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King Sue shares these ideas  for Valentine’s Day  using ingredients combined with hams, sausages and bacon.

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Despite the impact of recent calamities which adversely affected the Filipino consumers’ purchasing power, a meat processing company has projected an eight to 10 percent growth in Christmas ham sales this year.

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In ancient China where peasants only ate pork on special occasions, giving a leg of ham was a gesture of friendship and respect. Historians say that in Medieval Europe, hams were served on banquet feasts of kings, knights and noblemen.

It is not exactly known when and how ham became an indispensable holiday delicacy for the Filipinos. But the fact remains that seasonal hams contribute a big chunk of the meat processing business during the Yuletide.
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With actual sales of P800 million last year, local meat processors are expecting either the same volume of sales this year, or slightly higher than last year’s.
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But according to Eduardo R. Reataza, vice president for sales and marketing of CDO, processors are expected to cash in on the speciality hams business because Filipinos associate Christmas with merry making and feasting.
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King Sue shares these ideas  for Valentine’s Day  using ingredients combined with hams, sausages and bacon.

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Despite the impact of recent calamities which adversely affected the Filipino consumers’ purchasing power, a meat processing company has projected an eight to 10 percent growth in Christmas ham sales this year.

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In ancient China where peasants only ate pork on special occasions, giving a leg of ham was a gesture of friendship and respect. Historians say that in Medieval Europe, hams were served on banquet feasts of kings, knights and noblemen.

It is not exactly known when and how ham became an indispensable holiday delicacy for the Filipinos. But the fact remains that seasonal hams contribute a big chunk of the meat processing business during the Yuletide.
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With actual sales of P800 million last year, local meat processors are expecting either the same volume of sales this year, or slightly higher than last year’s.
[DatePublished] => 2001-12-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1720791 [AuthorName] => Rose de la Cruz [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 142654 [Title] => Meat processors bullish despite economic crisis [Summary] => Despite the economic crisis, the meat processing industry is bullish on Christmas ham sales this year, citing Filipino tradition as the saving factor, market players said. The industry registered flat growth during the first half due to the mad cow disease scare.

But according to Eduardo R. Reataza, vice president for sales and marketing of CDO, processors are expected to cash in on the speciality hams business because Filipinos associate Christmas with merry making and feasting.
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