From: conkersack on
On 24 Feb, 11:57, "Tim S Kemp" <n...(a)timkemp.karoo.co.uk> wrote:

> The italians do food right in my mind though.

Ah, are they the voices you hear then? ;-)

From: Conor on
In article <1vntljvphq17g.csjowlpv0zda.dlg(a)40tude.net>, Steve Firth
says...

> > THey're mostly made by a company called Greencore by armies of Poles.
> > Greencore also makes sauces such as Ragoo. Having delivered there, I'd
> > like to say that I'd not want to eat what they make.
>
> They would a subsidiary of Unilever then?
>
TBH I don't know if they are or not but pretty much every other food
manufacturer is Unilever or Uniq.

> I got bored one afternoon trying to explain to people that Dolmio and Ragu
> were not "italian" and they aren't even sold in Italy because the Italians
> would laugh. It's a neat trick though, make flour and water paste, add red
> colouring and vinegar, market as pasta sauce.
>
To be fair, there is tomato in it. It comes pre mushed in large plastic
drums, some of which inevitably get tipped over in the yard.

If I can ever bring myself to deliver to the one they make Ragu and
Dolmio at again, I'll take some photos.

--
Conor

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright
until you hear them speak.........
From: Adrian on
Conor (conor.turton(a)gmail.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying :

> TBH I don't know if they are or not but pretty much every other food
> manufacturer is Unilever or Uniq.

Northern Foods.
(Prop: Lord Haskins, mate of Tony)
From: SteveH on
MrBitsy <ray(a)nowhere.com> wrote:

> > Waitrose is the only supermarket I will shop in- it is head and
> > shoulders above anything else.
>
> I shopped in Waitrose for a while a few years back. I changed to Tesco and
> saved about �15 a week. I have since changed to Asda and have saved a
> further �15 a week.

Tesco and Asda have a very odd definition of 'fresh' when applied to
fruit and veg.

I'll often buy my produce from Lidl because it lasts longer than the
'super chilled' stuff that was harvested last summer that Tesco fobs off
on its customers.

Our bill wouldn't be hugely different if we shopped in Waitrose - any
difference is a small price to pay to avoid the dole bludgers and single
mothers who populate Tesco and Asda.


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From: Derek Geldard on
On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 12:25:15 +0000, Steve Firth <%steve%@malloc.co.uk>
wrote:

>
>The LA view is that a farm shop should only sell food grown on that farm.

Providing other local planning requirements such as access and car
parking etc are met the origin of the food should not be a planning
consideration.

>As far as I'm concerned a farm shop should sell mostly food from that farm

A bit rough if he's farming rhubarb eh?

>(it is in the farmer's best interests)

That is all the control that is required.

>and they should also sell good food
>that they have selected themselves, as BHFS does.

It would seem to be reasonable to me that provided the farmer who
produced it sells it in his own farm shop it's OK for other farm shops
to sell it if they want. It's scarcely going to put the local "Glop
food" merchants out of business.

DG