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    Latest Kantar data shows barbecue prices are heating up

    2023-06-20T00:00:00Z

    Data from Kantar shows price inflation on barbecue essentials remains high despite supermarket price cuts on everyday products.Sausage prices are up 16%, while burger prices have risen by 13%.Barbecue prices rose during the 12 weeks to 14th May, but Kantar believes that shoppers are as keen as ever to make ...

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    Scottish champions for burgers, sausages and haggis

    2023-05-19T00:00:00Z

    The Scottish Craft Butchers Awards for the categories of Speciality Burger, Make It With Haggis and Pork Sausage went to retailers in Banff, Newton Stewart and Dumfries.Lee Ross, a butcher at John D Owen & Son in Newton Stewart being presented with the Diamond Award in the Make It With ...

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    Q Guild Smithfield Awards 2023 winners revealed

    2023-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Twelve artisan butchers from across the UK have been crowned top of their class in this year’s Smithfield Awards, announced last this week at Butchers’ Hall in London. Winning butchers hailed from towns across the UK from Inverurie in Aberdeenshire to Southsea on the South Coast.Organised by the Q Guild ...

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    Pork sector presses to see results of Defra's supply chain review

    2023-03-15T00:00:00Z

    The results of Defra's review of the pork supply chain, completed last autumn is long overdue according to some, who are becoming increasingly concerned about the current pork price increase and its impact on smaller independent manufacturers.Completed last autumn the review was designed to help deliver lasting reform and a ...

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    Chicken and pork dinners are Christmas winners as turkey sales declined

    2023-01-30T00:00:00Z

    According to data analysts, Kantar, both chicken and pork were the winners over the Christmas period, covering 12 weeks to 25th December 2022, while turkey sales declined.Fresh primary meat and poultry grew 9.7% over the last 12 weeks an improvement on last month’s 7% growth. Kantar said this was due ...

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    SARIA acquires Devro for £540m

    2022-12-07T00:00:00Z

    German food manufacturer SARIA has acquired Scottish sausage casing producer Devro plc (Devro) for £540 million.Devro is one of the leading global suppliers of collagen-based edible films and coatings. With over 85 years’ experience in collagen casings, its products are used globally in the production of a wide variety of ...

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    Butcher teams up with Tesco to supply pigs in blankets

    2022-11-29T00:00:00Z

    DIY Pigs in Blankets have hit Tesco's shelves in Wales as Edwards the Welsh Butcher teams up with the retailer.Ieuan Edwards, Managing Director of Edwards of Conwy... with the wrap your own Pigs in Blankets. Picture Mandy Jones.Edwards the Welsh Butcher has come up with an easy to assemble kit ...

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    UK Sausage Week postponed to 2023

    2022-01-20T00:00:00Z

    Organisers of the popular UK Sausage Week promotion have confirmed that the 2022 event has been postponed, due to the ongoing impact of Covid-19 and continued market uncertainty.The decision to defer again this year was reluctantly taken as prospects for the UK wide sausage competition and the pandemic’s direct effect ...

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    Backlogs on pig farms affecting carcase weights

    2021-09-02T00:00:00Z

    According to figures by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), the ongoing labour shortages have had a knock-on effect on the rate of slaughterings and carcase weights.Around 70,000 pigs have been backed up on farms due to the workforce shortages, the National Pig Association (NPA) has estimated. The association ...

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    Labour shortages cause further backlogs on pig farms

    2021-08-23T00:00:00Z

    The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has reported a fall in pig prices, which they say is linked to further backlogs on pig farms as a result of the ongoing staffing crisis hitting processors.AHDB also cited lower slaughterings and higher carcase weights as indicative of the backlogs.The EU-spec SPP ...

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    Mixed messages for red meat sales over last 12 weeks

    2021-07-28T00:00:00Z

    Spend and volume decreased for all three categories in the 12 weeks to 11th July 2021, however figures are up compared to the same period in 2019.Sales of pork fell in the 12 weeks to 11th July but, like beef and lamb, are up on the same period in 2019.According ...

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    BMPA warns labour shortage is at "critically high level"

    2021-07-22T00:00:00Z

    The British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) has yet again called on the Government to act over the labour situation in the meat industry, warning that further deterioration will mean companies having to suspend production lines.Nick Allen, chief executive of British Meat Processors Association (BMPA).BMPA has been warning about the critical ...

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    CCF says cross-border trade 'not a priority' for Brexit negotiators

    2021-07-01T00:00:00Z

    The Cold Chain Federation has responded to the EU's three-month postponement of the ban on British chilled meat sales in Northern Ireland.Shane Brennan, chief executive of the Cold Chain Federation.Shane Brennan, chief executive of the Cold Chain Federation, said: “Three more months of the same standoff is not going to ...

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    EU extends grace period for British meat sales in NI

    2021-06-30T00:00:00Z

    The European Union has formally postponed a ban on British chilled meat products being sold in Northern Ireland.Originally due to be enforced from 1st July, the ban is a consequence of the Northern Ireland Protocol that was negotiated along with the Brexit withdrawal agreement. The UK Government requested that the ...

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    Meat tax may be necessary, says Government's food tsar

    2021-06-28T00:00:00Z

    In a leaked draft report seen by The Sun, Henry Dimbleby warned a meat levy may be on its way but should be avoided in the short term. The newspaper reported that a tax on products such as burgers, sausages, chicken nuggets, ham and bacon 'may be necessary' in order ...

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    Sausage trade war brewing with Brussels

    2021-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Prime Minister, Boris Johnson is, this week, reported to be considering the extension of the Brexit grace period beyond June, which will allow Northern Ireland to continue to sell British sausages and chicken nuggets. The EU is warning that this has potential to spark a UK trade war.A post-Brexit arrangement ...

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    Finnebrogue Artisan chairman dies in accident

    2021-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Denis Lynn, the chairman and founder of the meat and food manufacturer Finnebrogue, has died in a quad bike accident at his home in Northern Ireland.Denis Lynn built Finnebrogue Artisan from scratch.Following his death last weekend the company issued a statement: “Denis was an innovator and a visionary with an ...

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    Butchers, burgers and sausage sales soar

    2020-06-17T00:00:00Z

    According to the latest Kantar data, traditional barbecue meat sales surged during lockdown as people took advantage of the persistent dry weather and independent retailers benefitted from an extra 300,000 shoppers.Butchers have seen increased footfall over lockdown. (Pic: Joseph Morris Butchers).Burgers (up 51.6%) and sausages (up 47.4%) have registered huge ...

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    UK Sausage Week postponed for 2020

    2020-05-18T00:00:00Z

    A decision has been announced by YPL Exhibitions & Events confirming that this year’s UK Sausage Week (26th October – 1st November) has been cancelled because of the ongoing impact of Covid-19.The 2020 celebration lunch for UKSW is cancelled.The Meat Management magazine sponsored event and promotion was scheduled for a ...

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    Sausage firm saves jobs with supermarket links

    2020-04-14T00:00:00Z

    Three weeks after the Covid-19 outbreak swept away three quarters of its business, the British Premium Sausage Company has saved itself by creating new links with supermarkets Tesco and Asda.Ian Cundell, managing director, The British Premium Sausage Company.Thirty five jobs were threatened when the British Premium Sausage Company lost 75% ...