On Thu, 13 Mar 2025 17:22:40 +0000, The Todal <[email protected]> wrote:
On 13/03/2025 15:26, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
You may or may not be aware of a recent trend to boycott products coming >>> from the USA in supermarkets.
What possible law infringements can be envisaged towards someone caught
doing so in UK, apart from obviously getting kicked out and being asked
not to come back?
Why would they be kicked out?
I doubt if many products on our supermarket shelves are labelled as the
produce of the USA. Tesco sometimes sells overpriced children's cereals
such as Lucky Charms or Froot Loops full of unhealthy ingredients.
Nobody likes Hersheys chocolate which has the aroma of fresh vomit.
Wine and spirits are probably the only US products that people routinely buy in British supermarkets. Practically everything else - even if it's a US brand name - is manufactured here or in the EU.
I'll have a look at a few labels the next time I do the weekly shop.
Mark
On 13/03/2025 17:53, Mark Goodge wrote:
On Thu, 13 Mar 2025 17:22:40 +0000, The Todal <[email protected]> wrote:
Nobody likes Hersheys chocolate which has the aroma of fresh vomit.
On 13/03/2025 17:53, Mark Goodge wrote:
On Thu, 13 Mar 2025 17:22:40 +0000, The Todal <[email protected]>Sweet potatoes mostly come from the USA. A few other fruit and veg do too, sometimes, e.g. Medjool Dates. But at a pinch I could do without those.
wrote:
On 13/03/2025 15:26, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
You may or may not be aware of a recent trend to boycott products
coming
from the USA in supermarkets.
What possible law infringements can be envisaged towards someone caught >>>> doing so in UK, apart from obviously getting kicked out and being asked >>>> not to come back?
Why would they be kicked out?
I doubt if many products on our supermarket shelves are labelled as the
produce of the USA. Tesco sometimes sells overpriced children's cereals
such as Lucky Charms or Froot Loops full of unhealthy ingredients.
Nobody likes Hersheys chocolate which has the aroma of fresh vomit.
Wine and spirits are probably the only US products that people
routinely buy
in British supermarkets. Practically everything else - even if it's a US
brand name - is manufactured here or in the EU.
I'll have a look at a few labels the next time I do the weekly shop.
Mark
On 13/03/2025 21:40, Clive Page wrote:
On 13/03/2025 17:53, Mark Goodge wrote:Thought they mostly came from Africa.
On Thu, 13 Mar 2025 17:22:40 +0000, The Todal <[email protected]> wrote: >>>Sweet potatoes mostly come from the USA. A few other fruit and veg do too, sometimes, e.g. Medjool Dates. But at a pinch I could do without those.
On 13/03/2025 15:26, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
You may or may not be aware of a recent trend to boycott products coming >>>>> from the USA in supermarkets.
What possible law infringements can be envisaged towards someone caught >>>>> doing so in UK, apart from obviously getting kicked out and being asked >>>>> not to come back?
Why would they be kicked out?
I doubt if many products on our supermarket shelves are labelled as the >>>> produce of the USA. Tesco sometimes sells overpriced children's cereals >>>> such as Lucky Charms or Froot Loops full of unhealthy ingredients.
Nobody likes Hersheys chocolate which has the aroma of fresh vomit.
Wine and spirits are probably the only US products that people routinely buy
in British supermarkets. Practically everything else - even if it's a US >>> brand name - is manufactured here or in the EU.
I'll have a look at a few labels the next time I do the weekly shop.
Mark
Cornflakes are prolly American tho
On 13/03/2025 21:40, Clive Page wrote:
On 13/03/2025 17:53, Mark Goodge wrote:Thought they mostly came from Africa.
On Thu, 13 Mar 2025 17:22:40 +0000, The Todal <[email protected]>Sweet potatoes mostly come from the USA. A few other fruit and veg
wrote:
On 13/03/2025 15:26, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
You may or may not be aware of a recent trend to boycott products
coming
from the USA in supermarkets.
What possible law infringements can be envisaged towards someone
caught
doing so in UK, apart from obviously getting kicked out and being
asked
not to come back?
Why would they be kicked out?
I doubt if many products on our supermarket shelves are labelled as the >>>> produce of the USA. Tesco sometimes sells overpriced children's cereals >>>> such as Lucky Charms or Froot Loops full of unhealthy ingredients.
Nobody likes Hersheys chocolate which has the aroma of fresh vomit.
Wine and spirits are probably the only US products that people
routinely buy
in British supermarkets. Practically everything else - even if it's a US >>> brand name - is manufactured here or in the EU.
I'll have a look at a few labels the next time I do the weekly shop.
Mark
do too, sometimes, e.g. Medjool Dates. But at a pinch I could do
without those.
Cornflakes are prolly American tho
Kelloggs still make breakfast cereals, including cornflakes, in their
factory in Old Trafford, Manchester - although it is due to close next
year.
