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Counters have mainly become displays of commodity products such as minced beef, steaks and chops, liver, sausages, with little or no added value products to tempt the customer,” he adds. “This could be why some high street butchers and farm shops are doing well, because they are offering a service as well as added-value products and award-winning sausages, burgers and bacon.” Fish counters The key disadvantage of optical counters is the small penetration of the beams through the water, restricting their use to narrow river features or in-river structures, an example being fish ladders. Along with Tesco, that has prompted most of the major supermarkets to scrap deli counters in the past few years.

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A resistive counter is associated with an in-river structure, an example constituting a Crump weir. [1] The resistivity of a fish is lower than that of water. So, as fish cross this barrier, they pass embedded electrodes, and the difference in resistivity disturbs the field established in the vicinity of the electrodes, altering inter-electrode resistance. With three electrodes these disturbances can then be measured by a Wheatstone bridge, or other means, to detect the size and direction of travel of the fish. Automatic fish counters are automatic devices for measuring the number of fish passing along a particular river in a particular period of time. Usually one particular species is of interest. Meanwhile, Greggs is also eyeing up an expansion of concessions across the big four in a move that could further transform the counter channel, after launching a trial in Asda last month. Some counters still do a great job and will continue to do so, says Roberts, but retailers will increasingly look to rent out their space in other stores. “We’ve seen both Tesco and Asda turn over space to halal operators such as Halal Food Centres and Haji Baba, which perform well in regions such as Yorkshire and London,” says Roberts, while Polish delis also play well where the local demographics are supportive. So if this report about Tesco is correct, it would be just another step in the journey that superstore grocers are taking to compete with the likes of Aldi and Lidl.

Bosses are considering closing all the remaining fresh food counters as part of a new cost-cutting drive, The Sunday Times reported. It could lead to hundreds of further job losses, on top of the hundreds already axed in the last round of cuts. This “steady decline”, since its peak at the turn of the century, is borne out by sales statistics. Fish of all species are counted stress free and remain in water at all times. The Bioscanner is highly accurate and can be utilized with fish from 3g to 6kg. Accurate information on the number and size of farmed fish is very important in modern aquaculture. Biomass data on the fish in tanks and pens makes it possible to monitor production and facilitates management and planning. The Bioscanner has been counting fish worldwide since first introduced in 1984 and is the standard in the automated counting of live fish. How it works We have opened a collective consultation with those colleagues impacted and their representatives and will have conversations about any potential change with our colleagues first." Most Read

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With this in mind, it would be easy to dismiss the concept of counters in many stores outright. But a significant proportion of shoppers still see value in the channel. AHDB says older, retired households value the smaller portions available from counters and over-index on loose meat, with shoppers over 65 representing a 42.1% share of counter shoppers, compared with 31.5% for the total fresh meat category [Kantar 52 w/e 26 January, all retailers including butchers]. Wastage is also a big issue from counters, suggests Roberts, and will also have played a part in the decision by the likes of Asda and Tesco to focus elsewhere. “In most supermarkets at 7pm there will normally be a whole bay devoted to stuff from counters, particularly fish, that hasn’t sold.” Waitrose also insists counters “remain a vitally important part of our offering”. It currently has 277 meat and fish counters, which is actually up from 240 a decade ago. However, it concedes “where appropriate, some close a little earlier than the main store closure”. Steady decline While Tesco and Asda’s position on the channel is now well documented, Sainsbury’s won’t disclose the number of counters it still has in its stores.Resistivity and (particularly) optical fish counters require in-river structures to direct the fish through the detection aperture of the counter. Fish ladders and Borland fish passes are effective structures for this purpose and occasionally a natural restriction within the river may be used for a similar purpose. However, for most counters a custom in-river structure will be required. One of the most effective such structures is the Crump weir, a triangular profile weir designed to ensure rapid planar flow over the detector. The results of automatic fish counters can be supplemented, confirmed, or replaced by a number of alternative techniques, varying in accuracy, cost, complexity, and skew effects. By partnering with brands that fit with our core values of great quality and great value, we’re excited to be able to give our customers access to something new in store that we know they will love,” said Asda chief strategy officer Preyash Thakrar as he unveiled the partnership. But if you are going to do something in retail, you need to do it well - and doing it in a mediocre fashion, simply as an excuse to charge higher prices, will just result in the sort of reaction from shoppers that we have seen. You can always be confident that quality and satisfaction is guaranteed with every fish serveover in this section as we only supply units that have been tried and tested in real working environments and have proven to be up to the task. To ensure ultimate value for money, all of our prices are amongst the most competitive on the internet meaning that even though you pay less, the quality received remains high. Our strong relationships with suppliers allow us to pass discounts and special offers directly to our customers.

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Asda’s plan will see it roll out at least 35 of its new formats by the end of the first quarter and 150 by the end of 2020, in a bid to “better align with our customers’ lifestyle”, suggested the senior manager of its food for now operation Elizabeth Ruddiman. Even Waitrose has cut opening hours on some of its counters. There is definitely a market for fresh food, and during the cost of living crisis I think we are going to see people eating out less and cooking from home more often, so the kind of variety these counters can offer may be something that is more in demand. Britain’s biggest supermarket is the only member of the current “Big Four” – Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda and Aldi – to still offer fresh food counters, which sell deli products in 279 of its stores.Younger shoppers also tend to swerve the fixture as they seek convenient solutions, and “expect the preparation of their meal components to be done for them”, he adds.

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A number of factors helped boost pork spend, according to AHDB retail analyst Zoe Avison, including the fact pork has been “the cheapest cut per kilo in quite a price-led market”. The support of a generic marketing push over the past two years to promote pulled pork has also contributed, she suggests.

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Infrared light is used for minimizing the disturbance of the fish as they will not see the light when passing through the counter. When a fish swims through the net of light beams, the resulting silhouette image is used for counting as well as estimating the size of each fish. Each individual image is memorized in the control unit so that the counting can be verified afterwards.