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Record last quarter retail sales have helped the UK egg market grow to heights unseen since the salmonella crisis in the 1980s. The last quarter of 2010 saw a 5% year-on-year rise in volume sales of eggs – one of the biggest periods for growth in recent years. The total egg market grew...

Women spend on average nine hours a week cooking*, but a new recipe collection by chef and TV presenter Gizzi Erskine will help busy cooks save precious minutes in the kitchen. The dozen recipes have a cooking time between just 1 and 12 minutes – making most quicker than the average TV ad...

With sales on the up and health experts praising their nutritional properties there are more reasons than ever to enjoy eggs during Farmhouse Breakfast Week (23-29 January 2011). A recent study revealed that eggs are one of the most nutrient-dense foods that money can buy, and all major...

In light of dioxin contamination of animal feed in Germany, the British Egg Industry Council has urged food manufacturers, caterers and retailers to specify British Lion eggs and egg products to ensure the highest standards of food safety. The Code of Practice for British Lion eggs...

A-list celebrities including Coleen Rooney and Alesha Dixon are joining the growing number of women who are choosing eggs to keep in shape. Coleen Rooney reportedly shed her baby weight by starting her day on a protein-rich egg breakfast, Alesha Dixon is a fan of poached eggs on toast and...

A cracking competition to win a microwave has closed after generating more than 1,600 entries and will see five lucky winners receive a Bosch microwave just in time for Christmas. But don’t despair, you can still download our handy microwave guide, which includes a range of quick and easy...

Consumers are getting cracking in the kitchen, according to new figures showing egg sales are growing dramatically, rising by more then 5%* during October, well ahead of industry expectations. The sales hike, equating to some 17m eggs, builds on excellent September figures, which itself...

Britain has fallen back in love with the egg, according to new figures released by British Lion eggs. The latest retail sales data shows it’s no yolk, as 12m more eggs* were consumed in September, compared with the same period a year ago. Overall sales have risen by more than 60m in the...

The British Egg Information Service (BEIS) has been spreading the good news about eggs among GPs this Autumn. A campaign targeting this key group of opinion leaders has included hard-hitting advertisements in their two key weekly professional magazine titles, GP and Pulse, as well as...

Brits will boil, scramble, poach and fry their way through more than a billion eggs this October, according to figures released to mark the start of British Egg Week (4-10 October). October is set to join Easter as one of the most popular times for eating eggs, with monthly sales reaching...