The weekly Sunday roast may be under threat this year, as the UK faces a looming chicken crisis and the possibility of more fruit and vegetable shortages, industry experts have warned.
More than 40 per cent of the meat we eat in Britain is chicken – making it the nation’s favourite meat by far. It’s especially popular with families, with a third eating chicken several times a week, but the British Poultry Council warned that rising costs are pushing poultry farms to the brink and many owners are now having to decide between cutting the size of their flocks or not continuing altogether.
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