date:Jul 15, 2014
Consumers in the UK spent more money on beef over the past year, but the volume of sales was also down, according to the Livestock and Meat Commission in Northern Ireland (LMC).
It says expenditure on beef in the UK totalled 2.1 billion in the year ending May 25, 2014, a 2% increase on the previous 52-week period according to the latest consumer data from Kantar.
The increase in expenditure on beef has occurred despite a 5% contraction in the volume of UK sales and has been driven by an increa