tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10388715.post113759338091296170..comments2023-11-02T12:28:06.071+00:00Comments on Anything but sprouts: Classification of fruitAlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03307764579407047231noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10388715.post-1137658249350229732006-01-19T08:10:00.000+00:002006-01-19T08:10:00.000+00:00I'm sure you're more than right. I'm intrigued now...I'm sure you're more than right. I'm intrigued now as to whether able & cole use the classification. I guess they must, but we always get nice little notes about produce maybe having a few bugs. (Which I'm more than happy about!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10388715.post-1137595564686673602006-01-18T14:46:00.000+00:002006-01-18T14:46:00.000+00:00I don't know but here's what I suspect. The grower...I don't know but here's what I suspect. The grower (organic or otherwise) believes that the more produce he sells the more successful and profitable he will be. Either he chases after a supermarket contract or is approached by a supermarket for a contract. At negotiation stage, supermarket is all sweetness and light and everyone is jolly and excited about doing business together. <BR/><BR/>Once the contract is signed, the grower finds that he cannot support his existing customers due to the volumes the supermarket requires or through an exclusivity deal with the supermarket. He is now wholly dependent on the supermarket for his entire business survival. Supermarket then starts to squeeze and 'enhances' its produce selection criteria meaning that the grower gets Class II prices for what was last week Class I Produce. The grower has no other options left but to comply. The supermarket then has the luxury of sometimes being able to overdeliver on quality (not often) or to be able to damage the produce in transit or otherwise diminish the quality through overlong transport and storage and still be within the DEFRA guidelines.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps I'm too much of a cynic where supermarkets are concerned....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com