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<blockquote data-quote="Breakthru" data-source="post: 7419502" data-attributes="member: 15664"><p>This is the problem highlighted by White Rabbit in his campaign against AHDB.</p><p>Huge turnover but very fine if any margins. Supermarkets know your turnover margins etc and squeeze you till the pips pop out. The brave ones get out before they go under the follow on guys get bigger and more in hock financially and otherwise and eventually go bust. That is unless they are so big they can't afford to be let go. That's the game we are now in, you are either an industrial giant who can talk on equal terms or just a pawn in the game. This is the problem in UK versus Europe in that we have never been good at cooperating compared to them so have been easy to pick off one by one. It happens across other industries, bigger contracts, lend you the money to expand but must see the books. After the verbal contract of 3-5 years is up the squeeze comes in.</p><p>As per the anti RT thread hopefully the internet/social media/TFF etc might just get all the very diverse isolated businesses in agriculture to start working together. Remember the adage "divided you fall".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Breakthru, post: 7419502, member: 15664"] This is the problem highlighted by White Rabbit in his campaign against AHDB. Huge turnover but very fine if any margins. Supermarkets know your turnover margins etc and squeeze you till the pips pop out. The brave ones get out before they go under the follow on guys get bigger and more in hock financially and otherwise and eventually go bust. That is unless they are so big they can't afford to be let go. That's the game we are now in, you are either an industrial giant who can talk on equal terms or just a pawn in the game. This is the problem in UK versus Europe in that we have never been good at cooperating compared to them so have been easy to pick off one by one. It happens across other industries, bigger contracts, lend you the money to expand but must see the books. After the verbal contract of 3-5 years is up the squeeze comes in. As per the anti RT thread hopefully the internet/social media/TFF etc might just get all the very diverse isolated businesses in agriculture to start working together. Remember the adage "divided you fall". [/QUOTE]
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