Price fixing
21 February 2009, 06:59 PM
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Price fixing
Why are companies like British Airways and Virgin Atlantic fined millions for fixing prices, and yet the EU and governments around the world get off Scot free ? We all know that farmers are restricted on how many sheep/cattle etc they can have. We know about millions of tonnes of fruit and veg ploughed into the ground or left to rot to maintain prices. In the 80's we had butter mountains (and they wouldn't let anyone slide down them 
) and wine lakes (they wouldn't let us swim in 
) all to fix prices. When I drive through our beautiful Yorkshire Dales I despair at the endless rolling hillsides devoid of animals, when I recall from my childhood that they were fair teaming with sheep, pigs, cows, chickens etc etc. Yet when I wander through my local supermarket I see French, Spanish, American and Italian apples; New Zealand lamb; Brazilian beef. Butter made 30 miles away from me costs 28p more than butter made 12,500 miles away and shipped here on massive oil-burning container ship 
Why aren't they prosecuted, as if our farmers were given free reign over what to do on their own land, we could all eat cheaper, healthier, locally produced and much more environmentally friendly produce ?
) and wine lakes (they wouldn't let us swim in ) all to fix prices. When I drive through our beautiful Yorkshire Dales I despair at the endless rolling hillsides devoid of animals, when I recall from my childhood that they were fair teaming with sheep, pigs, cows, chickens etc etc. Yet when I wander through my local supermarket I see French, Spanish, American and Italian apples; New Zealand lamb; Brazilian beef. Butter made 30 miles away from me costs 28p more than butter made 12,500 miles away and shipped here on massive oil-burning container ship Why aren't they prosecuted, as if our farmers were given free reign over what to do on their own land, we could all eat cheaper, healthier, locally produced and much more environmentally friendly produce ?
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21 February 2009, 07:51 PM
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It will probably make naf all difference but in my household we are having a purge of imported food, luckily we live quite close to farms, and we are avoiding as much as possible to buy fruit/veg and meat from supermarkets. The produce from the farm shops is far superior, only thing is produce doesn't last half as long which demonstrates just how many preservatives are pumped into the tosh you get on the supermarket shelves.
This has now extended to banning the missus from buying flowers/paper and all sorts like this from Tesco and the like, if she wants flowers she can go to the flower shop etc.
A big feel good factor for buying British and keeping the little man in business.
This has now extended to banning the missus from buying flowers/paper and all sorts like this from Tesco and the like, if she wants flowers she can go to the flower shop etc.
A big feel good factor for buying British and keeping the little man in business.
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21 February 2009, 07:58 PM
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Yup, I buy meat from our local butcher who is supplied from the Three Dales (Wharfedale, Swaledale and Nidderdale) in Yorkshire. I used to use a local farm shop for veg, but they got greedy and ended up more expensive than the supermarket, so I'm back there for veg. The supermarkets sell me milk and cleaning products, that's it.
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Yup, I buy meat from our local butcher who is supplied from the Three Dales (Wharfedale, Swaledale and Nidderdale) in Yorkshire. I used to use a local farm shop for veg, but they got greedy and ended up more expensive than the supermarket, so I'm back there for veg. The supermarkets sell me milk and cleaning products, that's it.
Maybe if everybody boycotted supermarket veg etc, there would be more good old fashioned fruit and veg shops opening, therefore making the market more competitive. It might not happen but it's a nice thought.
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