Andrew Blenkiron
- Thread starter principal skinner
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- East Yorkshire
Be fairer if they got rid of everyone and shut it down
- Location
- Bedfordshire
Is Red Tractor a brand? They don't sell anything.
SilliamWhale
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- Bedfordshire
The definition of 'brand' varies.
Perhaps we should take away the RT brand from RT and run it ourselves.
Do those who have brands, say 'Duchy Originals', have their boards of directors dominated by their customers? No. So why is that the case with RT?
Edit How does 'British Grain' sound, or 'Marvellous UK Milk', MUM for short. Or 'Great British Produce'??
Perhaps we should take away the RT brand from RT and run it ourselves.
Do those who have brands, say 'Duchy Originals', have their boards of directors dominated by their customers? No. So why is that the case with RT?
Edit How does 'British Grain' sound, or 'Marvellous UK Milk', MUM for short. Or 'Great British Produce'??
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of course, its a brand, and they often refer to its as such "iconic brand" according to Guy Smith
It's not a very good brand however, the amount of money to achieve "brand greatness" is way beyond what Red tractor could ever wish for
I've said MANY time there is only one brand UK produced food needs ............... and it's free! NFU etc should just lobby to protect its use better
Steevo
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- Gloucestershire
of course, its a brand, and they often refer to its as such "iconic brand" according to Guy Smith
It's not a very good brand however, the amount of money to achieve "brand greatness" is way beyond what Red tractor could ever wish for
I've said MANY time there is only one brand UK produced food needs ............... and it's free! NFU etc should just lobby to protect its use better
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Spot on!
The fact that meat labelled "Produced in the UK" could have been from an animal that spent its entire life out of the UK is appalling.
Spencer
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- Location
- North West
I thought they sold "False hope"..
No they run a legal blackmail scheme
the legality is questionable even !
Daniel
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- Location
- Mildenhall, Suffolk
Moseley spends all his time trying to create them as a brand
SilliamWhale
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I read in the FW Mr Blenkiron claims he has a had a lot of people offering him "support" and agreeing with his views when he publicly called critics of the RT scheme's duplicitousness "backstabbers".
And seemingly anyone critical of him for calling out the flaws in the Red Tractor scheme are part of what is "undoubtedly bad" in the farming industry....
Funny how an employed rep of RT is presenting themselves as a victim having branding a whole swath of farmers backstabbers for pointing out glaring inconsistencies. Don't like his style at all, an apology for abusing critics of RT would have been reasonable...
And seemingly anyone critical of him for calling out the flaws in the Red Tractor scheme are part of what is "undoubtedly bad" in the farming industry....
Funny how an employed rep of RT is presenting themselves as a victim having branding a whole swath of farmers backstabbers for pointing out glaring inconsistencies. Don't like his style at all, an apology for abusing critics of RT would have been reasonable...
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I don't like the idea of paying his wages that's for sure.
- Location
- Bedfordshire
Personally I think he’s a cock
SilliamWhale
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You didn't write him a letter of support for his (self inflicted) plight then?
spin cycle
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- Location
- north norfolk
he's rattled if he's using language like that
- Location
- Bedfordshire
Another letter is needed to the FW to again point out he is using his farmer focus piece for another agenda. He’s a 
that needs to focus on his main job and then maybe the awful soil erosion and blatant failure of the rules of the organisation he represents would not happen.
that needs to focus on his main job and then maybe the awful soil erosion and blatant failure of the rules of the organisation he represents would not happen.did we pay for that prize?maybe £1000 prizes explain the loyalty and provision of a “farmer focus” column to pedal propaganda and insult farmers?
Farmers Weekly editor takes £1,000 Red Tractor prize - British Guild of Agricultural Journalists
The Guild represents editors and journalists, broadcasters, photographers and PR/marketing specialists working in agriculture, commercial horticulture and other rural industries.www.gaj.org.uk