Sales boost for butchers amid fiasco

Sales in butcher shops across Ireland are up by as much as 20% in the wake of the ongoing horsemeat fiasco.

Speaking after it emerged that Irish food manufacturer Greencore has now been drawn into the controversy, CEO of the Associated Craft Butchers of Ireland, John Hickey, said its members had seen a significant boost in sales as a result of the ongoing crisis.

“We are continually monitoring our butchers and the feedback we are getting is that business is up between 10% to 12% amongst town and rural butchers and between 18% to 20% in the cities. It’s really been as strong as that. There have been reports of queues outside butchers in some areas at the weekends,” he said.