Supermarket protests 😅

[Mc115reed]

Farmers plan blockades against supermarkets depots - Farmers Weekly

Farmers are planning a nationwide night of action against supermarket distribution centres in protest against low prices and to demand more support for

www.fwi.co.uk

Here we go again

 

[midlandslad]

Farmers plan blockades against supermarkets depots - Farmers Weekly

Farmers are planning a nationwide night of action against supermarket distribution centres in protest against low prices and to demand more support for

www.fwi.co.uk

Here we go again

I assume you can only protest if you have a new fendt?!

 

[betweenthelines]

Hard to think of anything more likely to get the public to hate farmers than a protest about "low food prices" when the public are complaining about the high cost of food.

 

[Mc115reed]

Hard to think of anything more likely to get the public to hate farmers than a protest about "low food prices" when the public are complaining about the high cost of food

The public already hate us really… all they care about is how cheap and efficiently they can do there weekly shop 90% couldn’t give a f**k where or who it comes from

 

[borderterribles]

The public already hate us really… all they care about is how cheap and efficiently they can do there weekly shop 90% couldn’t give a f**k where or who it comes from

Ain't that the truth. There's plenty would put any old shyte in their mouth if it was cheap enough.

 

[Cab-over Pete]

I think you’re right in that the public want cheap food, but I don’t think they hate us.

Obviously, they treat us with contempt if we are on the road in front of them, but I don’t think they hate us and what we do really.

 

[borderterribles]

Maybe they don’t hate us, but they definitely don’t have much sympathy with us. They see us as better off than them already . Any shortages in the supermarkets which can conceivably be blamed on farmers protesting won't help that situation at all.

 

[slackjawedyokel]

NO NO NO! You’ve got it all wrong. Your average Joe member of the general public is all too willing to pay too-dollar for domestically produced food with a picture of a little tractor on it. Must be true- I read it somewhere…

 

[yin ewe]

If you're going to protest take the scraper tractor and not the fendt with 200hrs on it.

 

[Bald Rick]

If you're going to protest take the scraper tractor and not the fendt with 200hrs on it.

FFS, the TM was washed last week.

Only the second time I realised it was yellow.

 

[delilah]

What do they want ? Specifically.

 

[spin cycle]

all the public I meet adore farmers....unfortunately they havn't a clue....and what's worse neither do those at the top in govt

 

[Mc115reed]

all the public I meet adore farmers....unfortunately they havn't a clue....and what's worse neither do those at the top in govt

All the public I meet like farmers maybe I miss placed my words earlier… but they certainly don’t respect us or understand what we do or care what we do … 99% of general public Iv met/ talked too think we’re rolling around in money from government subsidies and we’re that rich we don’t really need more money for our produce because the government give us so much we don’t know what too do with it Iv personally never has a penny off government

 

[ace]

Inconvenience the supermarkets but not the public. Any produce that is badly labelled or misleading, put it in a trolley and take it to a different area and leave it. The message will get across if enough people do it.

 

[bobk]

The govt want cheap food more

 

[Cab-over Pete]

All the public I meet like farmers maybe I miss placed my words earlier… but they certainly don’t respect us or understand what we do or care what we do … 99% of general public Iv met/ talked too think we’re rolling around in money from government subsidies and we’re that rich we don’t really need more money for our produce because the government give us so much we don’t know what too do with it Iv personally never has a penny off government

I understand what you mean, but then I often think “Do I understand or respect what it takes to make a car? Or a pair of jeans? Or even to be a nurse or a doctor?”

 

[delilah]

Inconvenience the supermarkets but not the public. Any produce that is badly labelled or misleading, put it in a trolley and take it to a different area and leave it. The message will get across if enough people do it.

If they want to do something useful they could support the MP who is calling for a 'buy British' filter on online shopping.

Must be somebody on here involved in this protest. What are the demands ? Specifically.

 

[Estate fencing.]

all the public I meet adore farmers..

Really? I definitely don’t adore most farmers.

 

[kiwi pom]

Maybe they don’t hate us, but they definitely don’t have much sympathy with us. They see us as better off than them already . Any shortages in the supermarkets which can conceivably be blamed on farmers protesting won't help that situation at all.

Many farmers (not all) are better off than them Do they have sympathy for farmers, maybe for some things but most wouldn't have a clue what a farmers life involves.
That works the other way too of course, there's certainly not much sympathy for the public or understanding of their lives displayed on here.
As for wanting cheap food, we all want things as cheap as we can get them don't we?

 

[Werzle]

Hard to think of anything more likely to get the public to hate farmers than a protest about "low food prices" when the public are complaining about the high cost of food.

That bolloxs really, speak to people and explain how farmers are treated and they think we are mad for putting up with it. All farmers should get involved in these protests, farmers have never stuck together but we ought to now.