The Food Crisis Meeting

[Treg]

Ministers call for immigration and UK food prices to increase

Exclusive: Sunak urged to take urgent action to solve food crisis at meeting with Defra and farmers

www.theguardian.com

Another well written piece by the Guardian and I note it's been pointed out we have the lowest food prices in Europe, not a word arguing against increases.
Not that there's a choice, we buy in so much the price is what it is on the world market.

 

[Steevo]

“While the Treasury has been telling supermarkets not to increase prices, even as costs to suppliers increase, ministers at Defra have pointed out that farmers and food suppliers going out of business would be more inflationary than a modest increase in food prices.”

 

[matthew]

“While the Treasury has been telling supermarkets not to increase prices, even as costs to suppliers increase, ministers at Defra have pointed out that farmers and food suppliers going out of business would be more inflationary than a modest increase in food prices.”

No $hit, Sherlock.

 

[Skimmer]

Given the current state of the economy the treasury doesn't need to be dictating to others.

 

[Sid]

MPs to investigate fairness in food supply chain

Wide-ranging inquiry will scrutinse risk, pricing, retail strategies and more in UK food supply

www.fruitnet.com

 

[robs1]

While it is, for the guardian, a decent article why aren't they pointing out the increase in supermarket profits while they claim to be holding down their prices, it's a blatant lie

 

[Lamb's Orchard]

“While the Treasury has been telling supermarkets not to increase prices, even as costs to suppliers increase, ministers at Defra have pointed out that farmers and food suppliers going out of business would be more inflationary than a modest increase in food prices.”

Well, the supermarkets have not been listening to the Treasury then as prices have been increasing and well above the headline rate of inflation, just that the increases have not been making their way back down the supply chain to the primary producers.

 

[spin cycle]

“While the Treasury has been telling supermarkets not to increase prices, even as costs to suppliers increase, ministers at Defra have pointed out that farmers and food suppliers going out of business would be more inflationary than a modest increase in food prices.”

what's it do with treasury....I thought we were a 'market economy '....oh wait...only when it suits

 

[DaveGrohl]

“While the Treasury has been telling supermarkets not to increase prices, even as costs to suppliers increase, ministers at Defra have pointed out that farmers and food suppliers going out of business would be more inflationary than a modest increase in food prices.”

Ministers at DEFRA? WTF? Have we finally had a decent one installed under cover of darkness and no one noticed?

 

[DaveGrohl]

Given the current state of the economy the treasury doesn't need to be dictating to others.

It’s a cripple fight between them and the BoE as to who you’d turn to for advice. I’d rather get a monkey to stick a pin in my arse frankly.

 

[wanton dwarf]

MPs to investigate fairness in food supply chain

Wide-ranging inquiry will scrutinse risk, pricing, retail strategies and more in UK food supply

www.fruitnet.com

B. S.

HMG already pulled the Supermarkets in and HMG got told to pay lip service - same as happened with the Energy industry.

 

[bobajob]

The Supermarkets announced last week that food price inflation had peaked and commodity prices are set to fall later this year.
I thought that's nice of them to let us know .
Does that mean the beef price will fall . Or will it stay at the improved present rate and the supermarkets profits will take a hit..

 

[betweenthelines]

The trouble is that the Supermarkets and Dairies have got form.

Big fines all round a few years ago (2007) for price fixing. Wiseman paid a £6 million fine. Total fines were £116 million

 

[Sid]

The Supermarkets announced last week that food price inflation had peaked and commodity prices are set to fall later this year.
I thought that's nice of them to let us know .
Does that mean the beef price will fall . Or will it stay at the improved present rate and the supermarkets profits will take a hit..

Supermarkets probed over food and fuel prices

The competition watchdog will look at whether a failure in competition means customers are overpaying.

www.bbc.co.uk

I smell a rat

 

[delilah]

Henry Dimbleby on the radio saying he hasn't been invited. Whatever the failings of his report in terms of blaming farming for climate change, it contained a huge amount of valid recommendations on healthy eating and food poverty. To not invite the author of the most recent report on food to this summit shows the complete absence of joined up thinking. Heard elsewhere that Clarkson has had an invite, if that's the case, and he is there to represent UK ag, then a bomb scare needs triggering just before kick off.

 

[DaveGrohl]

Henry Dimbleby on the radio saying he hasn't been invited. Whatever the failings of his report in terms of blaming farming for climate change, it contained a huge amount of valid recommendations on healthy eating and food poverty. To not invite the author of the most recent report on food to this summit shows the complete absence of joined up thinking. Heard elsewhere that Clarkson has had an invite, if that's the case, and he is there to represent UK ag, then a bomb scare needs triggering just before kick off.

I hope you didn’t read the piece by Dimbleby’s wife Jemima at the weekend. Her "knowledge" of the subject she’s apparently written a book about (!) is shocking, worryingly so given who her husband is. I assume they don’t speak…..

 

[delilah]

Well, the supermarkets have not been listening to the Treasury

You know your food system if f@cked when we have to rely on asking, rather than instructing, any link in the chain to do something.

 

[DaveGrohl]

BBC bigging up the meeting this morning, saying "farmers" are meeting with the PM today. Er no, it’s Minette Batters.

 

[delilah]

I hope you didn’t read the piece by Dimbleby’s wife Jemima at the weekend. Her "knowledge" of the subject she’s apparently written a book about (!) is shocking, worryingly so given who her husband is. I assume they don’t speak…..

Nope. Not reading anything by a Jemima. Sorry.

 

[DrWazzock]

My only hope is it’s the “off ramp” for SFI and other green ELMS rubbish.
“Primeminister heralded as saviour of the nations food supply as he announces scrapping of SFI and continuation of BPS.”