by Jake Davies | Sep 30, 2026 | Company Reports, News
Waitrose has said all of its fresh Christmas turkeys will be British and free range this year, in what it describes as a first for a UK supermarket. The retailer said the move would apply across its fresh festive turkey range and builds on its supply relationship with...
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) | Jun 10, 2021 | Company Reports, News, Subscriber Content
A QUARTER of the UK’s poultrymeat supply chain is signed up to rearing birds in line with Better Chicken Commitment (BCC) standards, according to new analysis. The Humane League, an animal rights charity, said its report showed the foodservice sector, restaurants and...
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) | Jul 21, 2020 | Company Reports, News, Subscriber Content
WAITROSE has said it will introduce mixed-weight packaging in its core British Blacktail egg line to improve supply. In the latest change to egg supply chains prompted by the coronavirus crisis, the retailer said it would sell more small eggs, providing up to half a...
