UK - Lamb bounces back with increase in volume sales

 
After a sustained period of gloom lamb is bouncing back in popularity among British consumers with volume sales on the up.
 
Latest figures* revealed that in the 12-week period to September 2, volume sales of lamb rose by 14 per cent to 15,656 tonnes year-on-year, with £131 million being spent on the product, up six per cent year-on-year. In the four-week period to September 2 alone, volume sales were up two per cent at 4,753 tonnes.
 
The 12-week year-on-year increase has come amid a fall in the average retail price of lamb for the same period of seven per cent to £8.35 p/kg.
 
Mike Whittemore, EBLEX head of trade marketing, said: “Volume lamb sales have been doing well since April, driven largely by greater supply. While we have seen a fall in the retail price, the popularity of the product when widely available demonstrates that consumers do see lamb as a versatile meat which represents value for money.”
 
Lamb has been the focus of a recent marketing push by EBLEX with its Five Star Lamb Tour, aimed at getting it back on the menu in foodservice establishments. It is also running a three-year Discover Lamb campaign, promoting new lamb cuts to highlight the product’s versatility.
 
*Source - Kantar Worldpanel/AHDB.

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