by Jake Davies (Editor) | Jul 1, 2021 | Company Reports, News, Subscriber Content
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...
by Jake Davies (Editor) | Jun 9, 2021 | Company Reports, News, Subscriber Content
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...
by Jake Davies (Editor) | Oct 29, 2020 | News, Subscriber Content
COMPANIES are continuing to switch away from caged-hen systems to barn and free-range across the world, a new report has revealed. Compassion In World Farming (CIWF) has released its annual EggTrack report, which asks companies to report on their progress towards...
by Jake Davies (Editor) | Sep 17, 2020 | Company Reports, Market Data, News, Subscriber Content
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...
by Jake Davies (Editor) | Aug 26, 2020 | Company Reports, News, Subscriber Content
TESCO recruited four new egg packers during the peak of the coronavirus pandemic to help it meet demand, according to its agricultural manager for poultry and eggs, John Kirkpatrick. He told a Potters Poultry virtual open day that total egg volume across the UK market...
