Dear Simon,
Very patriotic
At least you can sleep peacefully knowing you are supporting the International Farmers Association
From the price, I presume this was the 1kg pack ? Or has the cost of salt jumped ? How does this price compare to the polyunsaturated margarines, surely more health friendly ? (Thinking about yr kids)
Rgds / Charles.C
UMMMM Lurpak is actually Danish...so not very patriotic!!!!
I took a phone call from a supermarket on Friday , who i shan't name, oh bugger it i will, ASDA, who said they had 12 customer complaints on Welsh Milk.
When i asked for the code, they gave me the health code for a factory in Leicestershire (same company who make Lurpak actually)
When i tried to explain to the little man at the end of the line, he couldnt understand, and kept insisting it had a welsh label (a little dragon on it to indicate its welsh milk...now that patriotism!)
Eventually, after explaining about 10 times, i lost it a bit and told him that it was indeed milk from welsh cows, but it was transported into England to be bottled in Leicestershire (a County of Wales maybe?) before being brought back to Wales to con the customers into thinking they were supporting Welsh Industry!! Needless to say, I've heard nothing further!!
However ASDA re not the only culprits, M&S Welsh milk is packed at Severnside, as is Tesco's Welsh milk, and both of these companies are "keen" to support the reduction of Carbon Footprints.
Coop, however, has all of its Welsh Milk packed in Wales, so you have to take your hat off to them for at least being honest and being a (genuine) fair trader.