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Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: York

Posted: Sun Mar 06, 11 6:45 pm Post subject: Another gem from Bob Farrand...

...in this month's Fine Food Digest;

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[In South Africa] We also visited a couple of cheese-makers. One told me how Woolworths listed her extra mature cheese last Christmas. and soon sold out. A month later she received a chunky invoice for the cost of training its staff on how to sell her product. Supermarkets are gangsters globally, not just in the UK.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46211
Location: yes

Posted: Sun Mar 06, 11 6:48 pm Post subject:
shall we open a shop and stop all this production malarky ?

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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Location: Devon

Posted: Sun Mar 06, 11 6:57 pm Post subject:
Did Woolworth's sell cheese?

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: York

Posted: Sun Mar 06, 11 6:59 pm Post subject:
They did in South Africa, apparently.

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Posted: Sun Mar 06, 11 7:03 pm Post subject:

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# Woolworths is an upmarket retail chain in South Africa selling goods of a comparable nature to Marks & Spencer stores in the United Kingdom. The South African company also operates stores in Bahrain, Botswana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Oman, Qatar, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[5]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._W._Woolworth_Company

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes

Posted: Sun Mar 06, 11 7:07 pm Post subject:
wonder what the import regs are for pick n mix ?

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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Location: Devon

Posted: Sun Mar 06, 11 7:07 pm Post subject:
Sorry. I assumed it meant Woolies here.

Jools

Joined: 28 Jul 2006
Posts: 1028
Location: South Wales

Posted: Mon Mar 07, 11 10:03 pm Post subject:
Woolies did used to be F.W. Woolworths.

toggle

Joined: 30 Dec 2006
Posts: 11622
Location: truro

Posted: Mon Mar 07, 11 10:08 pm Post subject:
woolies everywhere.

Sherbs

Joined: 27 Apr 2007
Posts: 1931
Location: Swansea

Posted: Wed Mar 23, 11 7:22 am Post subject:
Interesting that its target group/percieved status should be so different in different countries.

alice

Joined: 18 Feb 2006
Posts: 2820

Posted: Wed Mar 23, 11 7:42 am Post subject:
I can remember when UK Woolworth's sold groceries. Not that long ago

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