Meat purchases at wet markets in China dropped 8.6% between the first and third quarters this year as sales at supermarkets increased, a recent survey has found.
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The survey of 1000 households carried out by Taylor Nelson Sofres found that wet markets still controlled the majority of the fresh meat market, but this majority fell from 87.1% in the first quarter to 78.5% in the third.
In the third quarter of last year, wet markets accounted for 86.4% of fresh meat sales, reported the Standard.
Between the first and third quarter of this year Li Ka-shing’s Park n Shop supermarket chain increased its fresh meat market share from 7% to 13.8%, while Dairy Farm’s Wellcome supermarket chain increased its fresh meat market share to 5.7% from 3.7%.
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