Chicken sales top £2.3 billion

Chicken sales top £2.3 billion

Oct 4, 2019 | News

Well-heeled Brits are helping to boost chicken sales, according to latest research from Mintel. Over the last year alone, the number of affluent Brits* visiting chicken outlets and restaurants has risen from 40% in 2018 to 45% in 2019. Almost half (47%) of those...
Industry dinner for Women In Meat Awards set for a sell out

Industry dinner for Women In Meat Awards set for a sell out

Oct 3, 2019 | Awards, News

Organisers report that the forthcoming annual Women In Meat Industry Awards dinner is set for another sell out occasion, as the initiative goes from strength to strength. Scheduled for the evening of Friday 15th November at the five star Royal Garden Hotel in...
Tesco boss to step down

Tesco boss to step down

Oct 2, 2019 | News, Retailing

In a surprise announcement, alongside its interim results for the period 2019/2020, Dave Lewis, current CEO of Tesco is to step down from the company next summer. In a statement, Lewis said: “Despite challenging external conditions we have delivered a very good start...
The barcode is 40 years old

The barcode is 40 years old

Oct 1, 2019 | News

The first UK barcode scan took place on 2nd October 1979, at Keymarkets in Spalding, Lincolnshire. On the 40th anniversary of the barcode in the UK, there is no doubt it has transformed industry at home and is scanned more than 70,000 times around the world every...
Search underway for new AHDB chair

Search underway for new AHDB chair

Sep 30, 2019 | News

The government has started recruitment for two new leaders to join the Board at the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB). A new chair is being sought to head the AHDB when Sir Peter Kendall reaches the end of his term of office at the end of March...