MARKS & SPENCER has become the first national retailer to switch entirely to the Better Chicken Commitment (BCC) for fresh poultry. The supermarket has made the switch four years earlier than is generally asked for by groups campaigning for the change, with the...
FIFTH-generation Welshpool farmer, Ed Gittins, has been announced as the Welsh winner of this year’s Low Carbon Farming Pioneer Award in the Royal Welsh Show M&S Select Farm Awards. As the Low Carbon Farming Pioneer winner, Ed was invited to receive his award...
MARKS & SPENCER has accelerated its timetable for switching its fresh chicken to the Better Chicken Commitment (BCC) by four years, meaning it will be the first British retailer to do so. It said that by Autumn 2022, all fresh chicken (23.5 million a year) would...
A QUARTER of the UK’s poultrymeat supply chain is signed up to rearing birds in line with Better Chicken Commitment (BCC) standards, according to new analysis. The Humane League, an animal rights charity, said its report showed the foodservice sector, restaurants and...
FRENCH RETAIL GIANT E.Leclerc has signed up to the European Chicken Commitment (ECC), the last of the country’s major supermarket chains to do so. It means that most chicken sold at retail in the country will come from birds produced to the ECC standard, where...
