Sainsbury’s defends vacuum-pack beef mince after complaints from customers

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Sainsbury’s is defending its new minced beef packaging after some consumers complained that the meat turns to ‘mush’ when opened.

The supermarket had announced it was “the first UK retailer to vacuum pack all beef mince saving 450 tonnes of plastic each year” and cut plastic per-pack by 55%.

It came after shoppers expressed their dislikes, with one saying the meat now resembled “a rectangle of mushed off cuts” as it “destroys” the product…

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