Meat & Fish
Stocking ideas for your fish and butchery counters
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Response to Decline of Butchery Skills
12 August 2014 NewsFollowing the news story in the last issue of Speciality Food which discussed the decline in traditional butchery skills, Nottinghamshire-based The School of Artisan Food offers retailers butchery courses -
Push For Butchery Apprenticeships
15 July 2014 NewsButchers and retailers with on-site butchery facilities have been urged by the Food and Drink Training and Education Council (FTC) to consider apprenticeships as a means to uphold traditional butchery skills and support both employers and young butchers -
EBLEX Urges Butchers: Go Online
10 July 2014 NewsRecent research from EBLEX has shown that 8 per cent of butchers offer online shopping, despite the turnover of online ordering seeing a predicted rise of 275 per cent within the next five years -
Dubai Fortnum & Mason Scraps Foie Gras
31 March 2014 NewsFollowing Sir Roger Moore's video filmed in conjunction with PETA, Fortnum & Mason have decided to not sell foie gras in its Dubai store -
High Protein Warning
06 March 2014 NewsAccording to recent research carried out by Professor Valter Longo of the University of Southern California, middle aged consumers should avoid eating too much protein -
Butcher Display Battle
26 February 2014 NewsA butchers shop in Sudbury, Suffolk has come under fire from consumers who are offended by its display of carcasses in its window -
Calls For Foie Gras Boycott In Dubai
17 February 2014 NewsSir Roger Moore has urged Emiratis to boycott the opening of a Fortnum & Mason store in Dubai, as a result of it stocking fois gras -
EBLEX Upgrades Meat Purchasing Guide App
30 January 2014 NewsThe app allows retailers to view and order the 450 beef, lamb, veal and mutton cuts featured in the EBLEX Meat Purchasing Guide, as well as 96 pork cuts developed by BPEX and over 100 by-products -
Royal Responds to Horse Meat Scandal
28 November 2013 NewsFollowing January 2013's horse meat scandal, during which Tesco discovered that its everyday value burgers were made of 29 per cent horse meat, calls are being made to review the population's opinion -
Bench-top Meat Detector Produced
11 November 2013 NewsFollowing 2013's horse meat scandal, UK engineers have created a machine able to distinguish between beef and horse meat in products -
UK Celebrates Sausage Week (4th-10th November)
04 November 2013 NewsRecent data has revealed the popularity of sausages over a twelve-month period -
Findlaters Extend Reach of Popular Pies
21 October 2013 NewsFindlaters Fine Foods has enjoyed great success as a result of its handmade paté and pies originally made in their restaurant and deli – so much so that they have had to expand the kitchen in order to cope with demand