Mar 7, 2019 | News, Poultry Processing, Retailing
Waitrose & Partners has confirmed that it has signed up to the European Chicken Commitment (ECC) to strengthen what it describes as its ‘already award-winning standards.’ This represents an industry leading pledge to only sell meat from slower growing breeds with...
Mar 6, 2019 | Brexit, News, Red Meat Processing
Following on from his controversial article in Saturdays Daily Telegraph, which generated considerable media coverage over the weekend, Woody Johnson the US Ambassador to the UK has told the BBC that criticism of US food standards was ‘designed to reduce not increase...
Mar 5, 2019 | Brexit, Food Equipment & Services, News, Retailing
As Brexit uncertainty intensifies, the latest grocery market share figures, published from Kantar Worldpanel, shows year-on-year supermarket sales growth of 1.9% during the 12 weeks to 24th February 2019. Overall, grocery volumes rose by 1.2% in the 4 weeks which is...
Mar 4, 2019 | Brexit, News
In a newspaper article over the weekend, the US Ambassador to the UK, Woody Johnson, has claimed that the EU’s ‘Museum of Agriculture’ approach was not sustainable. He also stated that American farmers are ‘the future of farming.’ Published in Saturday’s Daily...
