|
All figures relate to 2004
Egg market size
|
|
UK production
|
8,961 million eggs
|
|
Imports
|
1,439 million eggs
|
|
Exports
|
167 million eggs
|
|
|
|
No of eggs eaten in UK
|
|
Total per annum
|
10,234 million
|
|
Per capita
|
174
|
|
Number per day
|
28 million
|
|
|
|
Market shares (approx, by volume)
|
|
Retail
|
48%
|
|
Egg products
|
23%
|
|
Wholesale/catering
|
29%
|
|
|
|
Market value
|
|
Retail market
|
£568m
|
|
|
|
Retail sector – outlet shares
|
|
Multiples
|
82%
|
|
Co-ops
|
3.4%
|
|
Independents
|
2.6%
|
|
Butchers
|
2.2%
|
|
Milkmen
|
1.9%
|
|
Others
|
7.9%
|
|
|
|
Egg type breakdown
|
Total market
|
|
Laying cage
|
66%
|
|
Free range
|
27%
|
|
Barn
|
7%
|
Retail sector
|
|
Laying cage
|
63%
|
|
Free range
|
32% (within which organic 3%)
|
|
Barn
|
5%
|
|
No of UK laying birds
|
28 million
|
|
|
|
Average yield (eggs per bird pa)
|
292
|
|
No of UK laying flocks
|
32,525
|
Of which
|
31,567 with under 5,000 laying birds
|
|
|
643 with 5,000 – 20,000 laying birds
|
|
|
315 with 20,000+ laying birds
|
|
No of UK packing stations
|
1,409
|
(All figures relate to 2004)
|
|
