Aug 14, 2019 | Fish Processing, News
In the wake of a five-year-long bait-and-switch scheme in which a Virginia-based seafood company intentionally mislabelled crabmeat, Lloyd’s Register is calling for the seafood industry to do more to confront rogue behaviour. Casey’s Seafood imported 183 tons of...
Aug 2, 2019 | Fish Processing, News, Poultry Processing, Retailing
The latest Meat, Fish and Poultry (MFP) update, covering the 12 weeks to 14th July 2019, finds the category facing challenging times. Overall retail sales are in decline for the first time since June 2016 as last year’s excellent summer leaves the market paling in...
Jul 11, 2019 | Fish Processing, News
Sales of organic salmon are said to be motoring at JCS Fish, reflecting continued expansion of the UK organic food market overall, which is now estimated to be worth £2.33 BN a year and growing.[i] 35% of BigFish brand sales are now organic and JCS Fish is...
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...
Jul 1, 2019 | Fish Processing, News
Conservation organisations WWF, ClientEarth and the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) are calling on UK governments to introduce emergency measures to secure the future of North Sea cod, following the announcement by marine scientists that species numbers have fallen...
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...
