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...
TESCO has announced new five-year feed tracker contracts with its five shell egg suppliers in a move aimed at offering support to the beleaguered sector. The retailer said its long-term contracts with Anglia Free Range Eggs, Glenrath Farms, Griffiths Family Farms,...
Moving too quickly to reduce stocking densities for broilers in the UK could threaten supplies of home-produced chicken, a leading supermarket warned the industry this week. Speaking at the Pig and Poultry Fair, Tesco agricultural manager John Kirkpatrick said a...
TESCO have joined with WWF in calling for insect production to be scaled up as a substitute for soya in poultry diets. The retailer and WWF said the government should legislate to allow insect-derived proteins to be used in pig and poultry diets. See also: 4 companies...
TESCO is expanding its offering of white eggs by selling mixed colour packs in stores served by the supermarket’s Peterborough depot. The new listing is a mixed pack of white and brown barn eggs at a ratio of 30% white and 70% brown. See also: Free-range egg prices...
