It was the large multiples that demanded the continual cut to beef prices, Tesco led the charge and now they are crying foul. Irish beef producers (farmers) are among the most closely monitored in the world and they are the ones who will suffer if this problem continues to focus on Irish beef. Tesco DO NOT CARE where their beef comes from just so long as its cheap. The mathematics of the 10c burger never stacked up an Tesco where well aware of the filler used to drive down cost but they where still happy to call this junk meat 100% beef. Sorry Tesco but you are liars.

Now I know why my father was able to buy a new corolla in 1990 from the sale of 7 cull cows because their was no horse meat to be had in the food chain. Today I would bave to sell 28 cull cows to buy a new corolla car. Why you may ask because we all now know the reason the factories would not pay the correct price for the product because the supermarkets and the factories were buying horsemeat at €1000 / ton cow beef is €4000/ton. hense why the farmer was been squeezed all the time while the other two industries were maintaining their profits. Now we all know how they could sell meat products at major discount.
What is going to happen now is the price of cull cows at the mart will raise because their is at least a 25% vacuum to fill the supermarket’s can’t raise their price because tbey are now sell a 100% beef products

No Tesco won’t put price up of beef because that would be too obvious, instead they will increase the price of everything else. They are so sly and think we are all stupid and don’t notice but most do notice and just shop elsewhere…..

One of the reasons the beef scandal happened is the pressure that tesco and all the other supermarkets put on their suppliers to produce food at ever cheaper prices. Tesco and the like, screw suppliers big time . When you see discounts and two for one offers the shops aren’t themselves taking the hit, it’s the farmers and producers. The beef crises was inevitable really: we need to go back to local butchers, co-ops etc. there is a reason cheap food is cheap . If you must have burgers make your own it’s not hard to do.

eat real food, and forget about the processed crap. end of. looking for trouble otherwise…

What a load of spin from Tesco. The fact is they were instrumental in bringing the horsemeat scandal about – by cutting prices to suppliers to rock bottom levels some suppliers then cut corners by using the cheaper horsemeat. Personally, I will never buy meat of any description from Tesco ever again.

Hey Supermarkets, heres my changes.
1) Never eat processed meat, especially from a SM.
2)Always use my local butcher and have him mince meat infront of me.
3) Try avoid All processed food.

Beef meaning beef would be a good change

Thanks to this horse meat scandal my 12 year old refuses to eat meat. I am fed up trying to think of dinners for her!

Prices have been squeezed so much by big retailers that U am not in the least surprised by the horse scandal. Burgers for eleven cents had to be dodgy. Lasagne for a euro had to be dodgy. Does not however excuse fraud. People should be jailed.

Sounds like they’re closing the stable door after the…well you know the rest…sorry, couldn’t resist.

Never shop in tesco’s. it’s too expensive. Aldi, my local butchers and occasionally dunnes for extra’s. Can’t understand how anyone with a family could afford to shop in tesco’s every week but I know plenty that do.

Tesco and other multiples are a factor on the scandal. They force suppliers to provide products at unrealistic prices and this leads to the type of scam involving horse meat. Tesco, Dunnes, Aldi etc need to provide a proper structure for the buying and sourcing of food products. They need to pay a fair price that they give to producers. They make millions of profit in Ireland.

I really should make the effort to walk the extra ten minutes to Lidl instead.

Ill never buy meat in tescos again … I don’t hear anything about Aldi in the news as I think they hold them selves to a higher standard in production! I buy all my meet from the local butcher but Aldi is next in line

Here’s one change TESCO ; PUBLISH YOUR ACCOUNTS AND LET US SEE HOW MUCH OF THE MONEY THAT OUR GOVERNMENTS ARE PREPARED TO BORROW YOU STUFF DOWN YOUR POCKETS …. AND THEN WE CAN SEE IF YOU HAVE PAID ENOUGH TAX ! Like the rest of us …… any comment on the reports that for every job created by a multinational supermarket 9 jobs are lost in the local economy …..
No?…….. didn’t think so !

Part of the new tests being introduced, is an Animal recognition course, all of the Tesco’s workers involved in sourcing meat will be brought to kids corner in Dublin zoo, there they will be shown farm animals, common animals such as piggys moo cows and sheep that should make an apperance on your plate when you order meat. Then they will jump on a courtesy bus at no expence to the Tesco shopper i might add and be whisked away to Fairy house and shown animals that should not appear on your plate……

Hopefully the increase in popularity with butchers meat will increase competition in effect lowering prices and contributing to our economy, local all the way! But it isn’t just imported meat we should look at, the importation of coffee beans and coco beans to make chocolate have far more controversy with pest infestation, slave labour and forest destruction even fare trade has its controversy.

yes they will make sure its 100% instead of the odd % !! :)))

Tesco should be ashamed of themselves. Come on, are we totally stupid, or do Tesco think we’re stupid. They have led the need for cheap meat – hence why horses were used because they couldn’t squeeze the farmers quick enough for super cheap unsustainable beef.

Everybody, just go to your local butcher. That’s the proper stuff. Not that minced up crap.

Tesco should be ashamed of themselves. Come on, are we totally stupid, or do Tesco think we’re stupid. They have led the need for cheap meat – hence why horses were used because they couldn’t squeeze the farmers quick enough.

I understand that the main point of everyone being so angry about this is because many stores lied about their “100% beef products”. However, if you go to places such as Lanzarote, they don’t have the terrain or money to import beef. So what do you think you’re eating when you order a cheeseburger? Horse meat. Does this mean Canary Island restaurants should be closed because they don’t say beef burger or ham burger, it’s mostly just cheeseburger, with no fine print saying this is horse meat. I admit there is a difference between beef and horse but food is food, however neanderthal that sounds!

Tesco should be ashamed of themselves. Come on, are we totally stupid, or do Tesco think we’re stupid. They have led the need for cheap meat – hence why horses were used because they couldn’t squeeze the farmers quick enough for super cheap unsustainable beef.

We are used to bullshit from the government ,that,s what I think