Latest Industry News – Page 270
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NewsNew campaign addresses decline in lamb consumption
AHDB Beef and Lamb’s new Lamb. Tasty Easy Fun campaign is urging more people to cook with the meat as it addresses the decline in consumption.Nick Allen, AHDB Beef and Lamb sector director hopes the campaign will stimulate demand for lamb.The €7.7 million campaign, co-funded by AHDB Beef and Lamb ...
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NewsMonica Galetti to present Q Guild’s 2015 Smithfield Awards
Chef Monica Galetti will present the 2015 Butchers Q Guild Smithfield Awards at Ironmongers Hall, London on 19th November.Celebrity chef Monica Galetti.Galetti, the first female sous chef at Michel Roux Jr’s Le Gavroche in London, is now a familiar television personality as the presenter and judge on BBC2’s MasterChef: The ...
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NewsPulled pork sales increase following AHDB Pork campaign
The first phase of the recent AHDB Pulled Pork campaign has driven an additional £7.8 million to total fresh pork sales according to figures released from Kantar Worldpanel.The first stage of AHDB's pulled pork campaign has proven to be a success.AHDB Pork says the campaign, which ran for a six ...
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NewsQMS identifies factors influencing farmgate price movements
Stuart Ashworth, Quality Meat Scotland’s head of economics services, has identified the volume of animals reaching the abattoir as one of a range of factors influencing farmgate price movements.Prime cattle prices climbed strongly between May and late July and despite falling at the start of the month, remain 6 to ...
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NewsGreat Yorkshire Pork Pie, Sausage and Black Pudding competition open to all butchers
The 27th annual Great Yorkshire Pork Pie, Sausage and Black Pudding competition from the Confederation of Yorkshire Butchers Council (CYBC) will form part of the The Craft Bakers and Butchers Extravaganza on 11th October at the Yorkshire Event Centre, Harrogate.NFMFT's Mike Ward.The contest is, for the first time, open to ...
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NewsRed Tractor consultation supports progress towards lifetime assurance for beef
Red Tractor has completed a careful review of the responses to its consultation which took place earlier this year. The feedback showed a consensus that the delivery of lifetime assurance for beef is an important objective to protect the integrity of the Red Tractor brand.David Clarke, CEO of Red Tractor: ...
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NewsDawn Meats awarded 10 Gold Stars at Great Taste Awards
Meat supplier, Dawn Meats has been awarded 10 stars at the Great Taste Awards, organised by the Guild of Fine Food.Niall Browne, CEO of Dawn Meats.Its West Country Choice Tomahawk Steak was awarded three Gold Stars and was recognised by the judging panel with a place of the Top 50 ...
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NewsAldi backs Team GB on road to Rio with British meat
With just a year to go until the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, supermarket Aldi has revealed that it will promote its partnership with Team GB across its range of fresh meat products.Aldi is Team GB’s first official supermarket partner and will support all of Team GB’s athletes in the build-up ...
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NewsMasterchef presenter backs QMS Scotch Lamb campaign
The launch of Quality Meat Scotland’s (QMS) campaign to raise the profile of locally-produced lamb saw Masterchef presenter Gregg Wallace urge consumers to cook with Scotch Lamb PGI.Gregg Wallace (right) pictured with Frank Yorke of Yorkes of Dundee during his visit to Scotland to help promote Scotch Lamb PGI.The campaign ...
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NewsG.N Badley & Sons supports #nolambweek campaign
G.N Badley & Sons, a family butcher’s shop based in Telford, has given its support to the #nolambweek social media campaign running this week. The campaign has been set up to encourage Welsh farmers to withhold their prime lambs, after falling lamb prices have resulted in many producers being paid ...
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NewsQuality Standard Mark beef in Cyprus supermarkets for first time
Cypriot supermarket chain, AlphaMega has begun selling Quality Standard Mark (QSM) beef, meaning families on the island can purchase the product for the first time.Jean-Pierre Garnier, AHDB Beef and Lamb.Jean-Pierre Garnier, export manager for AHDB Beef and Lamb, said: “We have had Quality Standard Mark beef in foodservice outlets in ...
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Rabobank report sees Chinese investment influencing future of global beef market
The latest Rabobank report has identified the potential in China’s beef market over the next decade with Chinese investors likely to play an influential role in the global beef sector over the next decade. Total demand for beef is expected to increase from the current eight million to 10.2 million ...
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NewsHas meat consumption peaked and if so what can we do about it?
The presentations made by Professor David Hughes at the recent Meatup and Food Science & Technology Show exhibitions are now available to download for those visitors who missed the real thing.Professor David Hughes.In his first seminar Hughes asked 'Has meat consumption peaked and if so what can we do about ...
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NewsLargest ever on-pack promotion for Red Tractor
Riding on the success of its BBQ promotion, Red Tractor Assurance (RTA) is urging retailers to be a part of its biggest ever on-pack promotional campaign later this year.Taking place over seven weeks in September and October, and timed to coincide with Red Tractor Week (14th to 20th September), the ...
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NewsPoultry prices rise just 1.6% on average a year over almost three decades
New data from the Office for National Statistics has revealed that poultry prices have risen at an average rate of 1.6% per annum over the last 27 years.BPC chief executive, Andrew Large.According to the data, since January 1987 poultry prices have risen by just 44.3% to December 2014. This compares ...
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NewsAHDB Beef and Lamb launches new thin cut beef steaks
AHDB Beef and Lamb has developed a range of thin cut beef steaks, developed from cuts which are traditionally only used for stewing or other slow-cook methods.AHDB Beef and Lamb's thin cut range.Using butchery techniques to maximise the use of the carcase, according to AHDB Beef and Lamb the new ...
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FSA Meat Industry Guidance revised
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has published a revised version of its Meat Industry Guidance, following a review by Agency officials, industry representatives and enforcement authorities.The Meat Industry Guide is used to assist meat plant operators whose premises require approval and veterinary control under the European Union Food Hygiene Regulations.The ...
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NewsEtherington Meats invests in commercial kitchen
Etherington Meats has invested £20,000 in a new industrial kitchen at its headquarters in Cornwall.The installation means further expansion of the business resulting in new jobs for local people.The state-of-the-art commercial kitchen features a Rationale Cooking Centre which is an intelligent cooking systems with five senses allowing for more productivity, ...
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NewsDalziel launches 'Proud to be a Butcher' film series
Retail butchery specialist Dalziel is launching its own mini-series of films which go behind the scenes of the UK’s retail butchery industry.Called ‘Proud to be a Butcher’, the five short films will be broadcast online every Monday starting on 3rd August 2015 and feature the nation’s highest quality craft butchers.Retailer, ...
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NewsProduct entry for FMT Industry Awards now open
Entry to the Food Management Today Industry Awards is now open and includes categories for The Best Red Meat Product and The Best Poultry Product.Group editor of Food Management Today and Meat Management magazine, Pam Brook said: "If you've not yet nominated your products for entry in the Food Management ...
