Market Focus

Chlorinated chicken as part of a post-Brexit free trade deal with the US is ‘the thin end of the wedge’ that could impact on public health and threaten thousands of jobs in the UK food processing industry. [read more…]

It seems that the days of poor-quality coffee are well and truly over as the speciality nature of coffee has cemented its position within the mainstream scene. In light of this, James Sweeting, CEO and [read more…]

AHDB is soon to extend isotope testing on pork to include local butcher shops. Until now routine isotope testing of pork products, which claim to be British, has been limited to the large retailers. The [read more…]

Growth in the grocery sector continues to slow, as industry sales increased by just +0.4% in the last four weeks, costing UK supermarkets over £120m in missed sales¹, according to data released today (Tuesday 25 [read more…]

As fish and chip lovers across the UK come together to celebrate the nation’s favourite dish on National Fish and Chip Day (Friday 7 June), the Department for International Trade (DIT) hails Scotland’s £1bn fish [read more…]

The UK market for spreads is now worth over half a million pounds, at around £512.4m*.  Peanut butter sales soared around 17% in 2017 and nut-based spreads in general were forecast to reach over £100m sales [read more…]

There are many things Americans find inexplicable about the British. Perhaps it’s the incessant use of the word ‘sorry’ or the perplexing greeting of ‘you alright?’. Verbal contrasts aside, the nations also have peculiar differences [read more…]

Cutting down on meat saved Brits more than £2.8bn last year, a study has found. Researchers who polled 2,000 UK adults found 26% reduced their meat intake during the past 12 months – and in [read more…]