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sally_in_wales Downsizer Moderator
Joined: 06 Mar 2005 Posts: 20809 Location: sunny wales
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NeathChris
Joined: 09 Feb 2006 Posts: 1387 Location: Neath, South Wales
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Wombat
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 396 Location: SW Cheshire
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Cathryn
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tahir
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 45674 Location: Essex
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tahir
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nettie
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Rob R
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 31902 Location: York
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NeathChris wrote: |
I was approached by a very high profile company that sell meat and meat products, won many awards and such, i wont name them. They offered to buy the pigs off me for �1.10kg deadweight, i said no. I have just looked on their website, they sell 3 2kg boned joints in a box, 6kg of meat for ....�63 !! And all i would recieve for 6 kilo of meat is �6.60. I know they have costs but what a mark up, really has wound me up! Its the exact same meat i sell for no where near that price, im just in shock! |
tahir wrote: |
And that's exactly why I keep banging on at all our small scale producers to sell on here, cut out the middle man, sell at a decent price, PLEASE. |
That's pretty much what I did- had an extra Dexter bull for sale, offered it to a 'farm shop' (I won't name them, but I certainly won't recommend them either) who offered a little less than commercial per kg going rate + I had to pay the killing charges. Went home, took a look on their website & calculated that at less than their prices I could sell a quarter & chuck the rest away for a bigger margin (And I would bet the lot on mine tasting better than their Simmental x steers any day). The rest is history. |
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Wombat
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 396 Location: SW Cheshire
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sean Downsizer Moderator
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 42219 Location: North Devon
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Wombat
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 396 Location: SW Cheshire
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jema Downsizer Moderator
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joanne
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dpack
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Rob R
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 31902 Location: York
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