No British sliced chicken breast at Tesco

I don't know whether the situation has changed since this article was written in 2010:

www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/thai-chicken-better-than-most-british-production-says-rspca-2124580.html

Well that is a surprise growstuff, the article is from 2010, I will try and find some more information but thank you for posting that..

Zoejory

FlexibleFriend

I'm aware of chicken coming from Thailand and avoid it.

Good job. They have zero road sense

But it only wants to get to the other side ?

Unfortunately it's necessary to check the labels on everything now.
I think it is very hysterically produced (I saw a programme years ago about a Thai chicken factory) but are they free range? Probably not. But then neither is much of the poultry produced in the UK.
Food miles is a big issue too.

If I did that I'd probably discover half of it underneath the frozen peas & long past edible, on a freezer defrost. My freezer memory is terrible so it would probably be more wasteful for me to do that than to buy exactly what I need & eat it all.Not that I'm not aghast at chicken being imported from Thailand.

Autocorrect!
Hygienically not hysterically

Callistemon

Autocorrect!
Hygienically not hysterically

?????

growstuff

I don't know whether the situation has changed since this article was written in 2010:

www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/thai-chicken-better-than-most-british-production-says-rspca-2124580.html

Probably about the time I saw the programme about Thai produced chicken, growstuff.

In fact, much of the chicken in prepared dishes is from overseas, not just that sold by Tesco.

I always check where chicken comes from. Only buy any meat produced in UK, or get from local butcher and cook , then slice, for sandwiches. Plus is no added salt or preservatives.

Freezers: we have three yes I know, but I do a lot of baking! Everything is labelled. I keep a chart (saved on my pc) on the door of my kitchen freezer with everything listed. As things are used they are crossed off, once a week I prepare a new list and print it off. This way I know exactly what frozen stuff I have and when it was frozen.

It’s no effort to cook a chicken breast in the oven when the oven is on for something else and you can season it to suit your own tastes.

Or - just eat something else instead? Have you watched the Tesco UK production film? (I can't imagine how things could possibly be even worse in Thailand.) They have to live in their own sh*t for the entire 5 weeks of their lives. Still fancy chicken?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7h9MiH2gsY&t=214s

SpringyChicken

It’s no effort to cook a chicken breast in the oven when the oven is on for something else and you can season it to suit your own tastes.

It is, if you hardly ever use your oven.

SpringyChicken

It’s no effort to cook a chicken breast in the oven when the oven is on for something else and you can season it to suit your own tastes.

Not everyone is a domestic goddess! Some of us just like to buy cooked meat for variety and speed.

Try this. Aldi. £1.45 and not only is it excellent value for money, it's also British.

non domestic, or any other kind of, goddess here.
not everybody can cook. or slice something neatly if they can.
anyway OP, i was going to suggest you try lidl or aldi, as they pride themselves on sourcing british and irish produce where poss. and reasonable prices. and not overwhelming choices.
which is why i like them, esp lidl. though i don't eat meat.
hope you get on alright. happy hunting.

Thanks all, as I don’t drive it will be hard for me to get to an Aldi But a lydl is within walking distance so will definitely try there …??

growstuff

SpringyChicken

It’s no effort to cook a chicken breast in the oven when the oven is on for something else and you can season it to suit your own tastes.

It is, if you hardly ever use your oven.

Same here don’t use the oven very often at all…

I don’t shop at Tesco but online the chicken breast slices in their Finest range are British . Is this range online only , or only stocked in certain branches ?

Waitrose chicken is British .

www.waitrose.com/ecom/shop/search?&searchTerm=chicken%20slices

I just checked the Tesco website. Tesco's cheapest sliced chicken (the Eastman's range) is labelled as produce of Thailand, but all the others are labelled as British or EU.

growstuff

I just checked the Tesco website. Tesco's cheapest sliced chicken (the Eastman's range) is labelled as produce of Thailand, but all the others are labelled as British or EU.

The photo I put at the beginning of the thread was for sliced chicken breast Tesco it was not the cheap range..

Callistemon, it's necessary to check the labels on everything now.
Yes.
I'm afraid I've been reading labels since 1974! It's very annoying.
I wish I could just trust what I was eating.

Shinamae

growstuff

I just checked the Tesco website. Tesco's cheapest sliced chicken (the Eastman's range) is labelled as produce of Thailand, but all the others are labelled as British or EU.

The photo I put at the beginning of the thread was for sliced chicken breast Tesco it was not the cheap range..

Hmmm! That's odd! I must admit I don't buy sliced chicken, so I can't check the actual packages.

NotSpaghetti

*Callistemon*, it's necessary to check the labels on everything now.
Yes.
I'm afraid I've been reading labels since 1974! It's very annoying.
I wish I could just trust what I was eating.

If I go shopping with DH he asks "Why are you gazing at stuff?!"
I'm reading the labels.

Chewbacca

Try this. Aldi. £1.45 and not only is it excellent value for money, it's also British.

The Union Jack on the front gives a clue as well

Callistemon

Autocorrect!
Hygienically not hysterically

I prefer hysterically. Got a great image going on.