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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2020 16:47:39 GMT
so any increase in operating costs would only be passed on the consumers at the supermarket checkout anyway. Which we know will not happen, the public demand a cheap basket and will shop elsewhere to get it, means the chains will continue to push transport companies to keep the prices down, always someone out there willing to undercut your price. The likes of Stobart and co will be fine, cant imagine they pay anywhere near the pump rate for fuel, look at his place on the A5... How true, hauliers and the supermarkets are essentially middlemen. The squeeze is on the means of production of the food. There is plenty of evidence that the supermarkets act as a sort of mafia to achieve this.
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Post by naughtyfox on Feb 12, 2020 16:47:42 GMT
Plus the fact that road transport is effectively subsidised by the state. Even at the rates of duty paid in road tax by HGVs, it's nowhere near the same rate adjusted for road wear as other motorists pay. OK, I know Road Fund Licence goes into the general tax pot, but the principle holds) Even in the matter of fencing, railways lose out. It wasn't containerisation that destroyed the traditional port system, it was the dockers' opposition to it. I still think foreign lorries operating here should pay an appropriate tax whilst here Also they should be subject to a full MoT roadworthiness examination. And drivers breathalysed as soon as they roll down off the ferry.
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Post by naughtyfox on Feb 12, 2020 16:50:49 GMT
Which we know will not happen, the public demand a cheap basket and will shop elsewhere to get it, means the chains will continue to push transport companies to keep the prices down, always someone out there willing to undercut your price. The likes of Stobart and co will be fine, cant imagine they pay anywhere near the pump rate for fuel, look at his place on the A5... How true, hauliers and the supermarkets are essentially middlemen. The squeeze is on the means of production of the food. There is plenty of evidence that the supermarkets act as a sort of mafia to achieve this. Food is cheap in the UK - we are always surprised at our bill in supermarkets. The UK has too many obese fatties wobbling around, it's time to put up the price of foods and give them Eastern European workers in the Lincolnshire fields a pay rise.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2020 17:04:55 GMT
How true, hauliers and the supermarkets are essentially middlemen. The squeeze is on the means of production of the food. There is plenty of evidence that the supermarkets act as a sort of mafia to achieve this. Food is cheap in the UK - we are always surprised at our bill in supermarkets. The UK has too many obese fatties wobbling around, it's time to put up the price of foods and give them Eastern European workers in the Lincolnshire fields a pay rise. Its not the price of food but instead the nature of the food most have been trained to target - the ultra-refined garbage high in fat and sugar. Convenience and instant gratifica tion is the name of the game, and the price is a TV dinner made from ingredients otherwise considered waste. Its a process that began in the sixties under the guise of women's liberation (I'm not suggesting a woman's place is in the kitchen).
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Post by naughtyfox on Feb 12, 2020 17:16:29 GMT
Anyway... fact.... food in the UK is a lot cheaper than here. Although, strangely, LR6/AA batteries are cheaper here - £7 for 25 - in England they're £1 a piece! (talking of Varta or Energiser (Made in Switzerland), not some inferior Chinese Golden Marvel which has probably already lost its charge in the packet in the shop.
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Post by ianali on Feb 12, 2020 17:30:33 GMT
so any increase in operating costs would only be passed on the consumers at the supermarket checkout anyway. Which we know will not happen, the public demand a cheap basket and will shop elsewhere to get it, means the chains will continue to push transport companies to keep the prices down, always someone out there willing to undercut your price. The likes of Stobart and co will be fine, cant imagine they pay anywhere near the pump rate for fuel, look at his place on the A5... Stobarts almost went bankrupt last year.
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Post by ianali on Feb 12, 2020 17:33:06 GMT
Anyway... fact.... food in the UK is a lot cheaper than here. Although, strangely, LR6/AA batteries are cheaper here - £7 for 25 - in England they're £1 a piece! (talking of Varta or Energiser (Made in Switzerland), not some inferior Chinese Golden Marvel which has probably already lost its charge in the packet in the shop. I recently brought a pack of 40 AA varta batteries for just over £10.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2020 17:41:08 GMT
Anyway... fact.... food in the UK is a lot cheaper than here. Although, strangely, LR6/AA batteries are cheaper here - £7 for 25 - in England they're £1 a piece! (talking of Varta or Energiser (Made in Switzerland), not some inferior Chinese Golden Marvel which has probably already lost its charge in the packet in the shop. Thats probably got something to do with the fact that Finland is effectively in the arse end of nowhere (looks very pretty in places though). Fuel and food is more expensive in Aberystwyth than it is in Birmingham (example).
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Post by naughtyfox on Feb 12, 2020 17:46:04 GMT
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Post by naughtyfox on Feb 12, 2020 17:47:24 GMT
Anyway... fact.... food in the UK is a lot cheaper than here. Although, strangely, LR6/AA batteries are cheaper here - £7 for 25 - in England they're £1 a piece! (talking of Varta or Energiser (Made in Switzerland), not some inferior Chinese Golden Marvel which has probably already lost its charge in the packet in the shop. Fuel and food is more expensive in Aberystwyth Oh... you're from Wales... the penny drops.
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Post by naughtyfox on Feb 12, 2020 17:48:19 GMT
Anyway... fact.... food in the UK is a lot cheaper than here. Although, strangely, LR6/AA batteries are cheaper here - £7 for 25 - in England they're £1 a piece! (talking of Varta or Energiser (Made in Switzerland), not some inferior Chinese Golden Marvel which has probably already lost its charge in the packet in the shop. I recently brought a pack of 40 AA varta batteries for just over £10. Are you going to tell us where or do we have to guess?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2020 17:50:23 GMT
Fuel and food is more expensive in Aberystwyth Oh... you're from Wales... the penny drops. No, but I am very familiar with some parts of it, mostly north Wales.
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Post by ianali on Feb 12, 2020 17:53:15 GMT
I recently brought a pack of 40 AA varta batteries for just over £10. Are you going to tell us where or do we have to guess? You will have to guess. If anyone else wants to know just ask me 😀
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2020 17:58:08 GMT
Fuel and food is more expensive in Aberystwyth Oh... you're from Wales... the penny drops. We've had @nemesis profiled by MI6 for security reasons. It turns out he lives in Holland Park in West London. Very classy.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2020 18:57:43 GMT
Are you going to tell us where or do we have to guess? You will have to guess. If anyone else wants to know just ask me 😀 He's as dim as a Toc H lamp ... maybe the batteries would help Rog
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