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By *LCC OP   Couple
over a year ago

Cambridge

So Unilever products are starting to disappear from Tesco shelves as the fall in the pound starts to bite. Unilever says the price of the product must go up, Tesco says that they can't afford to take the hit, and don't want to pass the increase to the customers either.

Personally I'm not going to cry over not being able to buy Marmite or Pot Noodles, but obviously this is just the thin edge of the wedge, and the start of things to come.

I wonder how long it will be before the wheels come off of Brexit. Probably once it starts to bite at the petrol pump and energy price rises and the mercury starts to fall.

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire

its an interesting issue, I feckin hate those 2 products so not fussed and pretty sure I can source some of their products or similar from other suppliers..

just wondering with them playing bully to Tesco(ironic say smaller suppliers to the latter maybe)that if even half of those who voted to leave boycotted the Unilever brand how they would after a couple of months think about their position..?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"So Unilever products are starting to disappear from Tesco shelves as the fall in the pound starts to bite. Unilever says the price of the product must go up, Tesco says that they can't afford to take the hit, and don't want to pass the increase to the customers either.

Personally I'm not going to cry over not being able to buy Marmite or Pot Noodles, but obviously this is just the thin edge of the wedge, and the start of things to come.

I wonder how long it will be before the wheels come off of Brexit. Probably once it starts to bite at the petrol pump and energy price rises and the mercury starts to fall. "

for goodness sake, petrol was at 1.50 a litre not so long ago. Was that to do with brexit? What did you say to yourself every time you filled your car? And Unilever are simply trying at on as a lot of their products are made in the Uk. I dislike shopping at Tesco but will be using it for the forseeable

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By *LCC OP   Couple
over a year ago

Cambridge


"its an interesting issue, I feckin hate those 2 products so not fussed and pretty sure I can source some of their products or similar from other suppliers..

just wondering with them playing bully to Tesco(ironic say smaller suppliers to the latter maybe)that if even half of those who voted to leave boycotted the Unilever brand how they would after a couple of months think about their position..? "

But if the price rise is because of the fall of the pound, how is that Unilever's fault? Are you going to boycott every company who's been effected by fall in Sterling?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"its an interesting issue, I feckin hate those 2 products so not fussed and pretty sure I can source some of their products or similar from other suppliers..

just wondering with them playing bully to Tesco(ironic say smaller suppliers to the latter maybe)that if even half of those who voted to leave boycotted the Unilever brand how they would after a couple of months think about their position..?

But if the price rise is because of the fall of the pound, how is that Unilever's fault? Are you going to boycott every company who's been effected by fall in Sterling? "

but it isn't because of the fall in the pound!

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By *LCC OP   Couple
over a year ago

Cambridge


"So Unilever products are starting to disappear from Tesco shelves as the fall in the pound starts to bite. Unilever says the price of the product must go up, Tesco says that they can't afford to take the hit, and don't want to pass the increase to the customers either.

Personally I'm not going to cry over not being able to buy Marmite or Pot Noodles, but obviously this is just the thin edge of the wedge, and the start of things to come.

I wonder how long it will be before the wheels come off of Brexit. Probably once it starts to bite at the petrol pump and energy price rises and the mercury starts to fall.

for goodness sake, petrol was at 1.50 a litre not so long ago. Was that to do with brexit? What did you say to yourself every time you filled your car? And Unilever are simply trying at on as a lot of their products are made in the Uk. I dislike shopping at Tesco but will be using it for the forseeable"

You can say "for goodness sake" all you want, but that wont stop 72% blaming these price rises on the 38% of people who voted for price rises. That is the difference, you voted for price rises.

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire


"its an interesting issue, I feckin hate those 2 products so not fussed and pretty sure I can source some of their products or similar from other suppliers..

just wondering with them playing bully to Tesco(ironic say smaller suppliers to the latter maybe)that if even half of those who voted to leave boycotted the Unilever brand how they would after a couple of months think about their position..?

But if the price rise is because of the fall of the pound, how is that Unilever's fault? Are you going to boycott every company who's been effected by fall in Sterling? "

not an expert on retail etc but would imagine that the pound or any currency would have to be at a lower than normal rate for a while to affect the supply chain for a huge company like Unilever..

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By *mmabluTV/TS
over a year ago

upton wirral


"So Unilever products are starting to disappear from Tesco shelves as the fall in the pound starts to bite. Unilever says the price of the product must go up, Tesco says that they can't afford to take the hit, and don't want to pass the increase to the customers either.

