THERE will be no goose on the menu for Christmas lunch this year after the UK’s biggest supplier had its entire flock wiped out by bird flu.
Gressingham, which supplies all of the UK’s biggest supermarkets with frozen and fresh geese, duck, and turkeys, said that its entire geese flock had been lost.
A spokesman said three farms of birds had died which will “leave retailers with no fresh geese for Christmas this year” a spokesman said.
Goose was traditionally the bird of choice for Christmas before being overtaken by more popular turkey.
Around 250,000 geese are eaten every Christmas across Britain with a bird typically being enough for five to six people.