Red meat roasting joints could challenge the Christmas crown

Red meat roasting joints could challenge the Christmas crown Pork roasting joints could be the winner at Christmas dinner – with experts predicting red meat will challenge the traditional crown and ‘sleigh’ this festive season. Analysts at AHDB have been ‘unwrapping’ last year’s Christmas, as well as looking at recent buying behaviours and market trends […]

Women in Meat Awards winners announced

The winners of the 2022 Women In Meat Industry Awards were announced on the11th November during a glittering celebratory dinner and ceremony at The Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington, London, attracting over 14,000 votes for the finalists this year. The 2022 winners in full are: Congratulations to all the winners, and shortlisted finalists! For more […]

Loyalty Schemes – Could it be time for your business to launch one?

Loyalty Schemes – Could it be time for your business to launch one? With belts tightening and Christmas around the corner, it’s more important than ever to form strong bonds with your customers, as well as attracting new ones. According to Accenture, more than 90% of companies have some type of customer loyalty programme. Shopify […]

National Craft Butchers President George Debman receives Presidential chains

National Craft Butchers President George Debman receives Presidential chains At a meeting in Ipswich on October 16th National Craft Butchers President George Debman received his presidential chains from Immediate Past President, John Mettrick. President George Debman was installed at NCB’s 2020 and 2021’s AGM both of which were held virtually due to Covid. The meeting […]

Craft Butchers and Climate Change: Talking positively to your customers

Craft Butchers and Climate Change: Talking positively to your customers Customers these days are extremely interested in climate change and sustainability, during COP27 and January this may increase. Increasingly customers are asking about these issues and want to know where your meat comes from and how the animals were raised and fed. This eat less […]

November Member Zoom Meetings

November Member Zoom Meetings Our next member meetings will be held via zoom on Monday 7th and Tuesday 15th November at 7pm. NCB meetings are hosted by Butchers for Butchers! They are informal with talking points but no minutes, just NCB members swapping ideas and advice. The meetings normally last about an hour, they can […]

Feed the family for less!

Feed the family for less! AHDB highlight pork’s affordability with their new campaign message of ‘Feed the family for less’. The latest campaign will run from 17th October to 25th November. Adverts will be visible online, across social media, and TV ads. The campaign is designed to underline pork’s “affordability, versatility, and tastiness” and recipes […]

The Country Food Trust launches their Winter Appeal

The Country Food Trust launches their Winter Appeal The Country Food Trust has launched its Winter Appeal with the ambition of raising £200,000 to help feed families in crisis. The on-going squeeze in household budgets, caused by rising food and energy prices, means that more people than ever before are turning to their local foodbanks […]

We Eat Balanced campaign returns

AHDB’s We Eat Balanced campaign returns AHDB are shining a spotlight on the positive food choices that consumers can make by focusing on three key messages. The successful consumer campaign returned on 7 September to help protect long-term consumer attitudes to British meat and dairy, as part of a healthy and sustainable diet. Three key […]

Withdrawal of £20 and £50 paper notes

On Friday 30th September 2022 the Bank of England is withdrawing the legal tender of the £20 and £50 paper notes. From 1st October, on the polymer £20 and £50 notes will have legal tender status. These will feature JMW Turner on £20 and Alan Turing on £50 notes. After Friday 30th September you will […]