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Shop 'til you drop - we've learned nothing so far
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<blockquote data-quote="HolzKopf" data-source="post: 6990090" data-attributes="member: 44622"><p>How disappointing to see at lunch time the news channels reporting that people are queueing round the block at: ........ Primark!</p><p></p><p>The majority of the clothing from Primark is sourced from factories in India, China, Bangladesh, Pakistan. We all know why; - cheaper labour, cheaper materials and cheaper infrastructure. All produced within Primark's 'strict code of conduct' to ensure employees rights are respected. In some of these areas Covid rates are still climbing steeply.</p><p></p><p>It's not just them. Many retailers source from the same areas, some others from eastern Europe and Turkey, some from Spain and Portugal. A pleasure to see all the lockdown 'savings' being spent at the lowest common denominator. I am not surprised, there isn't much alternative.</p><p></p><p>I just hope to God that when we get back to a 'normal' normal the rush for food is not a rush to the bottom again. Throughout the last 10 weeks, farm gates, farmers' markets and independent shops and suppliers have saved so much and so many with their efforts to continue supplying many 'new' customers who were unable to buy the simplest staple foods elsewhere.</p><p></p><p>Where are AHDB, NFU, DEFRA etc launching publicity and lobbying to keep those customers loyal?</p><p></p><p>I fear we may have learned nothing</p><p></p><p>HK</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HolzKopf, post: 6990090, member: 44622"] How disappointing to see at lunch time the news channels reporting that people are queueing round the block at: ........ Primark! The majority of the clothing from Primark is sourced from factories in India, China, Bangladesh, Pakistan. We all know why; - cheaper labour, cheaper materials and cheaper infrastructure. All produced within Primark's 'strict code of conduct' to ensure employees rights are respected. In some of these areas Covid rates are still climbing steeply. It's not just them. Many retailers source from the same areas, some others from eastern Europe and Turkey, some from Spain and Portugal. A pleasure to see all the lockdown 'savings' being spent at the lowest common denominator. I am not surprised, there isn't much alternative. I just hope to God that when we get back to a 'normal' normal the rush for food is not a rush to the bottom again. Throughout the last 10 weeks, farm gates, farmers' markets and independent shops and suppliers have saved so much and so many with their efforts to continue supplying many 'new' customers who were unable to buy the simplest staple foods elsewhere. Where are AHDB, NFU, DEFRA etc launching publicity and lobbying to keep those customers loyal? I fear we may have learned nothing HK [/QUOTE]
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