by admin | Dec 30, 2012 | Ostrich Markets
Newsletter No. 23 – February 2005 Item 5 Newsletter #17 discussed the increasing power of the supermarkets. Figure 1 demonstrates their dominance in the UK market. Butchers have only 1% share of the total grocery market. A survey on customers visiting butchers...
by admin | Dec 28, 2012 | Ostrich Markets, Standards
Newsletter No. 23 – February 2005 Item 3 The UK Pig industry is introducing a Quality Standard Mark. The industry is investing £1million (US$1,87m) to launch the initiative. Consumers are becoming increasingly concerned about the manner in which animals producing...
by admin | Dec 23, 2012 | Ostrich Markets
Newsletter No. 23 – February 2005 Item 2 The definition of Best Practice is leading edge thinking, practically applied which brings competitive advantage. The definition of Good Practice is established wisdom, widely applied and often embodied in law, codes of...
by admin | Dec 23, 2012 | Ostrich Markets, Ostrich Products
Newsletter No. 23 – February 2005 Item 1 The purpose of our newsletters is to keep our members informed of industry issues and developments. The greatest challenge that our industry faces at this time is lack of production. Frik Kriek summed it up well at the 2nd SA...
by admin | Dec 22, 2012 | Ostrich Economics, Ostrich Industry
Newsletter No. 27 – June 2005 Item 1 Contributed by Paul Benson, Ontario, Canada In any well established industry, the only source of value to participants comes from the end-user of the products. Their purchase dollars pay everyone’s bills and provide the profit due...
