Thread: Are we in a recession or do I just think we are?

Originally Posted by loanrangie

I think you'll find Heinz was never an aussie company.

Mate, thats not the point.
They had factories here and employed local labour.
Thats the important thing.
A lot of profit goes overseas but only after investing here and providing jobs for our workforce.
My total dislike is for those that have closed the factories here, sacked the labour force and gone offshore in the pursuit of profit.

It doesn't take much more time to read the labels as you go around the supermarket aisles and if you are like me, you need a little short rest anyway.
If you check the label on a Greenseas and Safcol tuna can, you will find that it was made in Thailand. To hell with them, let them eat cake.
BUY Australian made.

I also dont buy cheap milk (mine from Pauls, over $3 a jug ) or cheap
supermarket eggs, mine from a local Mackay producer.
I also buy meat from the local butcher and fruit and veg from the local co-op.
Some folk have no choice but to buy the cheapest from wherever to economise, no argument there, but we can all read the label on a product.

Us first and always.

Cheers.

Robert.

Originally Posted by olbod

Mate, thats not the point.
They had factories here and employed local labour.
Thats the important thing.
A lot of profit goes overseas but only after investing here and providing jobs for our workforce.
My total dislike is for those that have closed the factories here, sacked the labour force and gone offshore in the pursuit of profit.

It doesn't take much more time to read the labels as you go around the supermarket aisles and if you are like me, you need a little short rest anyway.
If you check the label on a Greenseas and Safcol tuna can, you will find that it was made in Thailand. To hell with them, let them eat cake.
BUY Australian made.

I also dont buy cheap milk (mine from Pauls, over $3 a jug ) or cheap
supermarket eggs, mine from a local Mackay producer.
I also buy meat from the local butcher and fruit and veg from the local co-op.
Some folk have no choice but to buy the cheapest from wherever to economise, no argument there, but we can all read the label on a product.

Us first and always.

Cheers.

Robert.

Tuna. You may not be eating any then! Is there any packed locally anymore?

Appreciate what your saying though.

Originally Posted by slug_burner

Tuna. You may not be eating any then! Is there any packed locally anymore?

Appreciate what your saying though.

To be honest I dont know, I havent bought any for ages. The made in Thailand bit came from my oneday reading the labels to see what was actually in the tin.

I eat fresh local fish when I can catch it but in the meantime I take Australian made fish oil supplements daily.

Cheers.

Anzac biscuit maker falls into administration - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Originally Posted by olbod

Mate, thats not the point.
They had factories here and employed local labour.
Thats the important thing.
A lot of profit goes overseas but only after investing here and providing jobs for our workforce.
My total dislike is for those that have closed the factories here, sacked the labour force and gone offshore in the pursuit of profit.

It doesn't take much more time to read the labels as you go around the supermarket aisles and if you are like me, you need a little short rest anyway.
If you check the label on a Greenseas and Safcol tuna can, you will find that it was made in Thailand. To hell with them, let them eat cake.
BUY Australian made.

I also dont buy cheap milk (mine from Pauls, over $3 a jug ) or cheap
supermarket eggs, mine from a local Mackay producer.
I also buy meat from the local butcher and fruit and veg from the local co-op.
Some folk have no choice but to buy the cheapest from wherever to economise, no argument there, but we can all read the label on a product.

Us first and always.

Cheers.

Robert.

Heinz have bought Oz owned plants and then closed most of their plants in Australia. The latest stupidity is closing the beetroot processing line at Golden Circle which they bought not long ago.

The Lockyer Valley grows over 90% of beetroot in Oz. Now it will have to be sent to bloody Cowra for processing. Where is the sense in that. Guess whose returns will be reduced by the increase in transport costs. They have also ceased making tomato sauce in Oz and closed the plants.

What next? Transport Qld. pineapples to NZ for processing?

The made in Thailand bit came from my oneday reading the labels to see what was actually in the tin.

I know a bit about this.

The Thailand producer Kingfisher was originally a JV between SAFCOL and Kingfisher and the first MD was a SAFCOL man.

As time went by the JV was so successful that the Thai partner wanted to reinvest in the business but SAFCOL would not or could not. So the Thai partner bought out SAFCOL and the rest is history.

The story is one of lack of vision by an australian Coop, and highlights the problem coops have, as their main reason to exist is to take product from the producer members. Same with Golden Circle. it was as plain as day they should have set up in Thailand 30 years ago but the producer members said no.
Regards Philip A

Originally Posted by PhilipA

I know a bit about this.

The Thailand producer Kingfisher was originally a JV between SAFCOL and Kingfisher and the first MD was a SAFCOL man.

As time went by the JV was so successful that the Thai partner wanted to reinvest in the business but SAFCOL would not or could not. So the Thai partner bought out SAFCOL and the rest is history.

The story is one of lack of vision by an australian Coop, and highlights the problem coops have, as their main reason to exist is to take product from the producer members. Same with Golden Circle. it was as plain as day they should have set up in Thailand 30 years ago but the producer members said no.
Regards Philip A

Hardly practical to ship beetroot and other vegetables grown in the Lockyer Valley and pineapples grown on the Sunshine Coast to Thailand. Bad enough shipping beetroot 600 miles from Gatton to Cowra.

Main problem with farmer's co-ops historically has been the tendency to take profits and not update plant. Queensland grower owned sugar mills were classic examples of this.

Originally Posted by incisor

Anzac biscuit maker falls into administration - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

like I said, I would never shop at coles or woolworths, ever.

Those that do have that right but they either dont know what harm they are doing or dont care.
pollies cant and wouldn't be bothered to control these monopolies, only people have that power.

Cheers.

Robert.

PS: I forgot about Golden Circle, I dont eat those sort of foods usually.
I will check whats on the can oneday to see where it was made.