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NewsChristmas spending reaches £1 billion more than last year
The average household shrugged off economic worries to spend a record £1,054 on groceries over the three months including the Christmas period.According to the latest grocery market share figures from Kantar Worldpanel for the 12 weeks to 31st December 2017, a record £469 million was spent on premium own label ...
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Women in Meat Industry Awards launched by Meat Management
Meat Management magazine has confirmed the launch of a brand new Awards initiative recognising the immense contribution to the success of the meat industry made by women right across all sectors. The Women in Meat Industry Awards will highlight seven categories and the presentations to recipients will be made at ...
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NewsIkea’s Better Chicken Programme focuses on sustainable production
Ikea Food Services AB has introduced the Better Chicken Programme, the first of the Ikea Food Better Programmes for more sustainable agriculture.It contains a set of requirements for more sustainable chicken production in the Ikea food supply chain, addressing animal welfare, public health and environmental impact at farm level.An Ikea ...
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NewsIndependent retailers report buoyant Christmas trading
Independent retailers across the UK saw lifted sales this festive season, with the tradition of a whole bird having seemingly taken centre stage on Christmas tables.“Our butchers found that people returned to the tradition of a whole bird which could be perceived to be a more luxurious product than a ...
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NewsMoy Park invests £20 million in UK hatchery
Moy Park has completed a £20 million investment at Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, in what is alleged to be the “largest single-build hatchery in the UK”.The new facility is creating 55 new jobs in the area, supplying 60 farms across Lincolnshire and hatching 2.5 million chicks per week.Moy Park, Newark, Nottinghamshire. (Photo: ...
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NewsUS urges Britain to invest in American poultry after Brexit
US Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, Ted McKinney, has called on the UK to draft its own regulatory standards after Brexit and invest in American poultry.Speaking at the Oxford Farming Conference, McKinney described the EU as a “very difficult place to do business” and urged ...
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NewsFirst haggis exports to Canada enough to feed 40,000
The first haggis exports to Canada have provided enough to feed 40,000 people, with 17,500 packs having gone out from Macsween of Edinburgh, the sole provider to the country.Macsween has shipped seven tonnes of haggis to Canada since the country’s ban was lifted in August.Macsween export range.Welcoming the news, Economy ...
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NewsGove outlines post-Brexit farming funding and food policy
Environment Secretary Michael Gove has set out plans for the way farming subsidies will be funded and the food policy that Defra will be focusing to deliver after Brexit.Speaking at this year’s Oxford Farming Conference, Gove announced that the Government would guarantee subsidies at the current EU level until the ...
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NewsFood industry figures among New Year’s Honours recipients
Red Tractor Assurance’s founder and first ever chief executive, David Clarke, has been made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the New Year’s Honours list 2018.Clarke, a founding member of Red Tractor Assurance and now retired, has been honoured with a CBE for services to ...
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NewsFinnebrogue Artisan launches nitrite-free bacon
British bacon has received a natural makeover with Finnebrogue Artisan launching a bacon product made without nitrites.Naked Bacon from Finnebrogue Artisan.Nitrites are usually added to cured meat to achieve its characteristic pink colour, texture, some flavour and also to help as a preservative. However, for its new launch – Naked ...
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NewsMeat in volume growth despite rising inflation
Chicken, pork and other red meat are the only primary categories to have recorded volume growth in the 12 weeks to the 3rd December, with pork remaining the ‘star performer’ in both value and volume terms.According to the latest data from Kantar Worldpanel, meat, fish and poultry (MFP) volume sales ...
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NewsCompass Group pays tribute to CEO who died in plane crash
Richard Cousins, the chief executive of FTSE 100 foodservice firm Compass Group, and four members of his close family have died in a plane accident in Australia on 31st December.Richard Cousins.Cousins and his fiancée, magazine editor Emma Bowden, her 11-year-old daughter Heather, and his sons Edward and William died when ...
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NewsIndustry predictions for the meat sector 2018
Meat Management asked experts across the meat sector about what they believe 2018 has in store for the industry.The British Meat Processors Association’s (BMPA) chief executive, Nick Allen, is foreseeing a Brexit-full 2018, with a number of issues that the Government will still have to resolve.BMPA's chief executive, Nick Allen.He ...
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NewsHealth benefits of beef highlighted by nutrition expert
Reinstating beef as a nutritious health food in consumers’ minds, amidst adverse media publicity, is a priority for many meat industry representatives.Assisting in this mission, nutrition educator Michael Joseph, recently highlighted 11 health benefits of eating beef in his online article on Nutrition Advance.Joseph states that beef provides a large ...
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NewsQ Guild pushes duck as the Christmas centrepiece
Although turkey is thought to be the UK’s most common meat choice for Christmas dinner, every year retailers offer a number of alternative options – many of which are increasing in popularity.Ahead of 2017’s ‘big day’, Claire Holland, general manager of the Q Guild of Butchers, featured in the Metro ...
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NewsBlockchain offers transparency and opportunities for food sector
Companies that want to remain successful in the future food value chain should start to explore options for participating in blockchain initiatives, a report says.The RaboResearch report, Blockchain: The Trigger for Disruption in the Food Value Chain, notes that once implemented, the blockchain can be used to reduce costs and/or ...
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NewsFoodservice urged to check venison dealers’ licences
The Partnership for Action Against Wildlife Crime Scotland (PAW Scotland) is asking foodservice operators to check where they get their venison, as part of the battle against illegal deer poaching in Scotland.The stakeholder group, whose members include the Scottish Government and Police Scotland, has made the call to ensure that ...
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NewsWeakening pound favours exports
Exports of goods have risen in every region of the UK, since the start of the year, according to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) figures, as the weak pound boosts business.Fresh on the back of the Government's Industrial Strategy and the Prime Minister brokering a last minute Brexit deal, the ...
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NewsTop ten stories on Meat Management in 2017
As 2017 comes to an end, we remember the biggest stories that caught readers’ eyes this year.The countdown of our ten most read stories is listed below. To view the original stories, click on the headlines.10. 2 Sisters boss summoned to give evidence to Commons inquiryIn mid-October, 2 Sisters owner ...
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NewsKalsec expands lab capabilities in Europe
Natural spice and herb extract producer Kalsec has invested in its European operation, with the installation of a new laboratory with “state-of-the-art analytical facilities” at its Mildenhall, United Kingdom location.This new laboratory offers Kalsec the capability to support meat suppliers and processors, fats and oils producers and soup, sauce and ...
