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Hello and welcome to Farming Friday. Today’s issue is on how farmers are underpaid by supermarkets and distributors. We have farmer Giles and Muhammad Wann, the owner of Tesco stores here with us. So Giles how do you feel about the underpayment for produce from supermarkets and distributors?
Mr Wann: Well that’s a good question, I feel absolutely sick to the pit of my stomach every time I think about it to be honest with you. Farmers work for long hours and do extremely hard labour, which the average man would simply just turn his nose up at. The money we get in profit is barely enough to keep our heads above the water with all the bills we get.
So what do you have to say Mr Wann?
Mr Wann: Well I understand that farmers are on a low pay and we feel it’s a fair price. However supermarkets have bills and workers to pay as well and they also have to supply with the cheapest produce available. We also have to pay taxes which are extremely high.
Giles: Yes I understand you have to pay taxes but you don’t try to give customers the lowest priced produce available as you and I know myself you rocket the prices up so you can make a whacking profit. Some of this profit might be put back into the store but not all of it the money that isn’t used will be spent by your good self on unnecessary items that you desire or maybe spent on a meal for you and your partner. So is it really a fair price? I sell my wheat at £343.40 per tonne. A tonne is enough to make roughly 2500 loafs of bread. Usually bread sells at around £1.39 a loaf. That means that after all the bread is sold you are left with a huge profit of £3,131.61. Even if you have to pay; taxes, transportation, milling of the wheat and labour costs, the cost of all of this won’t stretch over £2,000 leaving £1,131.61. Anyway my point is
Hello and welcome to Farming Friday. Today’s issue is on how farmers are underpaid by supermarkets and distributors. We have farmer Giles and Muhammad Wann, the owner of Tesco stores here with us. So Giles how do you feel about the underpayment for produce from supermarkets and distributors?
Mr Wann: Well that’s a good question, I feel absolutely sick to the pit of my stomach every time I think about it to be honest with you. Farmers work for long hours and do extremely hard labour, which the average man would simply just turn his nose up at. The money we get in profit is barely enough to keep our heads above the water with all the bills we get.
So what do you have to say Mr Wann?
Mr Wann: Well I understand that farmers are on a low pay and we feel it’s a fair price. However supermarkets have bills and workers to pay as well and they also have to supply with the cheapest produce available. We also have to pay taxes which are extremely high.
Giles: Yes I understand you have to pay taxes but you don’t try to give customers the lowest priced produce available as you and I know myself you rocket the prices up so you can make a whacking profit. Some of this profit might be put back into the store but not all of it the money that isn’t used will be spent by your good self on unnecessary items that you desire or maybe spent on a meal for you and your partner. So is it really a fair price? I sell my wheat at £343.40 per tonne. A tonne is enough to make roughly 2500 loafs of bread. Usually bread sells at around £1.39 a loaf. That means that after all the bread is sold you are left with a huge profit of £3,131.61. Even if you have to pay; taxes, transportation, milling of the wheat and labour costs, the cost of all of this won’t stretch over £2,000 leaving £1,131.61. Anyway my point is