Poultry consumption in Spain, up by 25%
Spaniards are consuming more poultry products during the coronavirus crisis, shows a report from the Spanish Association of Poultry Producers (Propollo). According to the industry body, the demand in the distribution channel for chicken, turkey and other birds has increased at the national level by 25%, compared to the previous normal volume, which was around 24,000 tons per week.
Madrid, Catalonia and Andalusia are the provinces that reported the largest increase in demand for poultry meat over the last three weeks of March. Madrid, the first to adopt school closure measures, registered an increase in demand of more than 410 tons only on March 10 and 11, (15%), which has risen to the average national rate of 25% in the period analyzed.
During the first week of general confinement, Catalonia recorded a peak in demand with 13.8% (470 tons); while in Andalusia it was 10% (520 tons). At a national level, retailers have sold more than 6,000 extra tons in the week of March 9 to 15, when the state of alarm for the coronavirus began; 3,600 tons in the week of March 16 to 22, and has normalized again in the week of March 23 to 29. tHat helped to level at some extent the losses expected after the closure of foodservice sector in the country, according to the report. "Currently, the sector keeps all its production centers active and is currently committed to the health of workers to continue with the normal supply of the market, to stabilize the demand curve for the month of April. The management team is in permanent contact with the Public and Health Administrations to inform the sector of the different changes in the guidelines, being one of the industries with the highest demands and standards in biosecurity for all personnel," declared Jordi Montfort, general secretary of Propollo and spokesperson for the association, for Carnica magazine.
In total, Propollo brings together more than 65 companies, with more than 5,000 farms and production centers, 281 cutting and processing rooms, and directly employs more than 40,000 professionals, representing 90% of the sector.
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