Personally I'm not going to cry over not being able to buy Marmite or Pot Noodles, but obviously this is just the thin edge of the wedge, and the start of things to come.

I wonder how long it will be before the wheels come off of Brexit. Probably once it starts to bite at the petrol pump and energy price rises and the mercury starts to fall. "
What a load of bollocks,go live in Greece and starve there,you doom idiots are crazy

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By *igsteve43Man
over a year ago

derby


"its an interesting issue, I feckin hate those 2 products so not fussed and pretty sure I can source some of their products or similar from other suppliers..

just wondering with them playing bully to Tesco(ironic say smaller suppliers to the latter maybe)that if even half of those who voted to leave boycotted the Unilever brand how they would after a couple of months think about their position..?

But if the price rise is because of the fall of the pound, how is that Unilever's fault? Are you going to boycott every company who's been effected by fall in Sterling?

not an expert on retail etc but would imagine that the pound or any currency would have to be at a lower than normal rate for a while to affect the supply chain for a huge company like Unilever..

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The main point is the supermarkets are not willing to up the price who do you think will give in first the supermarket who can easily source similar products cheaper or unilever i know who my money would be on

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire


"its an interesting issue, I feckin hate those 2 products so not fussed and pretty sure I can source some of their products or similar from other suppliers..

just wondering with them playing bully to Tesco(ironic say smaller suppliers to the latter maybe)that if even half of those who voted to leave boycotted the Unilever brand how they would after a couple of months think about their position..?

But if the price rise is because of the fall of the pound, how is that Unilever's fault? Are you going to boycott every company who's been effected by fall in Sterling?

not an expert on retail etc but would imagine that the pound or any currency would have to be at a lower than normal rate for a while to affect the supply chain for a huge company like Unilever..

The main point is the supermarkets are not willing to up the price who do you think will give in first the supermarket who can easily source similar products cheaper or unilever i know who my money would be on"

would think they are tied in to long term deals with the big suppliers and yes they may decide to source some products, suppose it depends on stocks of whatever etc but no supplier will take kindly to a customer breaking a deal..

again ironic that Tesco were in a similar situation as the one doing the demanding the years before last and they didn't fare too well with the public etc..

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By *entaur_UKMan
over a year ago

Cannock


"So Unilever products are starting to disappear from Tesco shelves as the fall in the pound starts to bite. Unilever says the price of the product must go up, Tesco says that they can't afford to take the hit, and don't want to pass the increase to the customers either.

Personally I'm not going to cry over not being able to buy Marmite or Pot Noodles, but obviously this is just the thin edge of the wedge, and the start of things to come.

I wonder how long it will be before the wheels come off of Brexit. Probably once it starts to bite at the petrol pump and energy price rises and the mercury starts to fall. "

Very simple solution, shop at Asda, or Morrisons or Aldi or Lidl or Waitrose or the local corner shop instead then if you want those products. Or you could just say Pot noodles are shit anyway and stop buying them.

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By *ongtalljonMan
over a year ago

North Wales

Unilver isn't just Marmite and Pot Noodles. Washing powders, soaps, Lynx, margarine, Ben & Jerrys, without Unilever products, there will be many empty shelves in supermarkets. Unilver isn't as British as many people think. Yeah, of course it's the newer name of Lever Brothers, but also the name of Margarine Unie. It's a company which is both British and Dutch.

They're also connected to another headline which most people don't realise is connected. Palm oil. The world is running out of palm oil. It's an essential ingredient in both margarine and traditional soaps. Palm oil is the main reason why the two companies merged back in the 1930's.

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By *LCC OP   Couple
over a year ago

Cambridge


"So Unilever products are starting to disappear from Tesco shelves as the fall in the pound starts to bite. Unilever says the price of the product must go up, Tesco says that they can't afford to take the hit, and don't want to pass the increase to the customers either.

Personally I'm not going to cry over not being able to buy Marmite or Pot Noodles, but obviously this is just the thin edge of the wedge, and the start of things to come.

I wonder how long it will be before the wheels come off of Brexit. Probably once it starts to bite at the petrol pump and energy price rises and the mercury starts to fall.

Very simple solution, shop at Asda, or Morrisons or Aldi or Lidl or Waitrose or the local corner shop instead then if you want those products. Or you could just say Pot noodles are shit anyway and stop buying them. "

This is the Brexit equivalent of "let them eat cake"!

