article_snippet: Last June, Tesco put free range ostrich meat on sale in 400 locations amid evidence the nation is developing a taste for exotic and unusual meat.
article_snippet: Even  the discount chain Budgens has previously put squirrel on Budgens shelves while Aldi offered ostrich kebabs in September 2014.
article_snippet: The ostrich kebabs at Tesco are supplied by wholesaler DB Foods, which said a trial of Mossel Bay ostrich steaks at Britain's biggest supermarket in March 2014 had gone 'very well'.
article_snippet: There are some ostrich farmers in the UK, however the meat being sold by Tesco comes from South Africa as the result of an exclusive deal with a farmer co-operative called Mosstrich.
article_snippet: DB Foods is already supplying more than 2,000 High Street butchers and Whole Foods Market with The ostrich kebabs at Tesco.
article_snippet: Chief executive Ben Bayer said that ostrich was set to become increasingly visible to consumers.
article_snippet: Chief executive Ben Bayer said: 'It is our ambition to see ostrich become a mainstream meat.