Despite prices slipping at abattoirs, Asda, Morrisons, Sainsburys and Tesco, are doing little to attract Scottish consumers into their stores as the amount of home produced beef and lamb on their supermarket shelves is again well down on November, 2019, levels.

Figures for The Scottish Farmer’s Retail Radar for the week commencing July 6, reveal just 11% of the beef range in Asda was Scotch and there was no lamb from Scotland on its shelves.

More disappointing is the fact that British-owned Sainsbury’s had just 17% of it’s beef lines being Scotch, with 45% of it’s lamb from north of the Border.

Similarly, the amount of Scotch beef and lamb in Tesco stores has slipped to 45% and 4%, respectively, compared to figures in November, 2019.

Morrisons, which claims to support British farmers, is not that much better with 58% of it’s fresh beef and lamb originating from north of the Border in both sectors.

Ironically, German-owned Aldi and Lidl, continue to support the Scottish market with the former boasting 94% of its beef and 79% of its lamb originating in Scotland, with all other products being British.

Lidl’s core range of Scotch beef and lamb comprises 84% and 43%, respectively, with British barbecue products accounting for the remainder.

Summary

% of Scotch % of Non Scotch Imports

Beef Nov-19 60% 40%

wc 06/07/20 52% 48% 7%

Lamb Nov-19 54% 46%

wc 6/7/20 35% 65% 24%

Percentage of range that is Scotch

Beef Lamb

Nov 19 W/C 6/7/20 Nov 19 W/C 6/7/20

Aldi 100% 94% 100% 79%

Asda 15% 11% 19% 0%

Co-op 67% 57% 67% 38%

Lidl 100% 84% 100% 43%

Morrisons 70% 58% 75% 58%

Sainsburys 15% 17% 57% 45%

Tesco 78% 45% 67% 4%