by Poultry Network | Jun 19, 2024 | Company Reports, News, Subscriber Content
TESCO has announced it will cut stocking densities for fresh chicken in its ‘core ranges’ from the second half of 2025. The UK’s largest retailer made the move following a majority of other supermarkets either cutting stocking densities or adopting the ‘European...
by Poultry Network | Aug 2, 2023 | Company Reports, Market Data, News, Subscriber Content
TESCO has said it will lift the restrictions it placed on the sale of packs of fresh eggs in its stores from 2 August. The retailer introduced a three-pack limit in November 2022 after profitability in the egg sector saw a significant decline in the national flock and...
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...
by Jake Davies (Editor) | May 26, 2022 | Company Reports
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,...
by Ken Randall | May 12, 2022 | Company Reports, News, Subscriber Content
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...
