AHDB campaign encourages consumers to ‘Love BBQ’ this summer

AHDB campaign encourages consumers to ‘Love BBQ’ this summer AHDB’s ‘Love BBQ’ campaign is back this summer with a month-long celebration of the taste and ease of barbecued British meat. From 1 May to 4 June, the campaign will encourage consumers to fire up their grills and try delicious and easy barbecue pork, beef, and […]

Students get valuable insight at Welsh Lamb butchery demonstration

Students get valuable insight at Welsh Lamb butchery demonstration Aspiring chefs from a leading further education college were given an insight into PGI Welsh Lamb as part of a demonstration of butchery skill and technique. Following the demo, Welsh Lamb took centre stage in a six course Great British Menu meal, cooked by the students […]

NCB Launches New Health & Safety Management System!

NCB Launches New Health & Safety Management System! Following on from their Food Safety management system launch in January this year NCB now release their Health & Safety Management System.  The HSMS is a framework that helps those responsible, manage health and safety in the workplace methodically. Putting a system in place in can make […]

Farm Shop & Deli Retailer Awards Reveal their Retailer of the Year 2023! 

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

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 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

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 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

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?

Plant based burger

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 […]