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Farming industry efforts to maintain sales of meat and dairy in January – the same month as the Veganuary campaign encouraging people to adopt a vegan diet – have paid off with sales of both up on the year.
Scottish red meat levy body Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) said an additional 912,000 retail meat purchases were made in Scotland in the four weeks to January 24, compared to the same period in 2020.
Farmer efforts to keep meat and dairy on the menu in January pay off
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Chief Executive of Scotland Food & Drink, James Withers, is urging firms to try and cut food waste and energy use to reduce bills AS one of the largest industry sectors in Scotland, food and drink has long been a leader across a raft of disciplines, from advances in new product innovation and packaging to marketing and establishing export markets. It’s a dynamic industry, too, with a £15 billion turnover and more than 119,000 employees. Despite the challenges of the global pandemic, the industry refuses to shy away from its vision for future growth, and industry leadership organisation Scotland Food & Drink is continuing efforts to work towards its Ambition 2030 vision, where the target is to double the size of the country s food and drink industry to £30 billion turnover by 2030.
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