Latest Industry News – Page 339
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Newly Weds Foods acquires Phoenix Select Food Ingredients Limited
Newly Weds Foods Limited, the food coatings and ingredients business, has acquired seasoning specialist, Phoenix Select Food Ingredients Limited in Hull.Bryan Day, European managing director of Newly Weds Foods, said: “The acquisition of Phoenix Select is another significant step in expanding Newly Weds’ ability to provide our customers with unique ...
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Gilbert's Foods expands export business
Lancashire food supplier Gilbert’s Foods, one of the original suppliers of meat to McDonalds, is looking to expand its export business after securing a £2.4 million funding package from HSBC.The package includes a £2 million invoice finance line and a £400,000 import finance facility, which will provide working capital to ...
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NewsAubrey Allen celebrates its 80th anniversary
Many of the UK’s most celebrated chefs took time away from their hectic kitchen schedules to join fellow distinguished restaurateurs and guests for Aubrey Allen’s 80th anniversary recent commemorative lunch.L-R: Peter Allen with Michel Roux Snr, and Russell Allen. (Picture courtesy of Chris Clark Photography).The event, held at The Butchers ...
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2 Sisters Food Group welcomes OFT decision on acquisition of Vion UK poultry business
2 Sisters Food Group has welcomed the decision by the UK’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT), which published its review into the acquisition of Vion’s UK poultry business by 2 Sisters Food Group.The OFT has fully reviewed the transaction, including the combination of the poultry businesses owned by both parties, ...
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NewsMinister David Heath to attend MEATUP on 2nd July
The Minister of State for Agriculture David Heath MP has confirmed he will be visiting the NEC based MEATUP show on July 2nd. David Heath to visit MEATUP.Show organiser Emma Cash commented: “We are delighted that the Minister has found time in his busy schedule to visit this year’s MEATUP. ...
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Royal backing for red meat export work
HRH The Prince of Wales showed his support for red meat exports from the UK with a stirring message for foreign embassy staff and MPs at a London event last week.His supportive words, including the message that the UK was now a major player on the global market again despite ...
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Argyll farmers use CalMac ferry route for lamb promotion
Those boarding the CalMac ferry running between Oban and Mull this Friday (June 14th) will have local sheep farmers tempting them with tasty bites of delicious Scotch lamb.Lamb dishes will also be on the ferry’s restaurant menu and farmers will be on board to tell passengers about the fantastic story ...
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NewsHarper Adams University team 'More than Meat Pies' wins £2000
Harper Adams University team scoops the gold prize at the inaugural Ecotrophelia UK student innovation awards with their Hearty Meal.L-R: Alec Kyriakides, Head of Product Quality, Safety and Supplier Performance at Sainsbury’s, winner Natalie Saxton and Anne Taylor from Harper Adams University.The More than Meat Pies team from Harper Adams ...
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2 Sisters set to create 300 jobs
2 Sisters Poultry Ltd, the new owners of the Vion plant at Llangefni on Anglesey has created 300 jobs in what it says is its turnaround plan for the previously ailing business.In a company statement report by the BBC, 2 Sisters Poultry Ltd at Llangefni said: "The company met with ...
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Waste food campaign poses disease threat warns NPA
National Pig Association has warned that recycling human food by feeding it to pigs must take place only under strictly-controlled conditions, otherwise there is a risk of outbreaks of notifiable diseases, such as foot-and-mouth, classical swine fever and African swine fever.These highly infectious diseases, which can be introduced to Britain ...
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NewsMarel's mountain man meets his challenge!
Marel's Graeme Rolinson recently completed the Alpe D'huez Challenge raising money for the Dutch Cancer Society (KWF) / Alpe d'HuZes fund.Marel's Graeme Rolinson after his Alpine epic!The Alpe d'HuZes event was created with the aim to empower people to convert the sense of powerlessness, caused by cancer, into one of ...
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New report seen as a ‘game-changer’ for future UK food production
Faced with the need to find a ‘game-changing’ solution to secure the future competitiveness of UK farming, a number of leading industry organisations have come together in an unprecedented move to establish the joint innovation priorities for the primary production sector for the next 20 years.A document launched today (6th ...
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NewsElite Meats crowned BPEX roadshow champion
Following six months on the road sampling over 1,300 pork products, the National Champion of the 2012/2013 BPEX regional roadshow and Pork Product Excellence Award has been unveiled as Harrogate-based Elite Meats.BPEX National Champions: Charlotte and Gordon Atkinson from Elite Meats.At the presentation at Butchers Hall, 20-year old Charlotte Atkinson ...
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NewsEBLEX launches veal range
Phil Howard, co-owner of a two Michelin-starred restaurant based in London, is the latest exemplar chef to team up with EBLEX’s master butcher Dick van Leeuwen for the next in the series of ‘Master Chef and Master Butcher’ product development initiatives.EBLEX's Hugh Judd with chef Phil Howard at the veal ...
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HCC celebrates its first 10 years by flying the flag
Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) is now ten years old and in that time has brought together farmers, processors and retailers to develop and grow the Welsh red meat brands. Over that time it has injected over £115m into the Welsh economy, according to a new report.The ...
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More lamb cuts exported for Belgian consumers
The volume of lamb exported to Belgium is set to rise significantly after one of the country’s largest supermarket chains switched its sourcing away from the Southern hemisphere.The retailer previously supplied all its stores with chilled lamb from New Zealand and Australia, representing 95% of volumes.The change is good news ...
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"Cheese comes from plants and fish fingers are made of chicken" BPC supports British Nutrition Foundation's healthy eating week
Research conducted by the British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) among over 27,500 children across the UK, shows that nearly a third (29%) of primary school children think that cheese comes from plants, one in ten secondary school children believe that tomatoes grow under the ground, and nearly one in five (18%) ...
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Sausage week is coming!
The dates have been set for the sixteenth annual British Sausage Week. The seven-days of sausage appreciation will run from 4th to 10th November 2013, providing butchers, retailers and sausage-makers with opportunities to benefit from increased sales.This year’s activity will include a combination of high profile PR campaign, nationwide competition ...
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NewsJimmy Doherty back on pork campaign trail
BPEX is reminding consumers about the responsible production standards and the provenance guarantees behind Red Tractor pork through an innovative and engaging marketing campaign, running throughout June. TV personality and Red Tractor pig farmer Jimmy Doherty is again fronting the Give A Fork About Your Pork campaign, which aired earlier ...
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NewsRoast dinner world record attempt at Bath & West
A group of female beef farmers is to challenge the world record for the most people served a roast dinner simultaneously.L-R: Elwyn Pugh (Asda agriculture manager at ABP), Pearce Hughes, (agriculture manager, Asda), Paul Burrows (chief executive, R.A.B.I.), Minette Batters (Ladies in Beef co-founder).The announcement by Ladies in Beef was ...
