SAINSBURY’S has overhauled its whole chicken packaging while lowering the stocking density of birds supplying its fresh and frozen own-brand poultry ranges. According to the retailer, the packaging changes will save 140 tonnes of plastic every year. See also:...
SAINSBURY’S has been criticised by an organic egg farmer for stocking Italian barn eggs on shelves in its local store. The Macs Farm, an award-winning free-range egg producer from Sussex took to Facebook to criticise the supermarket for stocking imported egg....
MAJOR retailers have pledged multi-million-pound support packages for the egg sector following widespread publicity of shortages on supermarket shelves. But despite price rises, it will be some time before the UK’s laying hen flock recovers from cutbacks in...
SAINSBURY’S has said it will up the price it pays packers by 20%, following a similar 20% uplift made in June this year. Richard Crampton, director of fresh food at the retailer, said in a statement, “it was clear” inflationary challenges were...
SAINSBURY’S has said it will lower broiler stocking density to 30kg/sq m for its own-brand chicken in a bid to improve bird welfare by March 2023. The supermarket said it would work with supplier Moy Park to grow birds with 20% more space than the UK standard for all...
