For the unpatriotic amongst you.

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Just a little eye opener for the ones who think we still have an empire and who think that buying Tate&Lyle cane sugar is 'Patriotic' whilst our home grown sugarbeet industry goes down the pan.

https://thepinprick.com/2017/12/11/...gar-and-the-strange-case-of-andy-wigmore/amp/

I'd rather support British and European industry and jobs anytime rather than the US

 

[Swarm]

I once did a little cartoon depiction of the 'special relationship' .....

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

were you banned for it?

 

[beeno]

I no longer buy Lurpak and have found West country butter instead. Price of Lurpak has come down so buy British has already started! Do tell what sugar I should buy to support Britain.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

British Sugar (Silver spoon) is the main player in the UK - uses mostly British suppliers.

 

[Swarm]

were you banned for it?

Looks like you conjured up the right image

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

 

[Erichalfbee]

Pity you can’t send pictures in PMs

 

[Goran]

It would be surprising to be different.. I more and more remember of the dilemma during voting in Roman Senat in movie " History of the world 1"..

Maybe to be " slight comforting" to You, over here is much much much and much worse.... On my misfortune..

 

[Bakerbee]

I just spat out a mouthful of tea swarm.

 

[Beefriendly]

whilst our home grown sugarbeet industry goes down the pan.

Hardly to the pan, they reckon 2/3rds of UK sugar sold is from sugar beet. It would have been more but British sugar screwed farmers uup north growing sugar beet when they (British sugar) closed their processing plant in York 10 years ago. Nearest one is East Anglia .... a bloody long way to take a tractor and trailer (or wagon) full of sugar beet....hence it's not grown up here any more.
Light is on the horizon though as planning application for a new state of the art factory has recently been submitted to Harrogate council by Al Khaleej International - part of Al Khaleej Sugar of Dubai!!!!!

 

[MartinL]

339 per ton?

that would be @0.15p per T spoon?

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Hardly to the pan, they reckon 2/3rds of UK sugar sold is from sugar beet.

Yes, but now with some supermarkets 'patriotrically' withdrawing beet sugar from their shelves and boasting they only stock T&L cane sugar, how long with that last

 

[Eyeman]

I no longer buy Lurpak and have found West country butter instead. Price of Lurpak has come down so buy British has already started! Do tell what sugar I should buy to support Britain.

Morrison's Silver Spoon Granulated Sugar 2kg for £1.00 was 88p a few weeks ago.

 

[Beefriendly]

Yes, but now with some supermarkets 'patriotrically' withdrawing beet sugar from their shelves and boasting they only stock T&L cane sugar, how long with that last

Well customers of Tesco's are not happy about it.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Well customers of Tesco's are not happy about it.

Another American conglomerate

 

[Tomlow bee]

Another American conglomerate

Check your facts. Started by two East Enders and now headquartered in Welwyn Garden City - not been moved to USA by Trump yet!

 

[For want of a better word]

You could always buy "Half Spoon" sugar laced with Aspertame !

EUGH!!

Nos da

 

[Jimmy]

As I understand the situation, the widely reported neonic ban that Gove is keen on will be a blow to the UK sugar beet industry.
Doesn't JezD work at a sugar beet processing plant? He may have a more informed view.

 

[Stiffy]

Check your facts. Started by two East Enders and now headquartered in Welwyn Garden City - not been moved to USA by Trump yet!

Largest shareholder of Tesco is BlackRock, Inc an American company
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