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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Abigail O'Leary

Supermarket shelves left empty as UK chicken shortage reaches 'breaking point'

Supermarket shelves are being stripped of the much-loved British roast chicken over supply shortages.

It comes as the poultry industry says the situation is at 'breaking point' as producers struggle to cope with soaring energy bills and packaging prices that have left the system “unsustainable.”

The British Poultry Council has warned the sector is “at breaking point” unless supermarkets increase the prices they are paying for birds.

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