Farm Shop & Deli Retailer Awards Reveal their Retailer of the Year 2023! On Tuesday 25th April specialist retailers, suppliers and the Awards judges came together in person at Farm Shop & Deli Show to celebrate the very best of the sector as the ‘Best in Region’, Newcomer of the Year and overall ‘Retailer of […]
Food testing – how and what to test As food business owners and managers, you may be asked to carry out food or shelf-life testing for your products, with little guidance from the person who is asking for this. It is a technically complex subject and it is not always easy to know where to […]
Meat dishes still a firm favourite with diners Meat dishes still retain the lion’s share in the out of home market despite a year-on-year increase in meat free meals. According to research from AHDB, dishes containing meat, fish and poultry (MFP) account for the majority of spend in the out of home market, with ‘meat […]
Craft Butcher Dry Ageing Away Day Last year, Craft Butcher were invited to attend a dry-ageing event arranged by Williams Refrigeration at Perrys of Eccleshall in Staffordshire. As well as tasting some amazing dry aged beef we also put shop owner, Stephen Hill, through his paces by bombarding him with questions! Here are our learnings […]
ShopKind Campaign Reveals Pressures Facing Shopworkers During Cost of Living Crisis ShopKind Campaign Reveals Pressures Facing Shopworkers During Cost of Living Crisis New consumer polling conducted for the #ShopKind campaign has revealed that more than one in three people believe that shopping has become more frustrating as a result of the cost of living crisis […]
Taste of patriotism! The iconic British beef roast Great British Beef Week (GBBW) is returning for a 13th year to celebrate ‘naturally delicious’ British beef, renowned around the world for its quality and sustainability. Kicking-off on St George’s Day ahead of the King’s Coronation, there’s never been a better time to enjoy one of the […]
Is Science Coming to the Rescue of Meat at Last? New research has been re-evaluating the planet-friendliness of different foods and meat is a big beneficiary. The imbalance between the environmental impact of different foods has always been questionable and over-simplistic. It has also for a long time been skewed by anti-meat propaganda that exaggerated […]
HCC’s international Scholarship open for applications Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) has announced that it is opening its travel scholarship for applications from April 3rd 2023 and that the hunt for their 2023 Scholarship winner is now on. Open to anyone above the age of 18 working in the red meat sector […]
Tempered optimism for Christmas turkeys this year A two-fold note of optimism for seasonal turkey production is provided by Paul Kelly in his spring newsletter from Farmgate Hatcheries, major supplier of poults for Christmas production. The first is the increasing prospect of a vaccine against avian influenza being available with the next 12 months. “Currently […]
Member Profile: Chris Hayman Butchers – Maesycwmmer , Caerphilly Self-confessed foodie Chris describes his entry into butchery eleven years ago as a ‘mid-life crisis’. In his thirties he realised that working long term in fashion retailing was no longer for him and began looking for an alternative career. Already a customer of the butchers shop […]
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