Supermarket to source all beef in UK

A leading supermarket has announced that all its beef will now be bought in Britain, much of it being processed at an East Lancashire abattoir.

All fresh beef sold in Morrisons stores nationwide will be British sourced, a move the company claims is part of its ongoing support for UK farming.

The decision has been praised by East Lancashire farming leaders who said it showed the way forward for other supermarkets.

All Morrisons' fresh meat - beef, lamb, pork and poultry - is now 100 per cent British sourced and Woodhead Brothers, the Colne abattoir that processes a high percentage of the supermarket's meat, will play a key role in this production process.

Morrisons chiefs claim that the East Lancashire site is the largest three species abattoir in the UK, processing around 1,000 cattle, 4,000 sheep and 7,000 pigs every week.

Morrisons, alone among the major supermarkets, processes more than 90 per cent of its fresh meat in-house through joint ventures like Woodhead Brothers.