October 2, 2009

The UK egg market is set to enjoy a third consecutive year of growth, as sales rose about 70 million eggs, according to third quarter sales figures by the British Egg Information Service (BEIS).

 

Growth in the market has been fuelled by free-range egg sales, which have increased by nearly a quarter since 2006. Free-range eggs now account for more than 40 percent of total retail egg sales.

 

The consecutive years of growth follows after many years of decline, suggesting that the retail egg market has now settled into a period of long-term growth, said BEIS.