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By *entaur_UKMan
over a year ago

Cannock


"So Unilever products are starting to disappear from Tesco shelves as the fall in the pound starts to bite. Unilever says the price of the product must go up, Tesco says that they can't afford to take the hit, and don't want to pass the increase to the customers either.

Personally I'm not going to cry over not being able to buy Marmite or Pot Noodles, but obviously this is just the thin edge of the wedge, and the start of things to come.

I wonder how long it will be before the wheels come off of Brexit. Probably once it starts to bite at the petrol pump and energy price rises and the mercury starts to fall.

Very simple solution, shop at Asda, or Morrisons or Aldi or Lidl or Waitrose or the local corner shop instead then if you want those products. Or you could just say Pot noodles are shit anyway and stop buying them.

This is the Brexit equivalent of "let them eat cake"! "

Hope it's not marmite cake, I can't stand the stuff.

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By *entaur_UKMan
over a year ago

Cannock


"Unilver isn't just Marmite and Pot Noodles. Washing powders, soaps, Lynx, margarine, Ben & Jerrys, without Unilever products, there will be many empty shelves in supermarkets. Unilver isn't as British as many people think. Yeah, of course it's the newer name of Lever Brothers, but also the name of Margarine Unie. It's a company which is both British and Dutch.

They're also connected to another headline which most people don't realise is connected. Palm oil. The world is running out of palm oil. It's an essential ingredient in both margarine and traditional soaps. Palm oil is the main reason why the two companies merged back in the 1930's.

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Just saw it on sky news the products have only been removed from Tesco website. Still available in Tesco stores on the shelves. Other supermarkets are also available.

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By *igsteve43Man
over a year ago

derby


"So Unilever products are starting to disappear from Tesco shelves as the fall in the pound starts to bite. Unilever says the price of the product must go up, Tesco says that they can't afford to take the hit, and don't want to pass the increase to the customers either.

Personally I'm not going to cry over not being able to buy Marmite or Pot Noodles, but obviously this is just the thin edge of the wedge, and the start of things to come.

I wonder how long it will be before the wheels come off of Brexit. Probably once it starts to bite at the petrol pump and energy price rises and the mercury starts to fall.

Very simple solution, shop at Asda, or Morrisons or Aldi or Lidl or Waitrose or the local corner shop instead then if you want those products. Or you could just say Pot noodles are shit anyway and stop buying them.

This is the Brexit equivalent of "let them eat cake"! "

So if they are a british company why are they importing so much and as for ben and jerrys you cannot tell me it costs them nearly a fiver to make a tub

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By *candiumWoman
over a year ago

oban

The only traditional supermarket in my town is Tesco. I choose to shop at lidl instead as I don't like tescos ethics and it's expensive. I also avoid Unilever products as far as possible.

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By *LCC OP   Couple
over a year ago

Cambridge


"The only traditional supermarket in my town is Tesco. I choose to shop at lidl instead as I don't like tescos ethics and it's expensive. I also avoid Unilever products as far as possible."

Its going to be just Tesco or just Unilever though, it's going to be every retailer and virtually every product.

Even if you think of those lidl adverts talking about how British everything is, is the tractor British? Is the diesel in it British? What about the fertilizer or the pesticides or the feed etc. We live in a global, interconnected world, the fall in the pound is going to have a massive impact.

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By *tillup4funMan
over a year ago

Wakefield

More scaremongering from the same people, prices go up and down all the time for god sake.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The only traditional supermarket in my town is Tesco. I choose to shop at lidl instead as I don't like tescos ethics and it's expensive. I also avoid Unilever products as far as possible.

Its going to be just Tesco or just Unilever though, it's going to be every retailer and virtually every product.

Even if you think of those lidl adverts talking about how British everything is, is the tractor British? Is the diesel in it British? What about the fertilizer or the pesticides or the feed etc. We live in a global, interconnected world, the fall in the pound is going to have a massive impact."

and in that sentence is the best reason you've given yet for leaving the EU. Well done

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By *LCC OP   Couple
over a year ago

Cambridge


"The only traditional supermarket in my town is Tesco. I choose to shop at lidl instead as I don't like tescos ethics and it's expensive. I also avoid Unilever products as far as possible.

Its going to be just Tesco or just Unilever though, it's going to be every retailer and virtually every product.

