by Poultry Network | Sep 25, 2024 | Company Reports, News, Subscriber Content, Sustainability-Hub
SAINSBURY’S has shared details of research which highlights improvements to broiler welfare outcomes when they are stocked at 30kg/sq m. Gavin Hodgson, director of agriculture at Sainsbury’s, described the move to lower stocking as “one of the most significant...
by Poultry Network | Aug 29, 2024 | Company Reports, News, Subscriber Content, Sustainability-Hub
SAINSBURY’S has announced a development group that it says will support the producers in its supply chain. It will be in collaboration with the three main egg packers that Sainsbury’s uses, and will involve taking a “leadership position on pay for...
by Jake Davies (Editor) | Apr 11, 2023 | Company Reports, News, Sustainability-Hub
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:...
by Jake Davies (Editor) | Feb 23, 2023 | Company Reports, News, Subscriber Content
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....
by Jake Davies (Editor) | Nov 29, 2022 | Market Data, News, Subscriber Content
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...
