Supermarket gripe

[raindropsies]

Now I don't know how many supermarkets or other stores for that matter charge for single items that I am used to being by the weight.
Today in Morrison's I had to buy the following by the unit
Chipolatas & cumberland loose sausages from butchers counter now sold per unit rather than per KG
Tomatoes per tomato
Granny smiths sold per apple

What next?
Grated cheese per strand?
Cooked meats per slice?
Eggs singular?

Also the new "milk for farmers"
4 pints of normal 89p for 4 pints
4 pints of "milk for farmers" £1.12
Now I don't mind paying the extra 23p as the label next to it says "We give 23p back to the farmer per bottle" So does that mean that they give nothing back to the farmer for the exact same milk at 89p per bottle?

[astral276]

So does that mean that they give nothing back to the farmer for the exact same milk at 89p per bottle?

Quite likely, as the farmers' complaint was that they were being forced to sell to the supermarkets at a loss.

[westlondoncarparts]

As Astral said, at 89p the farmers have been paying the supermarkets to take the milk off their hands. This is the kind of market abuse that can take place when you have a few dominant buyers and lots of small sellers. The dominant buyers call the tune and cancel contracts with the small sellers if they start complaining. The market is flooded with milk at present because Russia has stopped food imports from Europe in response to EU and USA sanctions and because the EU has done away with regulating the market and is leaving everything to market forces. The farmers are another group for whom this country does not work as they are on the outside of society and marginalised.

[sidthelamp]

theres alot this goverment could do, for instance we import 1.36illion pounds worth of dairy products into this country, why should we do this when we could supply these poducts are selves people can help too boycott imported day, only buy were it clearly states produced in the uk

[tonyreddevil]

theres alot this goverment could do, for instance we import 1.36illion pounds worth of dairy products into this country, why should we do this when we could supply these poducts are selves people can help too boycott imported day, only buy were it clearly states produced in the uk

Put the British Kite Mark On.

[sidthelamp]

Undoubtedly world market conditions (in other words, lower demand) and EU regulations (there used to be a milk monitoring board to regulate prices but the EU said it wasn’t fair for competition) have contributed to the difficult conditions in the dairy market, but unions also blame ‘dysfunctional supply chains’ and the big retailers’ monopoly on prices and customers.

To put the dairy farmers’ plight into perspective, a year ago they received 68% of the retail price of milk (30p per litre on average), but by June this year they were only receiving 55% of what the consumer pays (23.66p per litre).

above correct as of june 2015

[sidthelamp]

Put the British Kite Mark On.

it would be more fitting if they put the british cow mark on it

[tonyreddevil]

[QUOTE=sidthelamp;1658122]it would be more fitting if they put the british cow mark on it[/QUOTE
The Fresian Cow?

[squern]

Surely the Friesian cow was originally Dutch (hence the name).

If you want a truly British cow for a symbol, it would have to be the "British White".
Only problems I can see are that it wouldn't show up on the packaging very well,
and you might get hassled by the Race Relations Board.