consumer insight at Kantar Worldpanel, explained: “Volume sales have increased by ...
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NewsMoody’s downgrades Boparan after weaker operating performance
Moody’s has changed Boparan Holdings Limited’s outlook from stable to negative, following weaker than expected operating performance in the second quarter of 2017, which the company had attributed to “several exceptional items”, including the closure of scandal-hit Site D in West Bromwich.A 2 Sisters promotional image.Announcing the decision, the credit ...
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NewsScottish red meat industry ‘well-positioned’ for Brexit
The Scottish red meat sector has “all the right ingredients” and “strengths which will prevail no matter what unfolds in the months ahead in terms of the emerging Brexit situation”, according to Alan Clarke, chief executive of Quality Meat Scotland (QMS).Alan Clarke.Speaking at the launch of QMS’s Annual Review 2016/17, ...
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NewsNisa votes ‘significantly’ in favour of Co-op acquisition
Nisa Retail has announced that its members have voted in favour of Co-op’s offer to buy 100% of the business for up to £137.5 million.A majority of 75.79% of Nisa’s members voted for the deal, as opposed to 24.1% who voted against.The offer requires clearance from the Competition and Markets ...
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NewsIndustry calls for better public message on red meat and health
Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) has called for the positive health benefits of consuming lean red meat to be more widely-known in order to ensure an informed public debate.This was the message presented by experts at the HCC Annual Conference held in the Vale of Glamorgan on ...
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NewsTesco takeover of Booker given provisional green light
The UK’s competition regulator has provisionally cleared Tesco’s £3.7bn takeover of Booker.The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has stated that the deal could in fact increase competition in the wholesale market and mean reduced prices for consumers.CMA added that Tesco and Booker do not directly compete in most activities – ...
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NewsCCTV to be introduced in all slaughterhouses in England in 2018
The Environment Secretary Michael Gove has confirmed that CCTV recording will become mandatory in all slaughterhouses in England next year, following a consultation that was launched in August.Legislation will be introduced in the new year, coming into force in the spring.All slaughterhouses will be required to comply, following an adjustment ...
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NewsMeatline unveils UK Sausage Week competition winner
Butcher’s shop Meatline has revealed the winning sausage film quote, following its UK Sausage Week promotional competition.Participating in the week-long sausage celebrations that took place from 31st October to 5th November, Meatline invited its online community to provide their own sausage-based movie quotes.“They may take away our lives, but they’ll ...
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NewsBDCI launches ‘Lean on Us’ campaign
The Butchers' and Drovers' Charitable Institution (BDCI) has unveiled its new initiative, called ‘Lean on Us’, which aims to communicate to industry that the organisation is able to provide practical help to members of the industry that need support.BDCI provides support for anyone in the UK and the Republic of ...
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NewsSainsbury’s unveils drop in profits despite growth in food
Sainsbury’s has seen underlying profit before tax drop by 9% to £251 million in its latest interim results for the 28 weeks to 23rd September, despite group sales jumping 17% to £16,310 million.According to the retailer, the fall in profits reflected “previously guided price investment, wage cost inflation and consolidation ...
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NewsBrexit deal could boost Welsh meat exports, says Meat Promotion Wales
Exports could help deliver a “prosperous” future for Welsh red meat, if Brexit can be successfully negotiated, according to Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC).Addressing an audience of processors, policy-makers and farmers at the levy body’s Annual Conference, HCC’s chairman, Kevin Roberts, pointed to global trends that opened ...
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NewsThe Worshipful Company of Butchers to sponsor Team GB
The Worshipful Company of Butchers (WCB) is sponsoring Team GB at the World Butchers’ Challenge 2018 for the second time in the team’s history.Next year’s global butchery competition is expected to be “the biggest yet” and will see some of the best butchers from Great Britain, France (current champions), Australia, ...
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NewsUK meat industry welcomes WHO antibiotics guidelines – but Americans disagree
Representatives of the UK meat industry have welcomed the new World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines on the usage of antibiotics by farmers and the food industry, despite its American counterparts strongly criticising them.The new guidelines aim to help preserve the effectiveness of antibiotics that are important for human medicine by ...
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NewsBoparan Holdings profits down in full year results
Boparan Holdings, the parent company for 2 Sisters Food Group, has seen operating profits drop in the fourth quarter of 2016-17, with margins “severely affected by further inflation and foreign exchange on commodities and one-off costs”.Operating profit fell to £15.4 million in the final quarter of 2016-17, compared to £29.3 ...
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NewsPoultry dominates food recall index
Recalls of chicken and other poultry meats in the third quarter of this year in Europe outpaced any other food category for the second quarter in a row, with Brazil being the top country of origin, according to the latest Recall Index from Stericycle Export Solutions.For the third consecutive quarter, ...
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NewsUK Sausage Week achieves national and regional press coverage
Chris Evans discussed UK Sausage Week on BBC Radio 2. Image: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00p2d9wUK Sausage Week came to a spectacular close on Sunday 5th November following seven days of sausage events, promotions and competitions.A highlight of the week was the UK Sausage Week celebration lunch, during which awards were presented for some ...
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NewsThe story behind UK Sausage Week’s champion sausage
Inspired butcher Andrew Rook in Ramsgate, who was crowned UK Sausage Week’s Supreme Champion with his Battle of Britain Sausage, is raising money in the run up to Remembrance Sunday.Andrew Rook receiving his Supreme Sausage Champion award.Andrew, of J C Rook & Sons, will be giving 50p for every lb ...
