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 […]
All new Butchery Apprenticeships for Wales The long-awaited re-launch of the Welsh Food and Drink Apprenticeship Framework is now complete. Within this framework are two new butchery and meat processing pathways: The new apprenticeships are the result of a collaboration between Welsh government and stakeholder groups including butchery employers, colleges and training providers. The objective […]
The Big British Butchers Survey returns National Craft Butchers (NCB) has announced that the Big British Butchers Survey 2023 will go live on Tuesday 14 March, with the trade association now calling on independent butchers across the UK to take part and have their say. Following on from the Big British Butchers Survey 2021, which […]
It seems energy has been on the minds of everyone for a while, so perhaps it is worth us reviewing where we’ve been, where we are going and what you should consider doing next. Starting with a cliché (sorry!) – the past year has been quite simply unprecedented. The Ukraine invasion sent the market spiralling […]
Despite record global sign up to Veganuary this year, UK consumer appetite for vegan products fell short this January with a decline in retail volume sales of both meat-free and dairy-free alternatives. AHDB and Kantar analysis shows over a million fewer households bought meat-free products compared to last January, and 280,000 fewer households bought dairy-free. […]
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