Latest Industry News – Page 339
-
NewsNew promotional kits available to help drive sales
EBLEX is rolling out a number of new promotional kits to help independent retailers who are members of the Quality Standard Mark Scheme to drive sales of quality assured beef and lamb. A ‘Discover the Versatility of Lamb Mince’ is available along with 50 ‘Steak-O-Meters’ – a new component for ...
-
News
Standing up for British Bangers in British Sausage Week
BPEX's butchery and product development manager, Keith Fisher, is urging UK retailers to: "Stand up for British Bangers during British Sausage Week," by entering BPEX's national competition."Our competition is open to to the independent retail sector plus the multiple retailers and brands," explained Fisher.British Sausage Week (BSW) began back in ...
-
NewsFall in beef production forecast for 2012
The latest ADHB Market Intelligence/EBLEX forecasts for the UK cattle sector indicate that production in 2012 will be down on previous year levels as a result of continued supply constraints.“Following an increase in cattle numbers in 2010, the results of the December 2011 census indicated a renewed decline,” explained Debbie ...
-
News
New era for National Beef Association
The National Beef Association (NBA) has established a new board, replacing the Review Committee that was created in October 2011 to oversee a comprehensive re-organisation of the association.The NBA reported that continuity between the two has been ensured with the election of Hamish McBean as chairman of the NBA, having ...
-
NewsASDA LambLink competition
The Royal Welsh Show was the setting for the 2012 ASDA LambLink competition, which saw the very best Welsh lamb cooked before being judged by an expert panel.In a truly collaborative effort, Welsh lamb producers, who are suppliers to the ASDA LambLink scheme, provided the lamb, Welsh Country Foods processed ...
-
NewsNew AHDB appointment
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has appointed Tess Howe to its newly created post of External Skills Project Manager. Tess will lead on developing an AHDB-wide skills strategy that dovetails with other industry initiatives and co-ordinates external skills development across all AHDB’s six divisions.Tess made her mark ...
-
News
American meat producers urge action over drought
As the worst drought conditions for 50 years continue in the USA a coalition of both meat and poultry organisations has appealed to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to waive “in whole or in substantial part,” the amount of renewable fuel that is mandatory for the sector to produce.President-elect ...
-
NewsNew CEO at Cranswick plc
Adam Couch is to take over the reins, from Bernard Hoggarth, as the new chief executive officer of Cranswick plc.Hoggarth stands down from his position but will continue in the business as part-time commercial director. Couch has been with the business for over 20 years and has served on the ...
-
News
Golden Dawn at M&S
Dawn Meats has received an award for ‘Doing the Right Thing’ at the recent Marks & Spencer Food Supplier Conference.Marcus Sherreard, Dawn Meats retail sales director, received the award from John Dixon, M&S executive director Food and Andy Adcock, M&S Food trading director, in recognition of the step change that ...
-
News
NPA voices concern over British bacon
Bacon, Britain's favourite food, is under threat as farmers, representing ten per cent of Britain's weekly pig product, saying they may be forced to quit by Christmas, according to the National Pig Association.It says that around 1.5m rashers of British bacon a week look likely to disappear from supermarket shelves ...
-
NewsOlympic meat facts
Over the course of London 2012 it's estimated that athletes and visitors will eat more than 100 tonnes of meat, 31 tonnes of poultry items, 4,000 Lincolnshire sausages, 17,000 rashers of bacon and 40,000 slices of ham.Harry Irwin, chicken farmer from Norfolk, is one of the hundreds of Red Tractor ...
-
News
Hall's of Broxburn taskforce meets again
A jobs taskforce initiated by ministers to deal with the potential closure of the West Lothian food plant, Hall's of Broxburn, met for a second time yesterday.Following the meeting, Vion's corporate affairs director, Alasdair Cox, said: "Given that we are still at an early stage of the consolation process it ...
-
NewsSt Merryn on show
The recent Royal Welsh Show 2012 gave St Merryn Foods’ beef and lamb farmers a backdrop to compete for prizes and prestige, as sirloin steaks and racks of lamb from their best animals were tasted by a panel of judges.With the support of retail partner Tesco, and building on the ...
-
News
Lamb briefing
Increased lamb numbers stemming from the larger breeding flock and higher carcase weights will contribute to continued increased production in the sheep sector in 2012 and 2013. That’s the latest forecast from ADHB market intelligence and EBLEX, the industry body for English beef and sheep producers.The strong performance of UK ...
-
NewsFree chicken offer for Team GB hopeful Gemili
British Olympic medal hope Adam Gemili is being offered all the chicken he can eat from a Hertfordshire farmer to give him an extra boost as he goes for glory next week.Defending 100m champion Usain Bolt revealed in 2008 that his love of chicken was behind his Beijing success and ...
-
NewsSecretary of State urged to help ‘stop the rot’
Scotland’s meat wholesalers have urged the Secretary of State for Scotland, Michael Moore, to help ‘stop the rot’ of declining livestock numbers, warning that the consequences of a diminishing meat processing sector will become ‘dire’ before long.The Scottish Association of Meat Wholesalers (SAMW) has also told the Secretary of State ...
-
NewsCranswick wins BDCI Go-Kart Endurance Challenge
The latest BDCI fundraising event saw 22 teams from 11 meat industry companies compete in a go-karting ‘Endurance Challenge’ and the winning team, achieving an impressive 113 laps, was Cranswick. In second place was Interfood Slicing, completing 109 laps and coming a close third was Marel with 108 laps.Commenting on ...
-
News
Processor conference
EBLEX is to host its first conference for the processing sector, specifically aimed at technical and category managers.The event, on 26th September, takes place at the Chesford Grange Hotel in Kenilworth. Areas for discussion include the latest research outcomes on beef and lamb eating quality; packaging and waste reduction; the ...
-
News
Major EBLEX conference at MEATUP announced
A major marketing conference will be taking place alongside the MEATUP exhibition next year which will be staged at the NEC Birmingham.The EBLEX marketing conference on 3rd July 2013 is set to be a highly popular event which will run alongside the industry’s only dedicated meat industry exhibition. Industry experts ...
-
NewsObituary: Dick Cawthorne MBE
Meat Management is saddened to report the death of Dick Cawthorne MBE, one of the industry’s larger than life characters and once described as: “A doughty and tireless warrior,” for the meat trade.Born on a farm in Devon in the 1930s and after an initial spell of articles with a ...