Even if you think of those lidl adverts talking about how British everything is, is the tractor British? Is the diesel in it British? What about the fertilizer or the pesticides or the feed etc. We live in a global, interconnected world, the fall in the pound is going to have a massive impact.

and in that sentence is the best reason you've given yet for leaving the EU. Well done "

So you want to turn us into North Korea?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yes petrol is up, but at one point this year it was hovering around the £1 per litre Mark. Nobody was complaining then, but the reason was OPEC countries forcing down the price by flooding the market with cheap oil. That is no longer happening, hence the price hike.

There was plenty of Marmite and Pot Noodles on the shelves where I work tonight too. So no shortages here.

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By *tillup4funMan
over a year ago

Wakefield


"Yes petrol is up, but at one point this year it was hovering around the £1 per litre Mark. Nobody was complaining then, but the reason was OPEC countries forcing down the price by flooding the market with cheap oil. That is no longer happening, hence the price hike.

There was plenty of Marmite and Pot Noodles on the shelves where I work tonight too. So no shortages here."

Well said there,s whole big world out there not just the EU

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By *oncupiscentTonyMan
over a year ago

Kent


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Very simple solution, shop at.... Aldi or Lidl"

And send money to the forruns instead of hardworking British stiving British gawd bless you ma'am British rule Britannia the sun never sets British they need us more than we need them honest hardworking British British British companies??!, talk like that will get you hung at the next Ukkkip conference

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By *entaur_UKMan
over a year ago

Cannock


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Very simple solution, shop at.... Aldi or Lidl

And send money to the forruns instead of hardworking British stiving British gawd bless you ma'am British rule Britannia the sun never sets British they need us more than we need them honest hardworking British British British companies??!, talk like that will get you hung at the next Ukkkip conference"

Farage has a German wife, Ukip love the Germans.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Fuck them buy British then the exchange rate means nothing they will soon come begging and sort it out

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By *LCC OP   Couple
over a year ago

Cambridge


"Fuck them buy British then the exchange rate means nothing they will soon come begging and sort it out "

So no more tea or coffee or chocolate for you then? No petrol or diesel either.

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By *eavenNhellCouple
over a year ago

carrbrook stalybridge


"Fuck them buy British then the exchange rate means nothing they will soon come begging and sort it out

So no more tea or coffee or chocolate for you then? No petrol or diesel either."
no shoes no clothes there all imported from the Far East

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By *LCC OP   Couple
over a year ago

Cambridge


"Fuck them buy British then the exchange rate means nothing they will soon come begging and sort it out

So no more tea or coffee or chocolate for you then? No petrol or diesel either.no shoes no clothes there all imported from the Far East "

Actually, I wonder what British smartphone, tablet, laptop or desktop computer they used to post on this forum?

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By *enard ArgenteMan
over a year ago

London and France


"Fuck them buy British then the exchange rate means nothing they will soon come begging and sort it out

So no more tea or coffee or chocolate for you then? No petrol or diesel either.no shoes no clothes there all imported from the Far East "

Buy British?

Buy British what? A few carrots and some meat?

This particular issue stems from;

£ has dropped 15%

Most food stuffs are imported, ( bought in $) and the raw materials used by food and domestic products are sourced globally by manufacturers and are bought in $ ( and some €). Even for the stuff that's "manufactured" in UK.

Tesco buys in £.

Oops.

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By *entaur_UKMan
over a year ago

Cannock

Can't help thinking the OP is going way over the top with all this. Take the title of the thread "empty shelves", and the content of the opening post are very misleading as the shelves are not empty, Unilever products have only been removed from Tesco website but still available in store.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If this is really the state people get into over pot noodles....I fear what the fuck you'll be like when the real shortages occur from climate change?.

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Crop yields worldwide have been either held constant or falling for along time for a multitude of reasons, none of them connected to a falling pound but the way your leading your life!!.

Phytoplankton alone produces about 80% of the world's oxygen, what do you think will happen when we acidify the ocean that much they die?.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Empty shelves yes I have already seen them while my family fought for a job. During 84-85

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By *oo hotCouple
over a year ago

North West


"If this is really the state people get into over pot noodles....I fear what the fuck you'll be like when the real shortages occur from climate change?.

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Crop yields worldwide have been either held constant or falling for along time for a multitude of reasons, none of them connected to a falling pound but the way your leading your life!!.

Phytoplankton alone produces about 80% of the world's oxygen, what do you think will happen when we acidify the ocean that much they die?.

"

Climate Change? WTF is that? Is it still going on? Not heard much about it recently.

