Pork
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Food inflation rates to continue to beat Consumer Price Index
CHICKEN AND pork prices expected to drop, but food inflation rates are to continue to beat CPI rates as it eases slightly from 4.4% to 3.8% in 2014. Prestige Purchasing, procurement specialist… Read More
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Britain’s pigs drafted in to improve quality of China’s porcine stock in £45m trade deal
FROM NEXT year Britain is going to begin exporting pig semen to Chinese farmers in a deal worth £45 million to UK industry. Despite being home to half the world’s pigs – and the largest consumers of pork in the… Read More
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Jimmy Doherty fronts “Give a Fork” campaign
LAST NIGHT Footprint attended the launch of a new campaign fronted by pig farmer and TV favourite Jimmy Doherty at Channel 4. Doherty has been recruited by BPEX to front a new campaign to promote Red Tractor pork in 2013,… Read More
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Vegetable inflation rate over 5% as food and drink inflation rates heads towards 2008 peak
OPERATORS ARE being warned that they will need to take steps to mitigate the impact of a continued surge in food inflation, which is expected to rise further in 2013 and beyond. An annual Food Inflation Report published by… Read More
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Illegal pork flowing into UK
AROUND 40,000 ILLEGAL pigs an hour will be entering the European food chain in January and bacon, ham and pizzas containing their meat is destined for Britains supermarkets, corner shops and restaurants, according to the National Pig Association (NPA). … Read More