🍽️ Food Industry Highlights: January 20–26, 2025

🔔 Marks & Spencer Chicken Recall

• 🚨 Recall Alert: Marks & Spencer recalls Crispy Southern Fried Chicken Burgers and Chicken Kyivs in Northern Ireland due to salmonella concerns.
• 🗓️ Affected use-by dates: January 26, 30, 31, and February 1, 2025.
• 💡 Tip: Customers can return products for a full refund.

🥚 Bird Flu Soars, Egg Prices Spike

• 📈 Egg prices hit $4 per carton, up from $2.50 last year, as bird flu affects 13M birds in the U.S.
• 🐔 First human death reported in Louisiana; experts warn of potential mutations.
• 🍳 Impact: Livestock and other animals are also at risk.

🍔 McDonald’s Faces Union Push in Australia

• 🤝 Retail unions demand McDonald’s enter multi-employer bargaining for thousands of workers.
• ⚖️ Case heads to the Fair Work Commission in February, with industry-wide implications.

📉 GLP-1 Medications Impact Food Spending

• 💊 Users of Ozempic and similar drugs cut grocery spending by 5.5%.
• 🛒 Biggest drops in ultra-processed snacks and sweets.
• 🏠 Higher-income households saw an 8.6% spending reduction.

🍻 Guinness-Flavored Crisps at Aldi

• 🥨 Aldi launches Guinness-flavored crisps in original and chili flavors ahead of Six Nations rugby.
• 💰 £1.35 for a 150g bag; stocks are limited—grab them while you can!