Kelloggs still make breakfast cereals, including cornflakes, in their
factory in Old Trafford, Manchester - although it is due to close next
year.
On 14/03/2025 02:26, The Natural Philosopher wrote:Yes, but my guess is that its American maize they use.
On 13/03/2025 21:40, Clive Page wrote:
On 13/03/2025 17:53, Mark Goodge wrote:Thought they mostly came from Africa.
On Thu, 13 Mar 2025 17:22:40 +0000, The Todal <[email protected]>Sweet potatoes mostly come from the USA. A few other fruit and veg
wrote:
On 13/03/2025 15:26, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
You may or may not be aware of a recent trend to boycott products
coming
from the USA in supermarkets.
What possible law infringements can be envisaged towards someone
caught
doing so in UK, apart from obviously getting kicked out and being
asked
not to come back?
Why would they be kicked out?
I doubt if many products on our supermarket shelves are labelled as
the
produce of the USA. Tesco sometimes sells overpriced children's
cereals
such as Lucky Charms or Froot Loops full of unhealthy ingredients.
Nobody likes Hersheys chocolate which has the aroma of fresh vomit.
Wine and spirits are probably the only US products that people
routinely buy
in British supermarkets. Practically everything else - even if it's
a US
brand name - is manufactured here or in the EU.
I'll have a look at a few labels the next time I do the weekly shop.
Mark
do too, sometimes, e.g. Medjool Dates. But at a pinch I could do
without those.
Cornflakes are prolly American tho
Kelloggs still make breakfast cereals, including cornflakes, in their
factory in Old Trafford, Manchester - although it is due to close next
year.
On 14/03/2025 08:27, SteveW wrote:
Kelloggs still make breakfast cereals, including cornflakes, in their
factory in Old Trafford, Manchester - although it is due to close next
year.
Most of the breakfast cereals sold in the USA have ingredients (mainly
food colouring and additives) that are banned in the UK and Europe so
what you will find on UK supermarket shelves is a different product
albeit may be sharing the same name. I doubt very much that boxes of breakfast cereals are actually shipped from the USA but manufactured somewhere in Europe. The raw ingredients may come from the USA.
It wouldn't be a bad thing to boycott many breakfast cereals, at least
it would take vast amounts of sugar from your diet.
On Thu, 3/13/2025 10:26 PM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 13/03/2025 21:40, Clive Page wrote:
On 13/03/2025 17:53, Mark Goodge wrote:Thought they mostly came from Africa.
On Thu, 13 Mar 2025 17:22:40 +0000, The Todal <[email protected]> wrote:Sweet potatoes mostly come from the USA. A few other fruit and veg do too, sometimes, e.g. Medjool Dates. But at a pinch I could do without those.
On 13/03/2025 15:26, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
You may or may not be aware of a recent trend to boycott products coming >>>>>> from the USA in supermarkets.
What possible law infringements can be envisaged towards someone caught >>>>>> doing so in UK, apart from obviously getting kicked out and being asked >>>>>> not to come back?
Why would they be kicked out?
I doubt if many products on our supermarket shelves are labelled as the >>>>> produce of the USA. Tesco sometimes sells overpriced children's cereals >>>>> such as Lucky Charms or Froot Loops full of unhealthy ingredients.
Nobody likes Hersheys chocolate which has the aroma of fresh vomit.
Wine and spirits are probably the only US products that people routinely buy
in British supermarkets. Practically everything else - even if it's a US >>>> brand name - is manufactured here or in the EU.
I'll have a look at a few labels the next time I do the weekly shop.
Mark
Cornflakes are prolly American tho
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yam_%28vegetable%29
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_potato
The stores here, also stock various root items,
manioc ? These can be ground by the buyer, in
a mortar and pestle, to a starch which can be
used for baking of some sort.
The problem then, when discussing things like this,
is not confusing the identity of a thing due to
local practice. Rather than read the label for these
particular items (the label invariably being correct),
we sight-identify the item and buy them. The root items
for example, are easily identified as "a lot of work".
Whereas sweet potato, you can be quite lazy about
their preparation (slice it so it will cook, microwave it,
dish out the flesh).
The consistency can range from starchy to sweet, and
then part of your job is not buying something that
isn't going to cook up nice. The smaller ones
may taste a bit better than the huge ones.
You can mash the flesh and stir in a bit of butter.
Not enough butter to make a butter soup.
I haven't had those for several years now. I would have to
go up to the other store (further away) to get some.
On 14/03/2025 08:27, SteveW wrote:
On 14/03/2025 02:26, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Yes, but my guess is that its American maize they use.Thought they mostly came from Africa.
Cornflakes are prolly American tho
Kelloggs still make breakfast cereals, including cornflakes, in their
factory in Old Trafford, Manchester - although it is due to close next year.
Its a very very big export product in the US compared with - say - Africa.
On 14/03/2025 10:59, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 14/03/2025 08:27, SteveW wrote:
On 14/03/2025 02:26, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Yes, but my guess is that its American maize they use.Thought they mostly came from Africa.
