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Pig Industry News by Topic
News by Topic: Marketing Pork
Friday, January 20, 2012
Pork Turning Up the Volume UK - Last year was good for fresh and frozen pork as volume sales were 2.2 per cent up on the year – the only meat to show an increase.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Helping British Pig Exports Succeed UK - A call has been put out to support the British pig industry and to back quality British pig meat after a UK pig meat processing company was blocked from exporting to China, writes Lucy Towers, ThePigSite...
Eat Yourself Happy, Urges Vion UK - Vion Food Group is to launch the second phase of its "Put Pork on Your Fork" campaign, encouraging the nation to eat more British pork, with a New Year promotion entitled, Eat Yourself Happy
Friday, December 23, 2011
£1 Million Boost for Welsh Red Meat Industry UK - A £1 million project to improve the Welsh red meat industry and help businesses to become more sustainable with a long term future has completed its work.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Pig Producers Invited to Invest in Chile UK - The Chilean government export development agency, Prochile, is to hold a meeting in London to attract UK pig companies to invest in the country
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Meat Bodies Push for Assured Products in Schools UK - The call for more Red Tractor assured produce to be served in schools is a step in the right direction, say EBLEX and BPEX.
Thursday, November 03, 2011
LOCOG Receives British Banger Award UK - The British Banger Award 2011 was presented to London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG) at the David Black Award Breakfast in London on 2 November, recognising its outstanding services...
Wednesday, November 02, 2011
Rock On! Most Legendary British Bangers Honoured UK - Sausages top the charts as one of the nation’s best loved foods and on Monday, rock legend Noddy Holder gave three ‘Legendary British Bangers’ his Gold Disc of approval.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Consumers Confused by Welfare Labelling UK - A consumer survey has led AB Sustain to call for the scrapping of the wide array of 'confusing' animal welfare labels.
Monday, October 24, 2011
Red Tractor Responds to CIWF Challenge UK - Assured Food Standards (Red Tractor) has responded to the recent challenge by a welfare group to an advertisement for British pork.
Award for QMS's Meat Cooking App SCOTLAND, UK - Quality Meat Scotland's 'Perfect Steaks and Roasts' app has won a prestigious industry award.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Packington Free Range Farm Rebrands UK - Packington Pork, Packington Chicken and Packington Cockerel, the award winning free-range brands from Mercer Farming, based in Barton-Under-Needwood in Staffordshire has rebranded all its operations...
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
New Export Web Site Launched by EBLEX and BPEX UK - A new web site for prospective international customers has been launched by the English Beef and Lamb Executive and the British Pig Executive Export Department.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
QMS Pork Campaign Raises Logo Awareness SCOTLAND, UK - As a highly versatile protein which is great value for money, the overall pork category at retail level has largely benefitted from the slow economy over the past few years.
Wednesday, October 05, 2011
A Pledge for Pork; Making the Pork Promise UK - Love Pork is asking people to ‘Make the Pork Promise’ through their Facebook page.
Monday, October 03, 2011
Rugby Ace Fronts Schools' Healthy Eating Campaign SCOTLAND, UK - A new Quality Meat Scotland poster campaign is set to be rolled out to hundreds of schools across Scotland and will feature one of Scotland’s most inspirational sportsmen, rugby ace Chris...
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
VION to Stage Farm Visits for Schoolchildren SCOTLANd, UK - VION Food Group (VION), one of the UK's leading food manufacturers, has teamed up with the Royal Highland Education Trust (RHET) in a three-year deal to help provide educational farm visits...
Supermarket Forced to Withdraw Sausage Ad UK - The Advertising Standards Authority has investigated complaints that a television advertisement from Tesco about its sausages is misleading and may not be shown again.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Rugby Legends Throw Weight Behind Scotch Label SCOTLAND, UK - Three Scottish rugby legends are throwing their weight behind a new campaign to encourage consumers to support the Scotch Beef, Scotch Lamb and Specially Selected Pork labels.
Thursday, September 08, 2011
QMS: Look for the Label to Win Luxury Prize SCOTLAND, UK - In a new marketing campaign by Quality Meat Scotland, sharp-eyed shoppers who look for the label this month could get the opportunity for a luxury night away, thanks to Specially Selected...
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Specially Selected Pork Takes Centre Stage SCOTLAND, UK - Celebrated broadcaster, comedian and chef Hardeep Singh Kohli joined Edinburgh Fringe revellers yesterday to launch a new campaign for Specially Selected Pork.
NPA: Superiority of British Higher Welfare Pork UK - Armed with a special lightweight banner proclaiming the superiority of British higher welfare pork, two Cambridge climbers have scaled Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Red Tractor Caters for Twice as Many UK - The number of catering butchers using the Red Tractor logo has doubled in the last year according to BPEX Foodservice Sector Manager Tony Goodger.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Meaty Reward for Top Training Scotland Players SCOTLAND, UK - Top butchers from throughout Scotland congregated at Murrayfield yesterday to ensure Scotland’s star rugby players are fuelled by first class Scotch meat.
Tuesday, August 09, 2011
Chefs Enjoy Safari Supper UK - More than 50 chefs were treated to some original pork menus during a safari supper organised by BPEX.
Monday, August 01, 2011
Friday, July 29, 2011
Sensational Sausages Set Scene for Stardom SCOTLAND, UK - A Kinross butcher’s dreams of stardom on the stage look set to come true after his sausages caused a stir at this year’s T in the Park music festival.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Get Involved in the Olympics UK - There’s only a year to go until the 2012 Olympics get under way and pig farmers have a great chance to get involved through supply partnerships into the Games’ catering contractors.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Beef and Pork See Summer Sales Rise UK - The below par British summer may be behind a seasonal boost for sales of beef and pork.
Good Welfare Costs Less than a Box of Chocolates UK - Consumers believe better farm animal welfare would cost them too much, according to a recent survey but Freedom Foods says the additional cost is the same as just one treat in the shopping basket...
