Wow zero hour (sort of) comes to corporates?

[Itchy]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30338663

Invest in us or we'll de-list you... oh and there is no guarantee that we will ever use you either.

Look at the 10y chart this company looks dead.

https://www.google.co.uk/finance?cid=15066210
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[N cee thirty]

doubt the gov give 2 tosses about it , anything to keep food prices down is good in their books
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[unitynotsocri...]

Its called abusive monopoly capitalism, Al Capone would be flattered.
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[BanditsHigh]

Sooooooo ... what about turning the tables ... pay me or I won't sell you any of my goods.

We could take it one step further and say to stores pay me or I won't shop at your store!

All the best ... Barry

[N cee thirty]

[Ribenapigeon]

Thing to do is think "what would French farmers do?". 😁

[N cee thirty]

[Diggs]

Sadly this happens in many industries, not just where food is concerned. The usual tack is to ask suppliers to 'write off' unpaid invoices in return for their continued custom. This is easier accounts-wise than accepting payments and relies on the fact that many suppliers half expect old invoices not to be paid anyway and have begrudgingly taken this into account in their financial planning.

Business are wankers when they do this and it is blackmail pure and simple - don't know if it is illegal though as the supplier can always say no... I lost 2k to a regular customer who did exactly this to me a few years ago.
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[Llama-Farmer]

Businesses that do this are just cunts really aren't they. Because they're also the kind of businesses that are gonna screw over their employees at the first opportunity.
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[chris-red]

More people would moan if food prices suddenly went up... We enjoy cheap food because of dirty underhanded companies like this.
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[thx1138]

many a company have sent me nasty letters over the years, threatening all sorts for not paying in 10days

same companies when owing me money, drag their feet for months before paying up

[Polarbear]

[Vincent]

This reminds me of something that I overheard on the radio the other day......about bigger companies not paying their sub-contractors for something like 6 months or a year. If the subbie doesn't agree, they go elsewhere.

It'll come back to me......,...
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[Vincent]

[Rogerborg]

I invite you to watch the context of that soundbite and tell me whether you disagree with the substance of it.
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[Ribenapigeon]

Most of my clients would be unable to cook a basic meat and two veg meal from scratch. There's a lot of reasons behind this but it is all part of poverty. Poverty is not just about monetary issues. But who gives a shit really. Most people just want to find more ways to not give a shit.

[N cee thirty]

i would have thought the biggest issue was having time to cook from scratch

rice pudding for 20p at asda, potatoes never been cheaper, milk cheaper than it was 20 years ago and so on
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[Vincent]

The poor have never had it so good..........
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[Rogerborg]

[Quornholio]

[Itchy]

[Rogerborg]

And heroes strode the land, wearing the Rose Tinted Glasses of Yore.

Maybe, but it's marginal, and even the poor can afford big TVs now rather than the bakelite wireless sets that we had to make do with in the late 90s. There's still plenty of chicken nuggets and X Factor to go around.
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[Itchy]

[Rogerborg]