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Cooking and eating
1 April 2022
Sales of red meat pre-prepared meals have grown 2.4% in the last year, with the number of shoppers choosing convenient meals now at a five-year high.
2 January 2024
Retail value sales of ready meals are at a 5 year high as shoppers turn to convenience meals.
12 November 2024
As the cost of living dramatically increases and consumers feel a degree of financial pressure not experienced since the 2008 financial crisis, we explore what are the causes of this, what is the effect on consumer behaviour and what will be the likely outcomes for meat and dairy sales.
2 January 2024
Exports are the engine which drives economic growth. Every year, the UK exports around £1.5 billion worth of red meat around the globe, with more than 550,000 tonnes of sheep meat, beef, and pig meat shipped in 2021.
2 January 2024
Veganuary led to a rise in retail sales of meat alternatives but the sector’s growth has begun to decelerate, with market share remaining small.
4 February 2022
February is a ‘rare’ month for steak, with people 14 times more likely to indulge in a tender cut than at any other time of the year.
27 January 2022
The latest results of our AHDB/Blue Marble study show that consumer perceptions of agriculture remain very positive with almost two thirds (63%) feeling very or somewhat positive towards British agriculture.
1 December 2021
Processed red meat accounts for 39% of value sales and 96% of households bought a processed meat product in the last year.
18 January 2022
During the first lockdown we saw a baking boom. With the return to a more normal way of life home baking and pre-packed flour sales have declined over the last year.
16 November 2021
Volumes of continental meats are up 12% year on year and up 30% on the same period in 2019.