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By *igsteve43Man
over a year ago

derby


"If this is really the state people get into over pot noodles....I fear what the fuck you'll be like when the real shortages occur from climate change?.

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Crop yields worldwide have been either held constant or falling for along time for a multitude of reasons, none of them connected to a falling pound but the way your leading your life!!.

Phytoplankton alone produces about 80% of the world's oxygen, what do you think will happen when we acidify the ocean that much they die?.

"

And this is going to take less thvan fifty years to happen ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"If this is really the state people get into over pot noodles....I fear what the fuck you'll be like when the real shortages occur from climate change?.

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Crop yields worldwide have been either held constant or falling for along time for a multitude of reasons, none of them connected to a falling pound but the way your leading your life!!.

Phytoplankton alone produces about 80% of the world's oxygen, what do you think will happen when we acidify the ocean that much they die?.

Climate Change? WTF is that? Is it still going on? Not heard much about it recently. "
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in truth.

That's the biggest failure, we've not communicated the problem easier enough for the general population!.

It's one of those very big problems that governments can put off because it won't happen on they're "watch"..... They did exactly the same thing with world finance and monetary policy, only trouble was it came up on they're watch "unexpectedly" and now we're reaping the right wing whirlwind of not addressing problems early and letting them dictate the future policy.

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I'm afraid remainers, your a delusional bunch if you can't see the writing on the wall!.

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By *oo hotCouple
over a year ago

North West


"If this is really the state people get into over pot noodles....I fear what the fuck you'll be like when the real shortages occur from climate change?.

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Crop yields worldwide have been either held constant or falling for along time for a multitude of reasons, none of them connected to a falling pound but the way your leading your life!!.

Phytoplankton alone produces about 80% of the world's oxygen, what do you think will happen when we acidify the ocean that much they die?.

Climate Change? WTF is that? Is it still going on? Not heard much about it recently. .

in truth.

That's the biggest failure, we've not communicated the problem easier enough for the general population!.

It's one of those very big problems that governments can put off because it won't happen on they're "watch"..... They did exactly the same thing with world finance and monetary policy, only trouble was it came up on they're watch "unexpectedly" and now we're reaping the right wing whirlwind of not addressing problems early and letting them dictate the future policy.

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I'm afraid remainers, your a delusional bunch if you can't see the writing on the wall!.

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No, no, no. Climate Change is not the fault of Remainers. If Climate Change exists, it is definately because of Brexit and nothing to do with Remain.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"If this is really the state people get into over pot noodles....I fear what the fuck you'll be like when the real shortages occur from climate change?.

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Crop yields worldwide have been either held constant or falling for along time for a multitude of reasons, none of them connected to a falling pound but the way your leading your life!!.

Phytoplankton alone produces about 80% of the world's oxygen, what do you think will happen when we acidify the ocean that much they die?.

And this is going to take less thvan fifty years to happen ? "
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The truth is nobody knows for definite!.

We can look to evidence to give you a better chance to say either way... The oceans are now more acidified than ever in human history, I think it's about a million year high?.... Dead spots in the oceans are at record highs, that's places hundreds of miles across that have zero or very little aquatic life in them, phytoplankton is in dramatic decline and has been for about 50 years, plastics have now amassed in the ocean at such levels you can pretty much detect it in most sea life when autopsied, there's thousand mile stretches where you can actually net it out it's that thick with it..... The worrying thing about this data is hardly any of it is linear, when things collapse they collapse quickly you don't get to see it going worse and worse until it's eventually gone, it just reaches a breaking point and then snaps.

50 years maybe 25 years maybe 100 years probably not unless we take drastic action now!.... Drastic action in 75 years just won't solve this problem

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


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No, no, no. Climate Change is not the fault of Remainers. If Climate Change exists, it is definately because of Brexit and nothing to do with Remain."
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Climate change just is, no more no less.

Sometimes it's best not to look for faults but solutions.

Every human on earth has had an impact on varying degrees, in general the wealthier you are the bigger the impact you've had, the poorer you are the more likely you are to suffer from its beginnings!.

But like life none of us escape it in the end..... Were all living with other people's actions wether that be brexit or flying!!!

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By *entaur_UKMan
over a year ago

Cannock

Just on sky news Unilever has now resolved it's dispute with Tesco and normal service is resumed. At no point were any shelves empty and I think this thread is just another example of the over the top reaction from Remainers and the melodramatic threads that the OP posts on here.

