Golden Egg

"Tesco made the first move, increasing the cost of 12 medium eggs from £2.69 to £2.99 and 12 large from £2.95 to £3.25. The retailer lifted its organic half-dozen packs by 14p. Sainsbury’s, Asda and Morrisons quickly followed with similar increases.

..“The very future of organic egg production has been threatened by the crisis surrounding escalating feed costs and we’ve been pushing the packers for an increase in producer price since February,” said Tom.

“This is a significant lift at retail level and one that gives ample scope for producers to be fully compensated for the extra money they are shelling out for feed. It must not be used by retailers as an opportunity to further boost their margins at the expense of producers.”

..Due to an acute shortage of organically-grown wheat, producers have seen the price of organic poultry rations jump by £60 a tonne to £300. BFREPA calculates this represents an increased cost of 13p for every dozen eggs produced."

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