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Daily Mail
16-05-2025
- Business
- Daily Mail
M&S, Ocado and Waitrose are latest supermarkets to back British beef
M&S, Ocado and Waitrose are the latest supermarkets to say they will not sell American beef in a major boost for British farmers. The well-heeled grocers told the Mail they will stick with British meat and have no plans to start stocking any beef imported from the US. They join Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda, Morrisons, Aldi, Lidl and the Co-op in saying they will not compromise on their commitment to British farmers and animal welfare standards. The pledge comes as UK and US negotiators thrash out the details of last week's outline agreement on trade. The proposed deal will see the US cut tariffs on British cars from 27.5 per cent to 10 per cent and slash the levy on steel and aluminium to zero. It would also allow up to 13,000 tons of US beef to be imported into Britain tariff-free. That has sparked fears that the UK could be flooded with meat from the US. And although the Government has insisted imports of hormone-treated beef or chlorinated chicken will remain illegal, there are fears food standards could be watered down in a bid to appease Donald Trump. But supermarkets this week distanced themselves from the US. M&S, Waitrose and Ocado yesterday said all beef, milk, pork, salmon, chicken, fresh lamb and eggs will continue to be 100 per cent British. Alex Freudmann, managing director of food at M&S, said: 'We are committed to supporting a vibrant and sustainable British farming sector. 'We partner with our 9,500 UK Select farmers and growers, which means we work side-by-side and speak to them every day to uphold the highest standards in the industry and bring delicious, quality British food to our customers.' Jake Pickering, head of agriculture at Waitrose, said its products were sourced 'from British farmers to high welfare standards'. He added: 'We want to reassure Waitrose customers that we will never compromise on our number one animal welfare standards or our long-standing commitment to British farming. We're standing shoulder-to-shoulder with our farmers and backing better standards.' A spokesman for Ocado added that they will 'continue sourcing from British farmers and prioritise bringing their brilliant produce to our customers'. Tesco boss Ken Murphy this week insisted Britain's largest supermarket was 'not planning to change' its policy of sourcing 100 per cent Irish and British beef. Murphy also told attendees at the World Retail Congress this week that British farming is 'under unprecedented strain'.
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
New menu launch at these five Cumbrian Wetherspoon pubs - see the new items
A POPULAR hospitality chain will start to serve a new range of burgers in five of their Cumbrian venues. The four new gourmet burgers will be served in addition to the burger range already on the Wetherspoon pub's menu, from Wednesday, May 14. The Woodrow Wilson and The William Rufus, both in Botchergate, Carlisle, as well as The Bransty Arch in Bransty Row, Whitehaven, The Henry Bessemer in New Oxford Street, Workington and The Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in Bank Street, Keswick, will all host the new menu items. The new burgers are; Cheese meltdown, with a choice of beef (6oz beef patty) or fried buttermilk chicken. The beef patty or fried buttermilk chicken has American-style cheese, smothered with Emmental & Cheddar cheese sauce. The Big Smoke comprises pulled BBQ beef brisket, American-style cheese, maple-cured bacon, with a choice of beef (6oz beef patty) or fried buttermilk chicken. Buffalo combines fried buttermilk chicken, blue cheese sauce, Naga chilli sauce and American-style cheese, all topped with a spicy chicken wing. BBQ stack is a plant-based patty, stacked with six onion rings and covered with BBQ sauce. Wetherspoon's range of seven gourmet burgers, including these four new additions, are all served with six beer-battered onion rings, iceberg lettuce, tomato and red onion and chips or side salad (on request). All beef burgers served are made with 100 per cent British beef, freshly cooked to order and traceable from farm to fork. The buttermilk chicken in the burgers is made with 100 per cent chicken breast which has been marinated in buttermilk, making the chicken juicy, tender and full of flavour. All gourmet burgers include a drink, as part of the meal price, with a large selection of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks to choose from. The price of a gourmet burger ranges from £10.19 to £11.09 with a soft drink and from £11.72 to £12.62 with an alcoholic drink. The Woodrow Wilson pub manager Daryl Morrison said: 'We are always keen to offer our customers the widest choice of good quality meals at value-for-money prices. 'We believe the four new burgers will prove popular with a wide range of customers.'
