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Nick

Traditional foods in supermarkets

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17255796
wildfoodie

I've no problem with such foods being available in supermarkets, so long as the producers receive a fair price for their goods and are not coerced into heavily discounting supermarkets' purchases whilst charging the 'normal rate' to their independent retail customers. Unfortunately that is generally what happens, we always know when a supermarket has started stocking one of our lines, the sales just stop or slow to a trickle and we then get into stock management issues and usually end up dropping the product.
marigold

In ye olden dayes when I was a young woman (say 30 years ago) you could buy cheap food like black pudding in Sainsbury's. And other things which are now Farmer's Market specialities. They even had wild rabbit most of the year (and horrid caged rabbit meat all year).

It's mildly irritating to think of what used to be cheap easily available local products being sold as foodie luxuries. Rabbit joints in Waitrose are laughably expensive now.
Nicky cigreen

but black pudding is readily available everywhere - isn't it?
Nick

but black pudding is readily available everywhere - isn't it?


It is, but it's made from dried blood, which makes a difference, apparently.
Nicky cigreen

but black pudding is readily available everywhere - isn't it?


It is, but it's made from dried blood, which makes a difference, apparently.
oh right sorry - i missed that bit.
joanne

It's Booths doing the scheme - Booths have always promoted local foods and it's a fantastic supermarket, be interesting to see what they come up with troyannick

another step forward, supermarkets are changing and theres obviously a demand, but as wildfoodie says the pricing has to be fair all round.

I really miss Booths,great shop, was working at Lancaster Uni and theres one nearby..not cheap, but the ale section was great.

Id love a farmers market section in our supermarket.
chez

I've no problem with such foods being available in supermarkets, so long as the producers receive a fair price for their goods and are not coerced into heavily discounting supermarkets' purchases whilst charging the 'normal rate' to their independent retail customers. Unfortunately that is generally what happens, we always know when a supermarket has started stocking one of our lines, the sales just stop or slow to a trickle and we then get into stock management issues and usually end up dropping the product.

Exactly. A local cheese factory got picked up by one of the big supermarkets and invested in loads of new kit to keep up with the new demand. The supermarket dropped them with a few weeks notice and they went bust.

Supermarkets do not do producers any favours at all; they suck everyone in to their gaping black-hole maw, sew up the market and then spit out what doesn't suit them.
Bebo

They aren't all bad. These guys are quite good.

http://www.jempsons.com/
chez

They aren't all bad. These guys are quite good.

http://www.jempsons.com/

Yep, sure they are some around that aren't bonded to the dark side.
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