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Egg prices fall as market squeeze continues

The dismal news that everyone in the egg sector was fearing has come to fruition, with major packers Stonegate and Oaklands cutting prices by a reported 5p/doz to their free-range suppliers, and others likely to follow suit. The move comes at a time when producers can least afford it, with feed prices...

Posted to Poultry Platform (Forum) by phil clarke on Wed, Feb 23 2011
Re: Glenrath Farms

[quote user="fastbikes"] "Supermakets are still charging a fortune for a dozen eggs greedy bas#tards." [/quote] Many things are conspiring to make the egg market an uncomforatble place to be. But Andrew Opie of the British Retail Consortium thinks the supermarkets have done a great...

Posted to Poultry Platform (Forum) by phil clarke on Sun, Jan 9 2011
Supermarkets not to blame for egg price collapse...

Andrew Opie of the British Retail Consortium put up a robust defense of the supermarkets' actions in relation to the collapse in egg prices on today's Farming Today on Radio 4. According to Mr Opie, the retailers have been paying a sustainable price to packers and producers, have helped promote...

Posted to Poultry Platform (Forum) by phil clarke on Wed, Jan 5 2011

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