Retail pigmeat gross sales have proven welcome development, regardless of increased costs, bucking the overall downward pattern of latest years, the newest Kantar knowledge exhibits.
Pigmeat quantity gross sales grew by 0.9%, equal to just about 2,000 tonnes, to 212.4 million kg within the 12 weeks to Might 18, whereas a 1.5% improve within the common worth resulted in a wholesome 2.4% year-on-year improve in spend to £1.55 billion. Pigmeat’s efficiency was helped by huge year-on-year will increase in each beef and lamb costs over the interval.
Main pigmeat
Nonetheless, there was blended efficiency inside the classes. The much less excellent news was that volumes of main pigmeat cuts, the place the UK is strongest, had been down 3.6% to 31.7m kg over this era. Nonetheless, spend was just about unmoved at slightly below £200m, on the again of a 3.8% improve in common costs.
Complete roasting volumes had been down 8.8%, with leg roasting down 25.4% because of decreases in volumes bought per purchaser, volumes bought per journey and shopper numbers. Loin roasting (-5.2%) and shoulder roasting (-4.2%) additionally recorded quantity declines because of decreases in patrons and frequency of buy, based on Elisya Zain, AHDB retail and client perception analyst.
Nonetheless, chops (+5.8%) and fillet (+2.4%) noticed quantity will increase because of will increase in frequency of buy, whereas increased mince volumes (+2.5%) had been pushed by will increase in frequency of buy and volumes bought per journey.
Processed pigmeat
The general pigmeat quantity improve was partly pushed by a 0.5% improve in processed pigmeat volumes to 122m kg, translating right into a 0.3% improve in spend to £950m, pushed by the performances of gammon and sausages.
Gammon gross sales had been up 8.9% because of a rise in frequency of buy and quantity bought per journey, helped by a lower in common worth per quantity, whereas sausages noticed a 1.5% improve in volumes pushed by will increase in frequency of buy. Bacon volumes had been down 3% and sliced cooked meat volumes gross sales had been 0.2% decrease.
Added worth
The large mover, nevertheless, was added worth, which noticed a 14.9% improve in quantity bought to eight.6m kg. Marinades volumes had been up 28.4% because of a rise in patrons and frequency of purchases, possible pushed by a lower in common worth per quantity.
Sous vide was up 6.3% on the again of a rise in quantity bought per journey and shopper numbers. Prepared-to-cook pig meat noticed a 13.0% improve in volumes because of increased purchaser numbers, quantity bought per journey and frequency of buy, regardless of an 8.1% improve in common worth.
Beef and lamb costs
A giant driver of upper retail demand for pork has been the worth of competing meats. The Kantar knowledge showeda 2.4% drop in retail beef volumes, on the again of a 7.7% rise in retail costs, and an 8.8% drop in lamb gross sales as costs rose by 5.1% over the 12-week interval.
