The Organic Retail Market in Wales

Summary

This report on retail data provides an estimate of the value of the organic market in Wales and its borders, which shows the importance of this sector to the Welsh economy both directly and as a multiplier of the Welsh Government’s investment in organic farming under the Rural Development Plan (RDP) agri-environment schemes.
The report combines data from three sources: Nielsen Scantrack which covers sales through ma-jor food and drink retailers (supermarkets) in Wales/West, surveys of Welsh organic businesses (independent retailers, processors, box schemes, farm shops and others) carried out by the Soil Association and data from the Welsh producer survey carried out by Organic Centre Wales. In addition, comments were invited from a number of industry experts.