Comments on: Deal with the Devil? http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/577/deal-with-the-devil/ Vegetable Fruit & Herb Growing on my Allotment Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:33:56 +0000 hourly 1 By: Colin http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/577/deal-with-the-devil/#comment-5319 Colin Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:42:25 +0000 http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/?p=577#comment-5319 I remember when Bejams (roughly equating to Iceland in today's terms) started selling seeds among their frozen food. There was a nicely written article by the Chairman who explained his passion for growing his own garden-fresh vegetables, but at the same time he explained that if the time spent was calculated they were the most expensive food that his family ate. But it was a good marketing ploy because it was a 'pre-Green' expression of the company's appreciation of the value of growing your own. I remember when Bejams (roughly equating to Iceland in today’s terms) started selling seeds among their frozen food. There was a nicely written article by the Chairman who explained his passion for growing his own garden-fresh vegetables, but at the same time he explained that if the time spent was calculated they were the most expensive food that his family ate.
But it was a good marketing ploy because it was a ‘pre-Green’ expression of the company’s appreciation of the value of growing your own.

]]> By: Nick B. http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/577/deal-with-the-devil/#comment-5307 Nick B. Sun, 02 Aug 2009 13:21:18 +0000 http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/?p=577#comment-5307 Hmmmmmmmmm! Well, like many of the visitors to this site, I'm no fan of Tescos et al, and the cynic in me says this is nothing more than a publicity stunt. On the other hand, with such a shortage of allotments here in the UK at present, it has to be good news if more are being made available. For the Tescos board of directors, it seems like a case of "damned if we do, damned if we don't!" Hmmmmmmmmm! Well, like many of the visitors to this site, I’m no fan of Tescos et al, and the cynic in me says this is nothing more than a publicity stunt.

On the other hand, with such a shortage of allotments here in the UK at present, it has to be good news if more are being made available.

For the Tescos board of directors, it seems like a case of “damned if we do, damned if we don’t!”

]]> By: John http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/577/deal-with-the-devil/#comment-5306 John Sun, 02 Aug 2009 10:52:20 +0000 http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/?p=577#comment-5306 Couldn't agree more, Liz. Imagine the board meeting.. "What shall we do with these grow your own nuts? They're not buying enough" Couldn’t agree more, Liz. Imagine the board meeting.. “What shall we do with these grow your own nuts? They’re not buying enough”

]]> By: Liz http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/577/deal-with-the-devil/#comment-5305 Liz Sun, 02 Aug 2009 10:37:04 +0000 http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/?p=577#comment-5305 You couldn't make it up could you... Only Tesco would have the front to market the anti-consumerist lifestyle as a lifestyle product. I'm all for making food growing accessible to people from different walks of life, but I'll stick to my old-fashioned kit-free allotment and home-grown chicks if that's OK with the rest of you! Liz You couldn’t make it up could you…

Only Tesco would have the front to market the anti-consumerist lifestyle as a lifestyle product.

I’m all for making food growing accessible to people from different walks of life, but I’ll stick to my old-fashioned kit-free allotment and home-grown chicks if that’s OK with the rest of you!

Liz

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