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Pig Farmers Urge Tesco To Help Crisis-Hit Sector Or Risk Losing UK Supply Base

Tesco has been criticised over its failure to support crisis-hit British pig farmers, as smaller rival Waitrose extended a £16m lifeline to help suppliers manage the jump in production costs caused by Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Read the full article on The Guardian website

NAM Implications:
  • Key to focus on what could arise from losing the UK supply base.
  • i.e. the government lowering the import standards for pork ‘for the good of the country’…
  • Doubts? Think chicken imports…