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Farmer Roy's Random Thoughts - I never said it was easy.
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<blockquote data-quote="Kidds" data-source="post: 7803300" data-attributes="member: 5589"><p>A lot of it isn't too.</p><p>I expect in my local supermarket on the fruit aisle there will be big union jacks flying above and banners with slogans like "We support UK Farmers" and "Best of UK Apple Season" . Yet actually on the aisle there will be a small sample of fruit that we would usually reject for pig feed as they are way too small and labelled "snack size" and some terribly knocked about poor quality Bramley. Most of the apples on display will be from all over the globe except here.</p><p>This has always been the case over the last few decades. I haven't actually looked lately but there are a lot of not so full shelves in the supermarkets these days so just maybe they do have UK fruit for a change. Given the fact the Romanians aren't here to pick them though, maybe they don't.</p><p></p><p>Another favourite trick of our supermarkets is to have a discount campaign just as a new season crop hits the shelves, so as soon as the new crop comes in they do a half price offer at exactly the time the growers were expecting the new season premium. Or flood the shelves with Kenyan runner beans the day the UK crop starts to harvest. Most UK runner bean growers have given up now as far as I can tell, so now you only have Kenyan stuff but as the housewife doesn't do any food prep these days they don't sell because nobody can remember how to cook them.</p><p>It is a very strange world out there which is a big part of why I stay in here. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kidds, post: 7803300, member: 5589"] A lot of it isn't too. I expect in my local supermarket on the fruit aisle there will be big union jacks flying above and banners with slogans like "We support UK Farmers" and "Best of UK Apple Season" . Yet actually on the aisle there will be a small sample of fruit that we would usually reject for pig feed as they are way too small and labelled "snack size" and some terribly knocked about poor quality Bramley. Most of the apples on display will be from all over the globe except here. This has always been the case over the last few decades. I haven't actually looked lately but there are a lot of not so full shelves in the supermarkets these days so just maybe they do have UK fruit for a change. Given the fact the Romanians aren't here to pick them though, maybe they don't. Another favourite trick of our supermarkets is to have a discount campaign just as a new season crop hits the shelves, so as soon as the new crop comes in they do a half price offer at exactly the time the growers were expecting the new season premium. Or flood the shelves with Kenyan runner beans the day the UK crop starts to harvest. Most UK runner bean growers have given up now as far as I can tell, so now you only have Kenyan stuff but as the housewife doesn't do any food prep these days they don't sell because nobody can remember how to cook them. It is a very strange world out there which is a big part of why I stay in here. :D [/QUOTE]
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