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judith



Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22789
Location: Montgomeryshire
PostPosted: Mon Nov 07, 05 8:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Well, I now know who buys the evil blackberries. It is my friend who came to visit this weekend. She confessed to buying a pack right in the middle of peak blackberry-harvesting season Claimed that she couldn't find any bushes near her, which is a huge porky pie if ever I heard one as I saw plenty last time we visited.

I am still considering a suitable penance. Perhaps our resident Confessor could come up with something suitable

Nanny



Joined: 17 Feb 2005
Posts: 4520
Location: carms in wales
PostPosted: Mon Nov 07, 05 8:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

i think people buy blackberries like that because they are bigger for one thing

most of the wild ones tend to be smaller and more gritty to most people

i grow my own cultivated ones, a thornless variety and they are quite nice though not yet established enough to give me a decent crop - in fact none at all this year.......

mochyn



Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 24585
Location: mid-Wales
PostPosted: Mon Nov 07, 05 12:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Some of the berries here are huge! We sometimes sell farmed ones (British) in the shop, and I asked a customer why she didn't pick wild ones, as they were in season. "No time!"

I've e-mailed Sainsbury's too.

giraffe



Joined: 07 Oct 2005
Posts: 272
Location: Nottingham
PostPosted: Wed Nov 09, 05 10:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Has anyone had a reply from Sainsburys yet? I haven't.

ele



Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Posts: 814
Location: Derby
PostPosted: Wed Nov 09, 05 11:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

giraffe wrote:
Has anyone had a reply from Sainsburys yet? I haven't.


nope, perhaps they're preparing an evil blackberries official statement?

mochyn



Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 24585
Location: mid-Wales
PostPosted: Mon Nov 14, 05 9:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Response from Sainsbury's this morning:

"Dear Natasha

Thank you for your email.  I am concerned to hear you are unhappy with our decision to source blackberries from Mexico.  I can understand how disappointed you must feel and I hope you will accept my apologies.

I would like to assure you we are committed to supporting British suppliers.  However, Mexico is the best place to source blackberries at this time of year. 

We are working closely with our suppliers and partnerships in this country to find new ways of supporting the home market.  If you would like to find out more details about what we are doing to support British suppliers there is a lot of information on the FAQs on our website.

Thank you once again for contacting us.  I hope you will continue to shop at Sainsbury's in the future.

Kind regards,

Gemma Wilkinson
Sainsbury's Customer Services

[THREAD ID:1-29CL8F]"

Obviously it hasn't occured to them that if they're out of season here, people probably don't actually need them!

giraffe



Joined: 07 Oct 2005
Posts: 272
Location: Nottingham
PostPosted: Mon Nov 14, 05 9:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Thanks for posting the reply - silly people - why do we actually need blackberries in mid november anyway? Certainly not enough to ship them all the way from Mexico! What next - strawberries in November (yes I've seen those too in there.)
Still waiting for my reply from them. They obviously don't love me.

Helen_A



Joined: 26 Jan 2005
Posts: 1548
Location: MK, Bucks.
PostPosted: Mon Nov 14, 05 9:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

We're having some extremely unseasonable weather here - I picked a half dozen nice blackberries down the lane this afternoon.

Right colour, but horrible sadly

Local Morrisons was selling dutch blackberries today, reduced...

Helen_A

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