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From: conkersack on 24 Feb 2007 08:06 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 24 Feb 2007 08:26 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 24 Feb 2007 08:38 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 24 Feb 2007 12:39 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. -- SteveH 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo' www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - Hongdou GY200 - Alfa 75 TSpark Alfa 156 TSpark - B6 Passat 2.0TDI SE - COSOC KOTL BOTAFOT #87 - BOTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC #
From: Derek Geldard on 24 Feb 2007 13:45
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 |