#supermarkets
Food giants are strangling Britain’s farmers and consumers. What’s the solution? Break them up
When #British farmers protested outside the Houses of Parliament earlier this year, they sent 49 scarecrows, after a survey had found that 49% of UK fruit and vegetable farmers said they expected to go bust within a year. The scarecrows stood in for real farmers, who are mostly too afraid to speak out.
One farmer told campaigners they had grown 60 tonnes of salad potatoes for a large UK supermarket, only for the supermarket to suddenly cancel the order, leaving the farmer “financially screwed”. The arbitrary power that supermarkets wield instils fear, which the supermarkets leverage to impose take-it-or-leave-it fees and other unfair conditions on farmers.
The problem is our monopolised food system.
Think of it as a vast profit machine shaped like an hourglass, with many food producers at the top, millions of consumers at the bottom, and a few dominant firms – such as giant supermarkets or global food traders – clustered at its narrowing neck, siphoning a cut from the passing traffic. This power ripples through global supply chains.
#UK #Food #poverty #hunger #farmers #agriculture #farming #consumers #supermarkets #monopoly #CorporateGreed #CorporateTerrorism #corruption
#supermarkets are killing us with #poisoned #food
https://www.bitchute.com/video/lv3LZ4XZUpPf/
Be aware - #ALDI fresh contains #bioengineered ingredients = #gmo #humans
#Supermarkets wasting 200,000 tonnes of #food that could go to needy, say charities | Supermarkets | The Guardian
For the first time, the shortage of supplies to #UK #supermarkets very nearly affected me. There was a single bottle of milk left and so I was lucky this time. There are other supermarkets around and so I could probably have found some elsewhere but that was a close call. Thank you, #BorisJohnson.