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Originally Posted by homealone
yes, I have no problem with companies being successful & making a profit, that is why they are in business.
- but as an employee of a company that supplies Tesco I know how much we have had our margins reduced, in order to help them to make that profit.
It is my opinion that the balance has swung too far in the retailers favour, comments on the BBC article I linked to, above, include one from a supplier who has had to stop supplying Tesco as it was costing him too much money  |
You're absolutely right. Making money isn't the problem here, it's making money at ANY cost that I have trouble with...and that's exactly what Tescos does.
Not only do they squeeze the small guys (and often the big suppliers too) into the ground, but they will take on anyone that gets in their way by throwing money at it.
Planning departments at councils don't have enough money to fight the rather expensive lawyers at Cheshunt, who can throw an unlimited amount of money ensuring that any application they make gets cleared.
Opening Metro stores right opposite local convenience stores, using their buying power to run loss-leaders on popular lines until the incumbent goes out of business - then putting the prices up.
I could go on (can you tell?) but these are not the actions of a business with any sort of conscience what so ever.
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Originally Posted by Pierre
It's all good for the consumer.
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You're right...at this moment in time it's good for the consumer. Thinking longer term and rose coloured glasses have faded. If intesive farming continues in the manner it has so far we will literally kill our land. We continue to run the risk of long-term health issues due to the forced way in which veg is grown and animals bred...
Did you know that hens bred for meat have been bred to have a larger breast in a shorter breeding time? This means that they reach a larger than adult size and weight before their legs have matured enough to carry themselves...this means that these hens are literally sitting in their own muck 24/7 - absorbing all the chemicals therein...which we then eat.
Before you write me off as a lentil eating hippy, I'm not. I'm a meat-eating capitalist...but I do actually care about the country and more importantly what goes in my mouth.