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Tesco - 'Local milk' sold 150 miles away

It seems that tesco are taking us all for fools!

See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6264568.stm

Just wanted to make everyone aware of the situation:mad:
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  • ovetta2001
    ovetta2001 Posts: 296 Forumite
    Wel thats a little bit cheeky but do we expect any less? There will be dairy farms all over. It will be to do with the price the farmers are selling it at. Verrrryyyy naughty. Thanks for the heads up!
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  • deanos
    deanos Posts: 11,241 Forumite
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    Well it is local to me, the dairy is 14 miles away in Lincoln :D
  • dmg24
    dmg24 Posts: 33,920 Forumite
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    You're getting a bit obsessed with this crusade against Tesco, aren't you?!
    Gone ... or have I?
  • Poppycat
    Poppycat Posts: 19,899 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Not at all surprised but then I wouldn't trust Tesco's in anything they say
  • uktim29
    uktim29 Posts: 2,722 Forumite
    Instead of moaning about the definition of local, is the argument about supporting local farmers? Which it only can be. Many farmers don't like supermarkets and they demand prices so low many go out of business. I thought this was well known?

    So why are people complaining?

    Tescos hardly will do local farmers a favour even if it is local. Has it not trigged to these people that if it matters that much to them then they should be buying it from a local farm shop not a supermarket!
  • Markyt
    Markyt Posts: 11,864 Forumite
    ovetta2001 wrote: »
    It will be to do with the price the farmers are selling it at. Verrrryyyy naughty.

    A farmer gets what Tesco or whoever are willing to pay. No argument, no negotiation. If they don't agree the price they don't sell their goods, its as simple as that.
  • Timmne
    Timmne Posts: 2,555 Forumite
    Jesus! Another thread on Tesco! Business Student do you sit googling Tesco all day trying to find somthing else to moan about?

    Stop shopping there and leave them alone! As much as its a laugh to read your constant pointless moans about Tesco, it has to stop at some point surely?
  • Dave_Brooker
    Dave_Brooker Posts: 1,128 Forumite
    It seems that tesco are taking us all for fools!

    See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6264568.stm

    Just wanted to make everyone aware of the situation:mad:

    From your news story:


    "David Wilkinson, from Dairy Farmers of Britain, said: "The Heart of England is a big region at the moment - we may tighten it up - but it comes from the middle of England."
    "The middle of England isn't actually ram-jammed full of dairy farms so it will need to be a big region."

    So all in all a bit of a non event news story...

    Why do you try to needlessly blacken the name of one of the UK's few world class companies?
    The money, Dave...
  • Dave_Brooker
    Dave_Brooker Posts: 1,128 Forumite
    Timmne wrote: »
    Jesus! Another thread on Tesco! Business Student do you sit googling Tesco all day trying to find somthing else to moan about?

    Students are all a bunch of freeloading slackers...
    The money, Dave...
  • dangeroussports
    dangeroussports Posts: 1,245 Forumite
    Dave,

    I think businesstudent may.......be.......a........troll!
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