Not much going on politically so I thought I would start a
non-political thread. There has been recent assertions in the news
media that supply chain issues have largely been fixed now - but up
here in the Far North both local supermarkets (NW in particular but
also Countdown) have stock artfully spread out to disguise shortages.
We shop at NW with a backup at Countdown. There are no others in
town.
Today was no exception. Meat supplies were well down on normal as was
milk (next to no value brand homogenised). Off to the local butcher
then (all meat sourced from NZ). While I could get Hollandaise sauce
today, this was the first time in 3 weeks (of weekly shopping). Fish
was good though - Orange Roughy at an acceptable price. Interestingly Streaky Bacon from Pams was listed as 'packed in NZ , sourced from...'
and a list of European countries. With Pams being a Foodstuffs house
brand this was a surprise.
Since the pandemic we have made a specific effort to source food from non-Supermarket sources. There is a local Farmers Market which is
fairly small but food-focused, and also a larger market that includes
some food stalls. The choices up here though are far less diverse
than Wellington (which we moved from a few years ago).
I am left wondering though whether these issues are caused by an
overly prudent ordering regime (ie deliberately under-ordering to keep
costs down and stock-turn up) - taking advantage of small-town market dominance - or whether there are genuine supply issues throughout the Foodstuffs North Island organisation.
Not much going on politically so I thought I would start a
non-political thread. There has been recent assertions in the news
media that supply chain issues have largely been fixed now - but up
here in the Far North both local supermarkets (NW in particular but
also Countdown) have stock artfully spread out to disguise shortages.
We shop at NW with a backup at Countdown. There are no others in
town.
Today was no exception. Meat supplies were well down on normal as was
milk (next to no value brand homogenised). Off to the local butcher
then (all meat sourced from NZ). While I could get Hollandaise sauce
today, this was the first time in 3 weeks (of weekly shopping). Fish
was good though - Orange Roughy at an acceptable price. Interestingly Streaky Bacon from Pams was listed as 'packed in NZ , sourced from...'
and a list of European countries. With Pams being a Foodstuffs house
brand this was a surprise.
Since the pandemic we have made a specific effort to source food from non-Supermarket sources. There is a local Farmers Market which is
fairly small but food-focused, and also a larger market that includes
some food stalls. The choices up here though are far less diverse
than Wellington (which we moved from a few years ago).
I am left wondering though whether these issues are caused by an
overly prudent ordering regime (ie deliberately under-ordering to keep
costs down and stock-turn up) - taking advantage of small-town market dominance - or whether there are genuine supply issues throughout the Foodstuffs North Island organisation.
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Crash McBash
On Tue, 24 Oct 2023, Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:
Streaky Bacon from Pams was listed as 'packed in NZ , sourced from...'
and a list of European countries. With Pams being a Foodstuffs house
brand this was a surprise.
NZ pork was hit by the recent ban on gestation crates, which were used
to prevent a mama pig from accidentally crushing her piglets. So NZ
pork production is down and imports up. I too try to buy NZ produce
and so buy the "champagne" ham which is usually NZ.
Similarly the "free range" rules brought in for chickens are reducing
the NZ chicken & egg supplies. We buy only locally-produced eggs sold
at the greengrocers now. Not yet seeing any Chinese eggs.
All the rules serve only to cripple our own industries whilst imports
don't need to follow those rules. It's stupid all the way down.
Remember we used to have a thriving sweatshop industry here in NZ, now
all closed down, all our clothing imported from overseas sweatshops
and nothing fits us well anymore, no shirt pockets, pyjama pantses
without zips, socks disintegrate quickly, etc.
All our new rules harm us. In Italy they have a 90-day-per-year limit
on how long Parliament can sit, to prevent them from passing harmful
laws.
Streaky Bacon from Pams was listed as 'packed in NZ , sourced from...'
and a list of European countries. With Pams being a Foodstuffs house
brand this was a surprise.
On Wed, 25 Oct 2023 01:46:03 GMT, willynilly@qwert.com (Willy Nilly)
All our new rules harm us.
II don't know what you mean by all our new rules harm us - do they no
longer harm us when they get old? How long does that take?
The comment about a 90 sitting day limit in Italy is interesting,
Willy Nilly - do you have a reference to that?
On Wed, 25 Oct 2023, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, 25 Oct 2023 01:46:03 GMT, willynilly@qwert.com (Willy Nilly)
All our new rules harm us.
II don't know what you mean by all our new rules harm us - do they no >>longer harm us when they get old? How long does that take?
I regret your lack of comprehension, Rich, and although I wring my
hands, I cannot find the remedy.
The comment about a 90 sitting day limit in Italy is interesting,
Willy Nilly - do you have a reference to that?
Sorry, no, I confess I've passed on something I read without
personally confirming it. Busy, you know.
On Wed, 25 Oct 2023 21:40:46 GMT, willy...@qwert.com (Willy Nilly)Once again Rich preaches what he so regularly does himself! The imbecile has a new mantra obviously: Rich right even though he's hard left, everyone else is wrong even though they're further right than Rich...:)
wrote:
On Wed, 25 Oct 2023, Rich80105 <Rich...@hotmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, 25 Oct 2023 01:46:03 GMT, willy...@qwert.com (Willy Nilly)
All our new rules harm us.
II don't know what you mean by all our new rules harm us - do they no >>longer harm us when they get old? How long does that take?
I regret your lack of comprehension, Rich, and although I wring my
hands, I cannot find the remedy.
The comment about a 90 sitting day limit in Italy is interesting,
Willy Nilly - do you have a reference to that?
Sorry, no, I confess I've passed on something I read withoutPerhaps you thought that by deleting the words of your post you could
personally confirming it. Busy, you know.
hide the lack of supporting argument, or examples of harmful laws from having Parliament site for more than 90 days in a year.
Your statement was :
"All our new rules harm us. In Italy they have a 90-day-per-year
limit on how long Parliament can sit, to prevent them from passing
harmful laws. "
Can you give any argument or reason why any part of that statement is
true?
Not much going on politically so I thought I would start a
non-political thread. There has been recent assertions in the news
media that supply chain issues have largely been fixed now - but up
here in the Far North both local supermarkets (NW in particular but
also Countdown) have stock artfully spread out to disguise shortages.
We shop at NW with a backup at Countdown. There are no others in
town.
Today was no exception. Meat supplies were well down on normal as was
milk (next to no value brand homogenised). Off to the local butcher
then (all meat sourced from NZ). While I could get Hollandaise sauce
today, this was the first time in 3 weeks (of weekly shopping). Fish
was good though - Orange Roughy at an acceptable price. Interestingly Streaky Bacon from Pams was listed as 'packed in NZ , sourced from...'
and a list of European countries. With Pams being a Foodstuffs house
brand this was a surprise.
Since the pandemic we have made a specific effort to source food from non-Supermarket sources. There is a local Farmers Market which is
fairly small but food-focused, and also a larger market that includes
some food stalls. The choices up here though are far less diverse
than Wellington (which we moved from a few years ago).
I am left wondering though whether these issues are caused by an
overly prudent ordering regime (ie deliberately under-ordering to keep
costs down and stock-turn up) - taking advantage of small-town market dominance - or whether there are genuine supply issues throughout the Foodstuffs North Island organisation.
--Countdown has supply issues. There ordering is done from Australia they tell me. Obviously whoever is doing it needs to get some instructions in how to order. Or better still let those on the ground who know their customers get to do the ordering...
Crash McBash
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