Single hen

[bunee1]

If you haven't heard me mention the shop i work in already i'd be suprised ... but i have to say this,Our aim is to sell (provide) good local preferably organic food cutting down on food miles and support local business.

 

I found myself fuming when we approached Yeo valley to stock their products...a matter of 16 miles down the road and they won't supply us directly It has to go all the way to london to a ditribution centre before coming back to us and to top it off the only supplier we can use brings it from nottingham .

 

Lovely Organic products rubbish system!

 

and don't get me started on Riverford

[Mel (& Paul)]

I can feel a fully fledged rant coming on

It does seem mad doesnt it

[bunee1]

G rrrrrrrrrr

[Cinnamon]

Utterly ridiculous.

 

I would write to the MD if I were you

[Mel (& Paul)]

Good idea Cinnamon - you need to start at the top, after all the people who told bunnee1 that it couldnt be done probably doesnt have any authority.

What about getting the local press involved too

[AnnieP]

I quite agree. Its outrageous! Write a letter!

We just had a little independant veggie shop open in our village. It was mainly organic, and although it was very hit and miss, I tried to use it as much as possible. Drove past one morning to see a delivery van outside, unloading.

Mentioned it that evening and the owner said, "Oh yes, that's our delivery....from London". We live in Wiltshire for goodness sake!

The shop has now closed

[Paola]

That is crazy

[Hellcat]

... and all this backs up my belief in buying locally producd rather than organic. Its outrageous really. I live half a mile from the Ilchester Cheese company but if I want to buy any of their product I have to drive in to Yeovil and go to Tesco. Madness.

 

Arrrgggghhh!!!!

[Chicken on a mission]

...and don't get me started on Riverford

 

 

Sorry, I want to get you started on Riverford

 

What happend?

[Lesley]

I'd like to know as well........

[bunee1]

Well i'm in a better mood today so......Riverford ar'nt quite so under attack !

I just feel that although the idea is good they still involve a lot of food miles and import alot of things....ours come from 10 miles down the rd and some things i struggle to keep for any length of time so i just wonder how Riverford do it!!!!

 

What really got up my nose was not so much Riverford them selves but a lady who comes to the shop on a regular basis said, she felt loyal to them and we would'nt be finding her joining our scheme....which is'nt a problem as we have 45 people on the scheme and 48 on the waiting list

 

It just seems sad that we have some lovely local veg, beautiful local organic non homogenized milk that can be delivered to her door and she still opts for a company in Devon

 

Any way i know it's not an option for everyone, i just had a bee in my bonnet

[Guest]

This is one of the things that annoy me. I live in the West Mids and wanted to find a veg box scheme, but most of them are London/South-East based. A lot of them would deliver by courier which would mean a probable round trip of 200 plus miles. I know they are delivering to other places as well but I wanted local seasonal veg. Luckily I did find a company in Shropshire about 15 miles away. They offer veg and fruit boxes and also meat, poultry, eggs, and things like local honey, olive oil, flour etc

 

I am still getting used to 'seasonal veg and fruit' and having to use what I have been given rather than choosing. But I find it very exciting getting home on Friday and having a look at what I have in my veg box and then coming up with recipes for things I wouldn't necessarily buy.

[bunee1]

NAIL ON HEAD DEBS.....

[Diana1]

In my cost comparison between waitrose, sainsbury's, tescos and Abel & Cole (organic delivery scheme) Yeo Valley Natural Yoghurt was the only item the same price at all!

 

I'm a distribution point where a local farm delivers bags of organic veg for about 15 of our neighbours and friends and luckily I get a discount Although at £6 a bag I would still pay even if the bonus scheme didn't exist.

 

Milkman couldn't keep organic milk fresh so Abel and Cole supply unhomogonised milk from a particular farm of Jersey cows. Funny thing is though Abel & Cole have offices in London but their distribution warehouse is in Andover - just down the road from me