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It would have been amusing if it was actually made in Cheddar.
Supporting local businesses - or not!
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It would have been amusing if it was actually made in Cheddar.
We shop at a local health food shop for stuff like seeds, leaf tea, jam, honey, peanut butter, eggs, etc etc etc. They stock loose and sell by weight. You take your own bottles, jars and bags etc and you refill them there. I don't suppose for a moment that anything they stock is actually grown/made by them, nor necessarily even 'local', but that's not the point of me posting.
We noticed yesterday, after weeks of shopping there, that they prefer payment by cash. They have a sign up saying how much card fees cost them, we'd not noticed. We'd always paid by card (contactless) since we thought, well, we didn't really think in truth. It's just what you do, way of the world etc. I was in a bakers in Winchester a few years back and they didn't take cash at all, too much hassle for them - I digress. Our local store has not said a dickie bird to us about it. We'll switch to cash as it makes no difference to us by seemingly it does to them - and I want them to stay open.
We noticed yesterday, after weeks of shopping there, that they prefer payment by cash. They have a sign up saying how much card fees cost them, we'd not noticed. We'd always paid by card (contactless) since we thought, well, we didn't really think in truth. It's just what you do, way of the world etc. I was in a bakers in Winchester a few years back and they didn't take cash at all, too much hassle for them - I digress. Our local store has not said a dickie bird to us about it. We'll switch to cash as it makes no difference to us by seemingly it does to them - and I want them to stay open.
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As long as it is home produced what does it matter where the home is?
There are some people who make a small income producing home made jams, honey etc. for sale in shops. What should they do?
Selling your own cottage industry produce to stores who then sell it as “home cooked” is not the same as bigger firms using the misleading description “home cooked”.
There are some people who make a small income producing home made jams, honey etc. for sale in shops. What should they do?
Selling your own cottage industry produce to stores who then sell it as “home cooked” is not the same as bigger firms using the misleading description “home cooked”.
All uphill
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Our subconscious interprets words in strange ways.
Years ago I worked in a large national business that sold pure orange juice and fresh ground coffee.
The juice was imported in bulk from somewhere in South America and could be up to a year old, and the coffee beans had been roasted up to a year earlier, but were ground on the day of sale.
Over my nine years one customer out of hundreds of thousands questioned the labelling, and was unhappy with the answers.
A quick survey asking 100 customers showed that many believed they had consumed fresh orange juice and fresh roast coffee.
Years ago I worked in a large national business that sold pure orange juice and fresh ground coffee.
The juice was imported in bulk from somewhere in South America and could be up to a year old, and the coffee beans had been roasted up to a year earlier, but were ground on the day of sale.
Over my nine years one customer out of hundreds of thousands questioned the labelling, and was unhappy with the answers.
A quick survey asking 100 customers showed that many believed they had consumed fresh orange juice and fresh roast coffee.
