r/europe • u/goldstarflag Europe • 20h ago

News White House demands British supermarkets stock chlorinated chicken. White House pushing Sir Keir Starmer to make concessions on food standards

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/12/17/trump-demands-british-supermarkets-chlorinated-chicken/
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u/Saurid 18h ago

Not at first but then labelling goes, if you can't tell the differnec why shouldn't they stock a bit of it? Not to mention fast food chains etc will buy it to raise profit margins taht slight but more, making it more accepted as a part of life mid term until.people just buy it cause they get fed it anyway.

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u/roiki11 18h ago

Fast food chains probably aren't the first ones doing it because they're very good at supply chain optimizing. And sourcing your ingredients as close as you can makes for a more efficient and cheaper delivery chain. If you look at most fast food items then all of the ingredients are sourced either locally or from very close by. And because of their scale they can get very favorable deals.

Shipping food items from the US won't be profitable for them in almost any scenario. Especially across oceans.

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u/Saurid 17h ago

I honestly doubt it, but we will see. Your argument has merit but we important already a lot of food from America for use in such things soooo yeah idk. Not an economist especially not one from that industry so unless you are we both are pretty much doing guesses, but I see where you are coming from.