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North Wales Live
20-05-2025
- Business
- North Wales Live
Warning issued for UK households buying potatoes or chicken from M&S and Tesco
UK supermarket shoppers have been alerted about purchasing "chicken and potatoes" from some of the nation's leading retailers. Critics claim that Britain is producing less of its own food than ever, from chicken to spuds, putting the country's self-reliance in jeopardy, with some believing it is potentially bringing us potentially closer to rationing. "The party's over - that's gone. We're in a new era now," Professor Tim Lang of City, University of London, who also introduced the term "food miles", said. "The public is in a complete fantasy world of just thinking Tesco will always deliver," he said. Marks and Spencer is selling spuds imported from Israel and Egypt, to fill in the gaps, while waiting for the new British crop to come through, according to a report in The Times. Tesco, on the other hand, is sourcing spring onions from Egypt and Senegal and offering chicken and sweetcorn sandwiches with non-UK sourced chicken. According to Richard Griffiths, chief executive of the British Poultry Council, domestic poultry production is functioning at "60 to 65 per cent... probably closer to 60 per cent at the moment. "The vast majority [of supermarkets] are being absolutely duplicitous and the moment they think that poultry becomes invisible - in ready meals or sandwiches - they are importing it from Poland, Brazil or Thailand," declared Tom Bradshaw, president of the NFU, reports Birmingham Live. "We're not even self-sufficient in potatoes," lamented Prof Tim Lang. "We're importing them from Egypt, for God's sake, which is drought-stressed. Look at where we get so much of our veg: Murcia, in southeast Spain. It is water-stressed. It is bonkers. "Ten years ago, we were growing about 120,000 hectares of potatoes in this country. We're now down to less than 100,000, so we've had nearly a 20 per cent decline," remarked another farmer. "The fundamental problem we've got in Britain with agriculture and food production is we don't incentivise farmers to grow food," Prof Lang decried. "They're growing for commodities."
Wales Online
20-05-2025
- Business
- Wales Online
Warning issued for UK households buying potatoes or chicken from M&S and Tesco
Our community members are treated to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners. You can check out at any time. More info UK supermarket shoppers have been alerted about purchasing "chicken and potatoes" from some of the nation's leading retailers. Critics claim that Britain is producing less of its own food than ever, from chicken to spuds, putting the country's self-reliance in jeopardy, with some believing it is potentially bringing us potentially closer to rationing. "The party's over - that's gone. We're in a new era now," Professor Tim Lang of City, University of London, who also introduced the term "food miles", said. "The public is in a complete fantasy world of just thinking Tesco will always deliver," he said. Marks and Spencer is selling spuds imported from Israel and Egypt, to fill in the gaps, while waiting for the new British crop to come through, according to a report in The Times. Tesco, on the other hand, is sourcing spring onions from Egypt and Senegal and offering chicken and sweetcorn sandwiches with non-UK sourced chicken. According to Richard Griffiths, chief executive of the British Poultry Council, domestic poultry production is functioning at "60 to 65 per cent... probably closer to 60 per cent at the moment. "The vast majority [of supermarkets] are being absolutely duplicitous and the moment they think that poultry becomes invisible - in ready meals or sandwiches - they are importing it from Poland, Brazil or Thailand," declared Tom Bradshaw, president of the NFU, reports Birmingham Live. "We're not even self-sufficient in potatoes," lamented Prof Tim Lang. "We're importing them from Egypt, for God's sake, which is drought-stressed. Look at where we get so much of our veg: Murcia, in southeast Spain. It is water-stressed. It is bonkers. "Ten years ago, we were growing about 120,000 hectares of potatoes in this country. We're now down to less than 100,000, so we've had nearly a 20 per cent decline," remarked another farmer. "The fundamental problem we've got in Britain with agriculture and food production is we don't incentivise farmers to grow food," Prof Lang decried. "They're growing for commodities." Sign up for the North Wales Live newsletter sent twice daily to your inbox Find out what's happening near you
AU Financial Review
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- AU Financial Review
Forget flowers – how about a bouquet of mushrooms?
Hurtling towards another Mother's Day, that famous line from the film Withnail and I keeps coming to mind: 'Flowers are essentially tarts,' spouts Uncle Monty, played by Richard Griffiths, in the 1987 classic. 'I think the carrot infinitely more fascinating than the geranium.' I wonder what Monty would think of a bouquet of mushrooms?