Seriously what was all the fuss about?

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By *LCC OP   Couple
over a year ago

Cambridge


"Just on sky news Unilever has now resolved it's dispute with Tesco and normal service is resumed. At no point were any shelves empty and I think this thread is just another example of the over the top reaction from Remainers and the melodramatic threads that the OP posts on here.

Seriously what was all the fuss about?"

Well Tesco said that they were, but we know that you know more about the economy than the bank of England, more about research than Stephen Hawking, more about defence than NATO, so I won't be surprised it you also claim to know more about Tesco than Tesco!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The only traditional supermarket in my town is Tesco. I choose to shop at lidl instead as I don't like tescos ethics and it's expensive. I also avoid Unilever products as far as possible.

Its going to be just Tesco or just Unilever though, it's going to be every retailer and virtually every product.

Even if you think of those lidl adverts talking about how British everything is, is the tractor British? Is the diesel in it British? What about the fertilizer or the pesticides or the feed etc. We live in a global, interconnected world, the fall in the pound is going to have a massive impact.

and in that sentence is the best reason you've given yet for leaving the EU. Well done

So you want to turn us into North Korea? "

How do you arrive at North Korea from that?

We live in a global interconnected world as you say. Not some outdated ideological protectionist isolated corner of the world the EU tries to confine us to

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By *anes HubbyCouple
over a year ago

Babbacombe Torquay


"Fuck them buy British then the exchange rate means nothing they will soon come begging and sort it out "

This made me chuckle out loud, good luck with attempting to change the way 21st Century British families choose to eat, it's 2016 and not 1916.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Experts on this evenings news said

" this is a power struggle between Managers of the respective companies and has more to do with share price, profits and the fact that the profits Unilever are making are coming from margins i.e mark up in what they charge v cost and not volume"

Amazing how experts are listened to when it suits yet when they do not say what you would like to hear they are ignored.

Same said experts doubted currency fluctuation was to blame at this point in time.

Interesting view!

lol lol lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

and the news update is now saying this matter is now resolved hmmm interesting as the fall in pound happened and the pound is not worth any more!

ooooops

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"So Unilever products are starting to disappear from Tesco shelves as the fall in the pound starts to bite. Unilever says the price of the product must go up, Tesco says that they can't afford to take the hit, and don't want to pass the increase to the customers either.

Personally I'm not going to cry over not being able to buy Marmite or Pot Noodles, but obviously this is just the thin edge of the wedge, and the start of things to come.

I wonder how long it will be before the wheels come off of Brexit. Probably once it starts to bite at the petrol pump and energy price rises and the mercury starts to fall. "

this news was like Christmas come early for you

although really, its nothing much to talk about, apart from Tesco standing up for themselves

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By *oorland2Couple
over a year ago

Stoke


"its an interesting issue, I feckin hate those 2 products so not fussed and pretty sure I can source some of their products or similar from other suppliers..

just wondering with them playing bully to Tesco(ironic say smaller suppliers to the latter maybe)that if even half of those who voted to leave boycotted the Unilever brand how they would after a couple of months think about their position..?

But if the price rise is because of the fall of the pound, how is that Unilever's fault? Are you going to boycott every company who's been effected by fall in Sterling?

not an expert on retail etc but would imagine that the pound or any currency would have to be at a lower than normal rate for a while to affect the supply chain for a huge company like Unilever..

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By *isandreTV/TS
over a year ago

Durham

Does anyone know HOW it was resolved?

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By *erbyDalesCplCouple
over a year ago

Derbyshire


"Does anyone know HOW it was resolved?"

Yes. Compromise.

If only politics could be the same...

Mr ddc

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Buy British? I thought Unilever was British (and Dutch). Their headquarters are in London. We might as well throw away the jobs they offer.

I do wonder what support we gave when the farmers were disputing with supermarkets about milk prices?

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By *LCC OP   Couple
over a year ago

Cambridge


"Buy British? I thought Unilever was British (and Dutch). Their headquarters are in London. We might as well throw away the jobs they offer.

I do wonder what support we gave when the farmers were disputing with supermarkets about milk prices? "

I shop at morrisons and buy the more expensive milk and cheese where extra goes to the milk farmers

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Buy British? I thought Unilever was British (and Dutch). Their headquarters are in London. We might as well throw away the jobs they offer.

I do wonder what support we gave when the farmers were disputing with supermarkets about milk prices?

