Jul 2, 2019 | Chilled Foods, Fish Processing, News, Red Meat Processing
Karro Food Group, a leading UK pork processor, which has been owned by CapVest since March 2017, has reached an agreement to acquire Young’s Seafood Limited (“Young’s”), the iconic UK seafood business. The new Group, which has a strong market presence in the pork and...
May 28, 2019 | Chilled Foods, News
Waitrose & Partners is recalling Waitrose 6 Sweet and Succulent Pork Sausages with Caramelised Red Onion Confit with a ‘Use By’ date 04/07/19 due to incorrect date labelling. The product should have been labelled with a ‘Use By’ date of 04/06/19. The FSA issed a...
May 15, 2019 | Chilled Foods, Fish Processing, News
In the latest Kantar Meat, Fish & Poultry (MFP) update, chilled fish remains the star performer for the category. In the 12 weeks to 12/4/19, there have been four million more trips containing chilled fish, with 295,000 more shoppers entering the category. Nathan...
Apr 2, 2019 | Chilled Foods, Frozen Foods, News, Retailing
The latest grocery market share figures, published from Kantar, show year-on-year supermarket sales growth of 1.4% during the 12 weeks to 24th March 2019. This year’s late Easter, and the fact that Mother’s Day falls outside the reported period, contributed to the...
Mar 19, 2019 | Brexit, Chilled Foods, Food Equipment & Services, News
The Food and Drink Exporters Association (FDEA), which works closely with companies of all sizes who trade internationally, has been impressing upon Government the huge frustration and concern felt by UK businesses in relation to the Brexit process. At the IFE show in...
Mar 14, 2019 | Chilled Foods, Fish Processing, News, Red Meat Processing
The latest grocery market share figures from Kantar Worldpanel has shown that chilled fish continues with solid value and volume growth in the 12 weeks to 24th February. In the latest meat, fish and poultry (MFP) market update, the renaissance of chilled fish...