Chicken and ham on the rise for Christmas lunches this year as turkey sales decline
ABCTurkey is in decline, chicken is on the rise and ham remains a popular choice for Christmas lunches in Australia. "The old turkey is coming down, people are now often turning to the boneless turkey roll rather than whole turkeys, which are dying a bit quicker," Ritchies IGA chief executive Fred Harrison said. "Every Australian, on average, eats around 50 kilograms of chicken meat per year, equivalent to a kilo a week," she said. "Ham is traditionally quite a strong centrepiece and we've seen an increase in fresh pork sales over the last four weeks of about 3.6 per cent," she said. Root veggies are the 'dark horses' But Mr Harrison said the "dark horses" in the vegetable family, the root veggies, had been flying off the shelves as people prepared roasts.
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