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RECENT TRENDS HAVE shown that sales of value cuts of lamb have increased significantly over the last year.
Bord Bia said today consumers are “embracing the lesser known cuts of lamb” with sales of mince up 35 per cent in the past year and gigot chop sales up by 32 per cent.
Meanwhile, the traditional leg of lamb is gaining popularity, seeing a 25 per cent rise in sales in the last year.
Speaking to TheJournal.ie, consumer and trade marketing manager at Bord Bia, Theresa Brophy, said that “across all food sectors people are looking for value for money”.
“There’s a move overall to better value cuts and over the last number of years in the lamb category there have been a wider range of cuts available,” she said. “Sales of gigot chops and lamb mince are going up particularly at this time of year, which is peak season, and I think people are recognising the value of lamb in terms of flavour, how versatile it is, and the health values”.
Sales of lamb in Ireland are worth about €100 million annually and overall sales in July were up 19 per cent compared to last year.
Brophy said that meat sales have remained “relatively stable” despite the horsemeat scandal with consumers becoming “more aware of the need for traceability, right back to the producer”.
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Use a slow cooker, in doing so the cheapest cuts of meat are cooked beautifully and tender.
You’re making me hungry Patricia…
Hi michelle, can you inspire us mere mortals with a lamb recipe!
Lamb donor kebab in Zaytoons.
Sorry Paddy, I have to confess, I’m not that great a cook…
Abbra so!
Sorry but eating animals is wrong.
It’ll be held in the same regard as slavery in the future’s history books.
People don’t like having their lifestyles threatened and usually come up with very intelligent comments like ‘But they’re dumber than us’ or ‘They’re here for us to eat’- as if there was a big conference thousands of years ago between us and them where it was decided they would serve as food for us.
There’s more variety in a plant based diet.
Stop the cruelty.
That is without doubt the most ridiculous comment I’ve ever read anywhere
What’s ridiculous about it? Any rebuttal or are you just good at making dramatic comments?
Your Facebook account says you’re in the agri business and there’s a whole lot of advertisement links to selling cows??
The bias makes sense now.
I like a bit of goat myself
I much rather a nice piece of slow roasted hoggit.
Much tastier than lamb.
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