Posts Tagged ‘Sainsbury’s’
Sainsbury fish counter decision hits seafood sector
A decision by supermarket giant J Sainsbury to close fresh fish counters at its larger stores around the country will be seen as a blow to salmon and other seafood suppliers. The company yesterday announced a £137 million half year loss and said it was cutting 3,500 jobs through the closure of its fish, meat…
Read MoreFinding out fish farm facts on FaceTime
SCHOOLCHILDREN in England are being taught about salmon farming in Scotland thanks to an initiative called ‘FaceTime a Farmer’. Pupils at Washingborough Academy in Lincolnshire were paired with Mowi Scotland and taken on a virtual tour of the company’s Inchmore hatchery. Mowi’s Jayne MacKay, who hosted the call with the class of nine and ten-year-olds, said…
Read MoreFish Update Briefing, Friday, January 11
NOW ‘FISH’ FINGERS GO VEGAN THE UK retailer Waitrose is launching its own brand of vegan ‘fishless’ fingers to meet the growing demand for vegan products. They are said to have a subtle fish taste and are made from tofu, with a crispy coating. The supermarket chain says it is also suitable for making a…
Read MoreMarine Harvest pledges bright future for Scotland
MARINE Harvest, which surprised the salmon industry yesterday by announcing a name change, has pledged a bright future for Scotland. If approved by shareholders at an extraordinary general meeting in Bergen on December 4, a new brand name – Mowi – will replace Marine Harvest from the beginning of 2019, backed by an investment of…
Read MoreSaucy Fish lift for frozen sales
THE award winning Saucy Fish brand has given frozen seafood sales a huge boost in many of Britain’s best known supermarkets. The business, owned by Seachill, said today that since launching into frozen last year and securing listings with Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Ocado and Amazon Fresh, some 69 per cent of its spend has been incremental…
Read MoreMSP sends fish gift to Brexit minister
BREXIT secretary David Davis received a surprise present over the Christmas period from a Nationalist MSP to remind the minister of the importance of Scotland\’s seafood sector. The SNP’s Stewart Stevenson, who represents Peterhead, Scotland\’s largest fishing port, dispatched a Cullen skink soup to Whitehall to warn that the movement of fish and seafood products could be…
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