Meat

Restaurants across Australia and New Zealand are being encouraged to sign on to a new set of standards that aim to provide better welfare for chickens raised for meat, after the Agriculture Department of Australia released new standards of practice…

In 2021 and 2022, the Brazilian economy faced many challenges related to inflation, and most consumers lost purchasing power. According to the Brazilian Forum for Food Sovereignty and Food and Nutritional Security, Brazil reverted to levels of hunger…

Overall, pork in Thailand has been undergoing challenging circumstances, as the retail pork price has experienced a sharp increase, and reached all-time highs since the beginning of 2022, due to a significant decline in pork production and supply.…

Meat in Japan is set to continue to see a marginal increase in total volume sales in 2022, after experiencing a significant decline in 2020 after COVID-19 hit the country. The marginal increase in total volume sales will mainly be driven by the…

Meat faced significant challenges in Italy over 2022. Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 exacerbated the already existing supply chain issues that came to light over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. For instance, Ukraine is a key…

Germany has fairly high consumption levels of meat. Chicken and pork can be found at low prices in every supermarket and discounter, but beef is also popular, with many Germans eating meat at least once a day. Per capita consumption of pork is…

The price of pork has been increasing in 2022, because the cost of animal feed has been rising as a result of high inflation and increasing import costs. In addition, this has been a rebound after seeing strong price declines in 2020 and 2021, when…

The number of Spaniards who were reducing their meat consumption was gradually increasing before the pandemic. However, the pandemic had a strong impact on this group of consumers, some of whom temporarily turned back to the consumption of animal…

Following strong and sustained growth in 2020, retail volume sales of meat in France began to decline in 2021, and have also been significantly disrupted in 2022, due to several important factors creating supply shortages, pushing prices up and…

Retail prices of fresh meat have been particularly volatile throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Closures of meat plants and supply chain disruptions in 2020 led to limited supply and higher prices for meat, which persisted throughout the year. Ongoing…

In 2022, pork is expected to remain by far the largest meat category in China, despite prices soaring as the market has begun a new cycle, with supply reduced to a more reasonable level in line with consumer demand. In 2022, consumption is set to…

During COVID-19 there was a lot of negativity and myths around eating meat. Many posts and blogs on social media, and lot of articles in newspapers claimed that meat was a natural spreader of the virus, and suggested that it was not wise to eat meat…

Meat sales registered a positive total volume growth rate in 2022, due to the solid performance of poultry and beef. Meat prices remain high due to increasing production costs and the rising cost of animal feed, which registered a high price increase…

Despite being a meat-loving nation, retail demand for meat in South Africa is declining in 2022 as food prices soar across multiple categories, increasing monthly grocery spend. Higher value growth is being driven by increasing unit prices rather…

Retail volume sales of meat, particularly the largest volume categories of pork and poultry, were given a boost in 2020 due to the COVID-19 lockdown when consumers largely remained at home, along with the widespread closure of foodservice outlets and…

Meat saw steady growth in retail volume terms in 2022, although the performances of the categories were varied, with this being dictated by various factors. In 2022 meat producers were hit by inflationary pressures as the cost of essential raw…

The easing of lockdown restrictions in 2021 switched the consumption of meat back from retail to the foodservice and institutional channels to a great extent. Beef and veal recorded the strongest decline in retail volume sales in 2021, driven by the…

As the nation was gradually returning to normalcy after the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy, it was greeted by the launch of Dubai Expo, which further coincided with the lifting of restrictions on international and local travel and…