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Good plan to eat them Lexi. Here's the life story of most. It makes you think about how the majority of these turkeys are treated before arriving on the supermarket shelf. Here are a few observations from the U.S. the worlds biggest turkey consumer.

http://www.peta.org.uk/fa...ctsheetDisplay.asp?ID=220

Some UK figures
10 million units of turkey were sold last Christmas 2 out of every 3 whole birds sold last December were frozen.

For 87% of people in the UK, Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without a traditional roast turkey.

There are many more turkey cuts and joints than people are aware of - mince, turkey chunks, breast steak, escalopes, drumsticks, sausages, stir fry strips, burgers, bacon rashers and crown roasts...to name but a few.

The average weight of a Christmas turkey is 5.5kg/12lb

The final off put
The Uk's biggest producer of turkeys is Bernard Matthews, anyone remember him? If there are any reasons not to buy factory farmed supermarket turkeys this Christmas Mr Matthews has ticked all the boxes for you. Thank you Bernard.

Allan