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Higher Food Prices for Scotland

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by gas, Dec 9, 2013.

  1. gas

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    Scots will have to pay more for their food if Scotland gains independence next year, as Britain's biggest supermarket chains will be forced to increase their prices, executives have warned.

    Speaking to the Financial Times, three of the Big Four supermarket groups, Tesco, Asda, Morrison's and Sainsbury's said they could be forced to hike prices as the costs of doing business in Scotland would no longer be absorbed by their UK operations.

    Yet another good reason to vote no<ok>
     
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  2. EDGE.

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    I'll download my food online from Nigelshire.
     
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    So they are either going to retain more of their profits for themselves or they are going to pass on the savings to their UK customers which they haven't said they would so it looks like the former.
     
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  5. Mick

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    Give them a year and they will move their Head Offices to Scotland to take advantage of the low corporation tax <ok>
     
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    gas, why do you, as an Englishman, want us to vote no? Your country will be tens of billions of pounds better off per year without us
     
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    Because you ****s might send ER here, no ****ing chance <grr> <grr> <grr>
     
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    S'only fair...
     
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    And the obsession continues.
     
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  10. Girvan Loyal 1690

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    Great thread gas <ok>

    The xenophobes won't like this

    Not one bit
     
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    Where is ST?
     
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    Bulk buying dried lentils just in case <ok>
     
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    <laugh>

    His bedsit must honk of farts, spunk and KY Jelly.
     
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    <laugh>.
     
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    We still have Aldi and Lidl and Iceland. <laugh>
     
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    And the Co-op.

    And Spar

    And Farmfoods
     
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    The farmer's markets will be much cheaper than they are now as we won't be subsidising Nigel via the tax.

    We'll all be healthier.

    Vote Yes!
     
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    You weegies will still be dying prematurely in your squalid ****hole.
     
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  19. Gambol

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    Then, when the "Big Four" supermarkets are losing business to all the other food outlets listed on this thread they'll drop their prices to compete; which will probably mean their English operations footing the bill :grin:
     
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    I started off my no vote campaign some time ago with good reason but to be perfectly honest as time has passed I completely forgot why<doh>

    :D
     
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