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Seafood industry skills initiative launches
Seafood businesses in Scotland will be offered a new set of training packages as part of a Business Improvement Programme launched today by Seafood Scotland. The organisation has been awarded £100,000 of funding from the National Transition Training Fund and Skills Development Scotland to support onshore activities of seafood businesses across the country, upskilling and…
Read MoreYoung’s Gastro sales soar 18% to £76m
Young’s Seafood, the UK’s leading fish and seafood company, is celebrating success for its Gastro brand, after reporting sales worth £76.3m in the last 12 months. In the last two years Gastro has grown by 18.3%, outperforming the total frozen fish market which grew by 15.5% over the same period, and it has maintained that…
Read MoreHilton snaps up Dutch salmon specialist Foppen
The Hilton UK meat and seafood group has acquired the Dutch Seafood Company which trades under the Foppen salmon brand in a deal worth around €90 million. (£76m). Based in Huntingdon, Hilton Food already owns Grimsby based Seachill (formerly Icelandic Seachill) which supplies salmon and other seafood to various retailers including Tesco.. With annual sales…
Read More‘Salmon express’ makes first trip
A new rail service carrying salmon from northern Norway for processing in Denmark and other European countries was inaugurated at the weekend. The first train, hauling 18 salmon wagons, left the port of Narvik on Friday. Despite winter snow, it arrived without incident in Padborg in the far south of Denmark yesterday. Some of the…
Read MoreNorcod in harvest agreement with Vesterålen Havbruk
Cod farmer Norcod and aquaculture business Vesterålen Havbruk have agreed a partnership deal for the harvesting of all Norcod’s farmed cod volumes from its Frosvika facility in Meløy, in Nordland county, Norway. The agreement runs for the next three years with an option to extend, and covers the entire slaughter and processing of cod at…
Read MoreAutomatic fish skinners offer quick and easy thickness control
Cretel by ATS, the Belgian machine manufacturer of food processing equipment and washing & drying systems, has launched a new generation of automatic fish skinners F460A. This generation highlights reliability, quality, hygiene and a robust construction. Silver, regular or deep skinning The machine’s thickness settings have been redesigned so that it can easily be set…
Read MoreMeal deals
The ‘value added’ packaged salmon meal was an idea that came and went, as Dr Martin Jaffa reports. I’m in the process of moving office and the move offers the opportunity for a clear-out of files, books and other miscellanea accumulated over 30 years. One of the collections includes several hundred examples of packaging that…
Read MoreYoung’s adds a touch of spice to salmon
Young’s Seafood is bringing a touch of Asian spice to salmon. The company has introduced a new product to its chilled range with the launch of its “Red Thai Infused Salmon”. The new launch comes as Young’s reports sales of salmon have been soaring. Launched in Asda, the salmon comes in a Thai marinade infused…
Read MoreFish International set for in-person return next year
Germany’s leading seafood industry trade show, Fish International, is coming back to Bremen in February next year. Taking place between Sunday 13 and Tuesday 15 February 2022, this biennial event will feature innovations from producers, retailers and the catering and hospitality industry, as well as discussion on trending topics such as aquaculture and sustainability. Fish…
Read MoreSalMar chief buys into German seafood business
SalMar’s President and CEO Gustav Witzøe is continuing his expansion plans by buying into a German seafood business – one that deals in wild caught fish as well as the farmed variety. He used his investment company Kverva Industrier AS to acquire a 45% stake in Lübbert GmbH & Co, based in Bremerhaven. Lübbert said: “With Kverva…
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