Co-op calls on other retailers to do more to help pig sector
Pig producers have backed the Co-op's calls for UK's biggest retailers to do more to issue support to the sector after the supermarket unveiled a £19m pledge.
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Pig producers have backed the Co-op's calls for UK's biggest retailers to do more to issue support to the sector after the supermarket unveiled a £19m pledge.
The move follows a public letter to the supermarket giant claiming farmers would go out of business.
Tesco has announced a total of £10m in funding for the UK pig industry to offset soaring on-farm costs. The UK’s largest supermarket chain has provided
Extra £6.6m in support takes total to £10m, after criticism supermarket was not paying ‘fair price’ for pork
Tesco has today announced £6.6 million in funding for pig producers after the sector singled out the retailer for not doing enough to support it.