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NewsQMS reveals significant rise in lamb numbers sold in Scotland and GB
A significant lift in the number of lambs being sold in Scotland and the UK took place during Royal Highland Show week, according to the latest market analysis by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS).“This year during the week beginning 15th June, Scottish auctions sold 60% more new season lambs than the ...
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NewsCountdown to Meatup in full swing
The 2015 Meatup show which includes the Food Science & Technology show this year will open its doors on 30th June.The two day event will take place at the National Agricultural Exhibition Centre located at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire and will host nearly 100 exhibitors, 16 seminars in two theatres and ...
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NewsInvestment in quality standards pays off for East Yorkshire poultry business
Management and staff at an East Yorkshire poultry company are celebrating after recording a 20% increase in sales year on year.T Soanes and Son general manager, Nigel Upson, live programme manager, Mel Jackson and technical manager, Andy Dolman.Family owned T. Soanes and Son has secured £2.5m of new and additional ...
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NewsInterfood raise funds for childrens’ charity through Samworth Brothers challenge
A team from Thame based food technology, processing equipment and ingredients specialists Interfood, took third place in the 2015 Samworth Brothers Challenge.The ‘Interfood…not fitness’ team: (Left to Right): Tom Foran, Rob Unwin, John O’Hara and Paul Seedhouse.The team raised over £3,700 for Make-A-Wish® UK. Make-A-Wish grants wishes to children and ...
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NewsKantar Worldpanel data indicates pork shoulder retail sales improving according to AHDB Pork
According to Kantar Worldpanel, interim retail sales results show that pork shoulder experienced a 37 per cent volume increase in the four weeks to 24th May, compared to the same period last year.Pork shoulder retail sales are improving according to AHDB Pork.AHDB Pork claim nearly a third of households (31.5 ...
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NewsNFU urges retailers to set out clear commitments to sourcing British lamb
The NFU has urged all major retailers to strengthen their commitments to sourcing peak season British lamb, sending letters Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Marks & Spencer, Waitrose, the Co-operative, Aldi, Brakes, Sodexo, Whitbread, Lidl and Compass.NFU livestock chairman Charles Sercombe has praised Brakes and the Cooperative for acting on the ...
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National Meat Products Competition at Meatup set to be the biggest yet
The National Federation of Meat & Food Traders' (NFMFT) National Meat Products Competition to be held at Meatup on 1st July looks set to be the biggest of its kind to date, according to the NFMFT.There are 19 categories, ranging from sausages and burgers through to bacon and pastry products ...
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2 Sisters hands over Suffolk poultry production to 1Stop Halal
2 Sisters Food Group’s chicken processing plant in Eye, Suffolk is to be handed over to 1Stop Halal, a provider of halal poultry products, based in Scotland.The transfer will take place in July and a spokeswoman for 2 Sisters, reported in The East Anglian Daily Times, said: “Following a strategic ...
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Clougher Valley Meats butcher wins Irish heat of WorldSkills UK butchery contest
Dylan Gillespie of Clougher Valley Meats, Clougher, Tyrone, has won the Northern Ireland heat of the Butchery WorldSkills UK National Competition.[gallery type="slideshow" ids="https://d34wkqkcvmkqx1.cloudfront.net/CMS/s3/ymg-library/web/images/2015/06/Dylan-in-action.jpg|Dylan Gillespie in action on his way to winning the heat.,https://d34wkqkcvmkqx1.cloudfront.net/CMS/s3/ymg-library/web/images/2015/06/Dylan-presentation.jpg|Winner Dylan Gillespie (second from right) with (L-R) Southern Regional College's chief executive Brian Doran and judges Chris ...
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NewsQuality Meat Scotland initiative sees sausage-making world record set
Subject to official verification by Guinness, Alistair Paul from A&I Quality Butchers in Inverness is set to be crowned the world record holder for most sausages produced in one minute.Alistair successfully cased and linked 36 sausages at Quality Meat Scotland’s (QMS) stand at the Royal Highland Show.Alistair Paul from A&I ...
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NewsMoy Park sold for $1.5 billion
Brazilian busness, JBS is to purchase chicken giant, Moy Park in a $1.5billion deal, giving the world’s biggest meat company a significant presence in Europe.Moy Park has been owned by Marfrig since 2008 and employs more than 8,000 staff in Craigavon, Ballymena and Dungannon.The move also sees JBS diversifying from ...
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NewsQMS highlights value of PGI status
Quality Meat Scotland chairman (QMS), Jim McLaren has urged the industry to fully recognise the value of the Scotch Beef PGI, Scotch Lamb PGI and Specially Selected Pork brands and also commitment of those in the Scottish red meat industry.QMS chairman, Jim McLaren highlighting the value of Scotch Beef PGI, ...
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NewsWinner of QMS #tastescotland schools' burger competition has the X-Factor
Pupils from three schools competed against each other in the final of a design-a-burger competition run by the Scotch Butchers Club (QMS).Ayrshire-based Greenwood Academy emerged as the overall winner for their Specially Selected Pork 'Clapshot burger.'Joint runners-up were Websters High School, Kirriemuir with Scotch Lamb 'Tartan Sizzlers' and Airdrie Academy, ...
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NewsRobertson’s Fine Foods secures bacon deal with Aldi
Pork processor, Robertson’s Fine Foods from Ardrossan has agreed a deal to supply its Ayrshire quality assured bacon to Aldi stores across Scotland.Aldi Specially Selected Scottish Pork bacon is launched with (LtoR) Marion MacCormick, Aldi, cabinet secretary Richard Lochhead, Kirsty Fox, Aldi and QMS chairman Jim McLaren.Produced under the Specially ...
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NewsHCC roadshow highlighting benefits of red meat proves a success
Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales’s two year Red Meat Roadshow, which aimed to show tourists, both from within and outside Wales, how easy and convenient it is to cook with red meat, has been a success, according to an independent report.The Welsh Red Meat Roadshow in action at ...
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EU membership choice must not damage Scotland’s meat export progress warns SAMW
The Scottish Association of Meat Wholesalers (SAMW) has warned that whatever decision is reached on the UK’s future relationship with the European Union, it must not be allowed to damage the export links for Scotch beef and lamb, which is currently worth around £75 million to the Scottish meat and ...
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NewsWhat core skills does the butchery trade need in the future?
In the latest Meatup blog, Meat Management editor Pam Brook looks at the solutions needed to overcome the ongoing shortage of skills in the meat industry.To relate to customers in a busy retail environment is real skill. Learn more at Meatup 2015. Photo credit: Hammonds Butchers.Trainers and education establishments will ...
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NewsNew NFMFT president elected at AGM
After John Mettrick's term came to an end, Jim Sperring was confirmed as the new NFMFT president at the Federation's annual general meeting. In his inaugural speech Sperring commented: “My time on the Executive Committee and with the London Association proves to me just how necessary trade associations like the ...
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NewsNew QMS reports highlights importance of red meat production to Scotland’s economy
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) has highlighted the importance of the red meat sector to Scotland’s economy in a new report, which draws together a wide range of information on the Scottish red meat sector and encompasses the whole production chain from producer to final consumer.QMS head of economics, Stuart Ashworth.Stuart ...
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British game market looks set to continue growth
According to the Fifty report by Mintel Market Research, British game meat is one of the world’s top 50 consumer growth markets thanks to the success of venison as an alternative to mainstream red meats.The report references the 9% sales growth seen in the UK game sector in 2013/14 and ...
