2013 horse meat scandal restaurant and pub industry, announced that some of its frozen burgers supplied by Silvercrest tested positive for horse DNA. A spokesman said that Makro no longer sold the product in question. On 14 February 2013, the French government stated that French meat processing company À la Table de Spanghero knowingly sold horse meat labelled as beef, and that their licence was suspended while an inquiry continues. Spanghero imported meat from Romania and sold it on to another French company, Comigel, which made frozen ready meals at its factory in Luxembourg. French Consumer Affairs Minister Benoît Hamon said the meat had
Value brands in the United Kingdom grocery brand. M savers is Morrisons value brand. This replaced 'Value' which in turn was a replacement for 'Bettabuy'. "Simply Value" was the Co-operative Food's value brand, inherited after its acquisition of Somerfield. It had a habit of being a bit more expensive than its big four counterparts, with simply value baked beans being sold at 30p (versus 25p in Tesco) and orange juice being sold at £1.69 for 2 litres (85p per litre) whereas Tesco sells it for 65p per litre. These value brands are not value brands as such but are competing with the big five's own-label products,