Prepping for Brexit thread

dandy-candy

2 years ago i finally finished my bottle of malt vinegar which was 15 years old. I only sprinkle it on my chips occassionally, and it was fine. I dont think vinegar goes off. Honey doesnt either regardless of the date on the bottle, though it can crystalise

melanzana

dandy-candy wrote: »

2 years ago i finally finished my bottle of malt vinegar which was 15 years old. I only sprinkle it on my chips occassionally, and it was fine. I dont think vinegar goes off. Honey doesnt either regardless of the date on the bottle, though it can crystalise

Re the honey. Take lid off and 5 - 10 seconds in the microwave. Back to normal. Thank you lovely bees!

gfplux

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

A news item from a cheese making factory this morning gives me hope that if we do have no deal and no trade agreement with the EU the exports they normally send (some 30% of the cheese made there) will not be sent overseas but will be sold here in the UK! the whole import/export quota thing makes no sense whatsoever to me and the exporting of goods to Europe so they can reciprocate with the same goods imported into the UK is frankly crazy. Perhaps we will NOT be so very much worse off in terms of shortages if the growers/manufacturers/farmers/supermarkets here sell us UK produced products instead of European goods. Maybe we'll not have as much variety as we do currently BUT I don't think we'll go hungry!

How interesting. I did not see that news item. Do you have a link or company name?

This would work well if supplier/distributor/shop work together. Why does this not happen now?

I wonder what type of cheese they export? is it the same they sell to the home market? I wonder if the export cheese is a higher profit margin? Why do they bother with exports?

I have learnt a little about the New Zealand/Welsh lamb business recently. (Lots of Interesting articles on the internet)
One major problem is seasonality. NZ lambs give birth so their Spring Lamb is ready for Easter, while British Lambs do not.

One thing about Brexit. We are all learning a lot more about the EU and supply chains.

[Deleted User]

If I remember rightly the company was Delamare ? it was on the BBC Breakfast programme so will probably be on catch up if you want to see it for yourself. The interviewer was in the factory beside huge vats of half way processed cheese that had been kibbled up and from the colour it looked like cheddar and either Leicester or double Gloucester as both are deeper red. It was certainly a huge factory complex.

Primrose

gfplux wrote: »

How interesting. I did not see that news item. Do you have a link or company name?

This would work well if supplier/distributor/shop work together. Why does this not happen now?

I wonder what type of cheese they export? is it the same they sell to the home market? I wonder if the export cheese is a higher profit margin? Why do they bother with exports?

I have learnt a little about the New Zealand/Welsh lamb business recently. (Lots of Interesting articles on the internet)
One major problem is seasonality. NZ lambs give birth so their Spring Lamb is ready for Easter, while British Lambs do not.


One thing about Brexit. We are all learning a lot more about the EU and supply chains.

I am old enough to remember the old campaign "Buy British"which we used to see plastered over many of our shop counters, whether it was for electrical appliances, clothing or manufactured food. Sadly so many of our purchased goods comes from abroad these days.

I know labour costs are often cheaper for products imported from abroad but surely if we're buying British made goods employees are paying tax on their earnings rather being on the dole, we are helping to keep our own citizens employed, and that tax is going back into the economy to be spent on funding other public services.

If I were a very wealthy entrepreneur, a new cheese making factory in Northern Ireland might be on my agenda but I doubt whether any interested venture cpitlists are reading this thread !

maryb

gfplux wrote: »

This would work well if supplier/distributor/shop work together. Why does this not happen now?

There is something in the news at the moment about suppliers wanting an exemption from the competition laws so that they can do this. But it's just as well they have these laws normally otherwise there would be a lot of price fixing

DryTheRain

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

If I remember rightly the company was Delamare ? it was on the BBC Breakfast programme so will probably be on catch up if you want to see it for yourself. The interviewer was in the factory beside huge vats of half way processed cheese that had been kibbled up and from the colour it looked like cheddar and either Leicester or double Gloucester as both are deeper red. It was certainly a huge factory complex.

As well as Delamare there's also nation's favourite cheese Cathedral City based in Cornwall, so it looks like we'll be alright for toasties at least

[Deleted User]

I wonder if the people pf Britain will ever be the same again after the rift caused by the referendum. Will this ever resolve itself and make us one nation again or will we forever after be 'them' and 'us' depending on what happens on the 31st October. If we do leave the EU will there be legal action taken by people who wanted to stay or if we don't leave will there be protests and unrest from those who wanted to leave. It's such a sadness as I rather like my fellow humans and there must be half of the population who will be most unhappy whatever happens. A sadness that there can be no happy endings no matter what happens.

mumf

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

I wonder if the people pf Britain will ever be the same again after the rift caused by the referendum. Will this ever resolve itself and make us one nation again or will we forever after be 'them' and 'us' depending on what happens on the 31st October. If we do leave the EU will there be legal action taken by people who wanted to stay or if we don't leave will there be protests and unrest from those who wanted to leave. It's such a sadness as I rather like my fellow humans and there must be half of the population who will be most unhappy whatever happens. A sadness that there can be no happy endings no matter what happens.

So true.i think like you.There will be a rift.

Primrose

I feel that longer term the attitude of the British people to Brexit will be decided by what happens to the British economy. We all know that a lot of people tend too vote according to the state of their wallet.

If the country stays in full employment, the economy expands, taxes are gradually reduced and key public sectors like the NHS, education, and the police become better funded and more efficient there may be a better sense of cohesion and people who voted Remain may see that there are indeed benefits to being able to decide on our own destiny.

However in the short term I suspect the sense of division will remain and if the economy is rocky and uncertain for a while some people will inevitably say "I told you so" and claim remaining was the correct thing to do. However If we do leave on October 31st, I think those who are still campaigning to remain risk increasing the schism and will perhaps do themselves no favours. We all find ourselves on the losing side of an argument at some point in our lives. Perhaps we need to refocus our efforts on our health and well-being of our families and let the politicians stew in their own juice .

It may take a while to settle down but things usually do eventually whatever causes. a national crisis. Life is so busy and hectic for most people these days that I suspect just getting on with their daily lives will be as much as they have the time and energy for!