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Free range eggs sales soar
Sales of free-range eggs have overtaken those from battery farms for the first time says the British Egg Information Service.
More than 50 per cent of eggs bought in February were free-range, while 41% came from caged hens. The remainder came from a mixture of barn and organic farms.
Sales of free range eggs also received a significant boost from Jamie Oliver's Fowl Dinners television programme and the Chicken Out campaign of Hugh Fernley Whittingstall.
There had been an "explosion" in the first three months of the year, said the information service spokesman.
Supermarkets had been quick to reflect the growing consumer interest in free-range products with some only selling free range eggs.
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