Cyclone Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Isn't it palm oil that is causing the destruction of the rainforest? On that basis alone McVitites should be boycotted by anyone with a conscience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinfoilhat Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Isn't it palm oil that is causing the destruction of the rainforest? On that basis alone McVitites should be boycotted by anyone with a conscience. If you are planning of boycotting anything with palm oil you'll need to go an awful lot further than McVitities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retep Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 You're assuming the UK is self sufficient in wheat and sugar production. We're not and so import both. Which should improve, " UK sugar industry licks lips over end of EU quotas and price-fixing" https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/sep/29/uk-sugar-industry-licks-lips-over-end-of-eu-quotas-and-price-fixing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Which should improve, " UK sugar industry licks lips over end of EU quotas and price-fixing" https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/sep/29/uk-sugar-industry-licks-lips-over-end-of-eu-quotas-and-price-fixing and where else grow lots of sugar? will we be looking to make trade deals with them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retep Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 and where else grow lots of sugar? will we be looking to make trade deals with them? Why would we if we are producing our own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ENG601PM Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Farmers will be needing lots of currently unemployed people to pull sugar beet in the fields and trim them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lottiecass Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 No they wont,sheep eat the tops and a machine harvests the roots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apelike Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 You're assuming the UK is self sufficient in wheat and sugar production. We're not and so import both. True but home grown wheat accounts for around 80-85% of wheat used by UK flour millers and 75% of sugar is home grown. ---------- Post added 21-01-2018 at 22:41 ---------- Also fuel seems to be going up so that will have an effect on pricing too, regardless of where the ingredients come from. Notice that the prices didn't go down when the cost of fuel bottomed though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Why would we if we are producing our own. IF we make trade deals with other sugar producing nations dont you think they may put pressure on us...same as you reckon the EU do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apelike Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 IF we make trade deals with other sugar producing nations dont you think they may put pressure on us...same as you reckon the EU do? As pointed out that imported trade is only about 25% so not much in trading terms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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