I shop at morrisons and buy the more expensive milk and cheese where extra goes to the milk farmers "

I agree. I used to buy produce directly with them. Supported British local stores too.

But Tesco will never go full British, would they? They'll seek the best profit.

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By *entaur_UKMan
over a year ago

Cannock

Reported on the news that the boss of Unilever earns almost £10 million per year in wages. Maybe he should take a pay cut instead of trying to take UK consumers for mugs in future. £10 million per year in wages is obscene!

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By *LCC OP   Couple
over a year ago

Cambridge


"Reported on the news that the boss of Unilever earns almost £10 million per year in wages. Maybe he should take a pay cut instead of trying to take UK consumers for mugs in future. £10 million per year in wages is obscene! "

It will probably go up when all the foreigners go home though, right?

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By *andS66Couple
over a year ago

Derby


"its an interesting issue, I feckin hate those 2 products so not fussed and pretty sure I can source some of their products or similar from other suppliers..

just wondering with them playing bully to Tesco(ironic say smaller suppliers to the latter maybe)that if even half of those who voted to leave boycotted the Unilever brand how they would after a couple of months think about their position..?

But if the price rise is because of the fall of the pound, how is that Unilever's fault? Are you going to boycott every company who's been effected by fall in Sterling? "

The price rise is not because of the fall in the pound.... Marmite is an entirely uk sourced product.

Marmite was £3:00 a 500g jar in Sep 2013, by May 2014 it was £4:50, where it has been ever since. Did the price go down when the pound went high in 2015? No? Why not?

Companies will use anything as an excuse to increase prices, cut costs, make redundancies, etc. In other words, profiteering. It just so happens that this time round they're using Brexit. In 2008 they used the global crash.

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By *enard ArgenteMan
over a year ago

London and France


"its an interesting issue, I feckin hate those 2 products so not fussed and pretty sure I can source some of their products or similar from other suppliers..

just wondering with them playing bully to Tesco(ironic say smaller suppliers to the latter maybe)that if even half of those who voted to leave boycotted the Unilever brand how they would after a couple of months think about their position..?

But if the price rise is because of the fall of the pound, how is that Unilever's fault? Are you going to boycott every company who's been effected by fall in Sterling?

The price rise is not because of the fall in the pound.... Marmite is an entirely uk sourced product.

Marmite was £3:00 a 500g jar in Sep 2013, by May 2014 it was £4:50, where it has been ever since. Did the price go down when the pound went high in 2015? No? Why not?

Companies will use anything as an excuse to increase prices, cut costs, make redundancies, etc. In other words, profiteering. It just so happens that this time round they're using Brexit. In 2008 they used the global crash."

It's not marmite that is the actual issue;

Foodstuffs are traded in $: as is fuel and energy; thus the overall food cost rises as a result of the £ going -15%.

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By *andS66Couple
over a year ago

Derby


"its an interesting issue, I feckin hate those 2 products so not fussed and pretty sure I can source some of their products or similar from other suppliers..

just wondering with them playing bully to Tesco(ironic say smaller suppliers to the latter maybe)that if even half of those who voted to leave boycotted the Unilever brand how they would after a couple of months think about their position..?

But if the price rise is because of the fall of the pound, how is that Unilever's fault? Are you going to boycott every company who's been effected by fall in Sterling?

The price rise is not because of the fall in the pound.... Marmite is an entirely uk sourced product.

Marmite was £3:00 a 500g jar in Sep 2013, by May 2014 it was £4:50, where it has been ever since. Did the price go down when the pound went high in 2015? No? Why not?

Companies will use anything as an excuse to increase prices, cut costs, make redundancies, etc. In other words, profiteering. It just so happens that this time round they're using Brexit. In 2008 they used the global crash.

It's not marmite that is the actual issue;

Foodstuffs are traded in $: as is fuel and energy; thus the overall food cost rises as a result of the £ going -15%. "

No, you're wrong.... food ingredients made and sold within the UK are bought and sold in sterling...I work extensively within the food and allied industries....

Energy contracts are negotiated, in sterling, 12 to 24 months in advance, at fixed prices.

The biggest thing to hit many FMCG companies in the UK over the next 3 years will not be the fall in sterling, but the forced increase in labour costs due the rise in the minimum (living) wage.

If you'd like to know the reason for the increase in the cost of Marmite from 2011 to 2014, you need look no further than the cost of waste yeast - which saw a tenfold increase due to increased demand.

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