Unwrapping Dispatches

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15/01/2011, alex thompson, Bangladesh, big fish fight, channel 4, dispatches, EuroFoods, food unwrapped, khulna, prawn, supermarkets

Quintessential Saturday night viewing saw a change in tack this week, as the prawn industry took to the stage.

Dispatches’ “Fish Unwrapped,” (aired 15/01/2011, 7:05pm) was the latest in Channel 4’s “Big Fish Fight,” campaign. The series, aided by food champions and celebrity chef characters, Jamie Oliver, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Gordon Ramsey, aimed to unveil problematic and controversial issues within the fishing industry. “Fish Unwrapped,” saw Alex Thompson delve into the supermarket and high street fishing industry, trailing the source, journey and process of fish we eat daily.

The Dispatches report unearthed concerns that were not alien under the EuroFoods radar.

Bangladesh: The New Frontier

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Bangladesh, dhaka, eurasia food, EuroFoods, frontier market, india, khulna, rosemco food, saidowla enterprise, Shelim Hussain, stock market, stock market crash, sylhet

Monday 10^th January saw the second day of closure at the Dhaka Stock Exchange in Bangladesh.

The index plunged by 9.25%  (BBC, 2011) within the first hour of trade and a call to close business for the day, were fulfilled. Accompanying the suspension of trade were riots, clashes with police and chanting investors, denouncing brokers and traders as corrupt and manipulative, influencing stock prices (Indianexpress, 2011.) Tuesday 11^th January, however, saw the market bounce back just as easily as it deflated. With our Eurasia Food Processing BD ltd. company thriving in the heart of Dhaka and two other factories in Bangladesh, this was a news story that could not be ignored.