Tesco has been criticized by animal welfare and farming groups for cutting the retail price of its standard whole chicken from £3.99 to £1.99 which has increased its sales to 75% but according to the researchers it has also reduced their welfare standards. It has been reported that more than a quarter of broiler chickens have difficulty walking due to the poor locomotion and also chickens are not able to express natural behaviour which is part of the ‘Five Freedom’ principal.
Even with all these criticism, Tesco has continued to say that they do apply the ‘Five Freedom’ principals but according to Hugh Fearnley who is a celebrity chef and a campaigner against Tesco, these claims are out of line with the living conditions that he has witnessed in the standard chicken sheds. A number of questions have been raised about Tesco’s ‘Five Freedom’ principal statement such as, if they do apply these significant animal welfare principals which are quite costly then how are they able to sell their standard chicken at such a low price of £1.99. Tesco has also pushed the prices down so far that some UK farmers are very close to bankruptcy and 2,000 independent stores went out of business in 2008.
Even with all these criticism, Tesco has continued to say that they do apply the ‘Five Freedom’ principals but according to Hugh Fearnley who is a celebrity chef and a campaigner against Tesco, these claims are out of line with the living conditions that he has witnessed in the standard chicken sheds. A number of questions have been raised about Tesco’s ‘Five Freedom’ principal statement such as, if they do apply these significant animal welfare principals which are quite costly then how are they able to sell their standard chicken at such a low price of £1.99. Tesco has also pushed the prices down so far that some UK farmers are very close to bankruptcy and 2,000 independent stores went out of business in 2008.
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