Cornflakes are prolly American tho
Kelloggs still make breakfast cereals, including cornflakes, in their
factory in Old Trafford, Manchester - although it is due to close
next year.
Its a very very big export product in the US compared with - say -
Africa.
UK Green Giant uses French maize, so Kelloggs may not use US.
On 13/03/2025 17:53, Mark Goodge wrote:
On Thu, 13 Mar 2025 17:22:40 +0000, The Todal <[email protected]>
wrote:
On 13/03/2025 15:26, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
You may or may not be aware of a recent trend to boycott products
coming
from the USA in supermarkets.
What possible law infringements can be envisaged towards someone caught >>>> doing so in UK, apart from obviously getting kicked out and being asked >>>> not to come back?
Sweet potatoes mostly come from the USA. A few other fruit and veg do too, sometimes, e.g. Medjool Dates. But at a pinch I could do without those.Why would they be kicked out?
I doubt if many products on our supermarket shelves are labelled as the
produce of the USA. Tesco sometimes sells overpriced children's cereals
such as Lucky Charms or Froot Loops full of unhealthy ingredients.
Nobody likes Hersheys chocolate which has the aroma of fresh vomit.
Wine and spirits are probably the only US products that people
routinely buy
in British supermarkets. Practically everything else - even if it's a US
brand name - is manufactured here or in the EU.
I'll have a look at a few labels the next time I do the weekly shop.
Mark
On 13/03/2025 17:53, Mark Goodge wrote:
On Thu, 13 Mar 2025 17:22:40 +0000, The Todal <[email protected]>Sweet potatoes mostly come from the USA. A few other fruit and veg do too, sometimes, e.g. Medjool Dates. But at a pinch I could do without those.
wrote:
On 13/03/2025 15:26, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
You may or may not be aware of a recent trend to boycott products
coming
from the USA in supermarkets.
What possible law infringements can be envisaged towards someone caught >>>> doing so in UK, apart from obviously getting kicked out and being asked >>>> not to come back?
Why would they be kicked out?
I doubt if many products on our supermarket shelves are labelled as the
produce of the USA. Tesco sometimes sells overpriced children's cereals
such as Lucky Charms or Froot Loops full of unhealthy ingredients.
Nobody likes Hersheys chocolate which has the aroma of fresh vomit.
Wine and spirits are probably the only US products that people
routinely buy
in British supermarkets. Practically everything else - even if it's a US
brand name - is manufactured here or in the EU.
I'll have a look at a few labels the next time I do the weekly shop.
Mark
On 14/03/2025 08:27, SteveW wrote:
Kelloggs still make breakfast cereals, including cornflakes, in their factory in Old Trafford, Manchester - although it is due to close next year.
Most of the breakfast cereals sold in the USA have ingredients
(mainly food colouring and additives) that are banned in the UK and Europe
Today, the largest cereal brand in the United States is Cheerios,
with a revenue of $18.126 billion and 139.1 million boxes sold in 2021."
On 14/03/2025 17:26, Paul wrote:
Today, the largest cereal brand in the United States is Cheerios, >> with a revenue of $18.126 billion and 139.1 million boxes sold in 2021."
How big are those boxes ?
On 13/03/2025 21:40, Clive Page wrote:
On 13/03/2025 17:53, Mark Goodge wrote:
On Thu, 13 Mar 2025 17:22:40 +0000, The Todal <[email protected]>
wrote:
On 13/03/2025 15:26, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
You may or may not be aware of a recent trend to boycott products
coming
from the USA in supermarkets.
What possible law infringements can be envisaged towards someone caught >>>>> doing so in UK, apart from obviously getting kicked out and being asked >>>>> not to come back?
It's illegal for any branch of government (such as local councils) to >implement any international boycott unless central government has done
so. This is often (maybe always) included in council contracts too. In >effect, no branch of government are allowed to have their own policies
on international matters.
Why would they be kicked out?
I doubt if many products on our supermarket shelves are labelled as the >>>> produce of the USA. Tesco sometimes sells overpriced children's cereals >>>> such as Lucky Charms or Froot Loops full of unhealthy ingredients.
Nobody likes Hersheys chocolate which has the aroma of fresh vomit
On 13/03/2025 21:40, Clive Page wrote:<[email protected]>
On 13/03/2025 17:53, Mark Goodge wrote:
On Thu, 13 Mar 2025 17:22:40 +0000, The Todal
caughtwrote:
On 13/03/2025 15:26, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
You may or may not be aware of a recent trend to boycott products
coming
from the USA in supermarkets.
What possible law infringements can be envisaged towards someone
askeddoing so in UK, apart from obviously getting kicked out and being
not to come back?
It's illegal for any branch of government (such as local councils) to >implement any international boycott unless central government has done
so. This is often (maybe always) included in council contracts too. In >effect, no branch of government are allowed to have their own policies
on international matters.
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