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rachelk

Joined: 25 Aug 2011
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Location: thrapston gardening foraging or preserving in the kitchen or eating of course

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 11 8:51 pm Post subject:
I've dealt with them for years and the delivery drivers say they are very good employers so there are 2 side to every story. If anyone is still interested let me know. Rachel

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 11 9:45 pm Post subject:

AnnaD wrote:

they are run by a pretty unpleasant Christian Cult.

Is that really any much worse than any of the capitalist cults that run almost everything else?

AnnaD

Joined: 12 Jun 2007
Posts: 2777
Location: Edinburgh

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 11 9:53 pm Post subject:

Hairyloon wrote:

AnnaD wrote:

they are run by a pretty unpleasant Christian Cult.

Is that really any much worse than any of the capitalist cults that run almost everything else?

That's true, but I would avoid Nestle and the like just as much anyway. And also I'm really not a fan of fundamentalist Christians.

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
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Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 11 10:37 pm Post subject:

rachelk wrote:

I've dealt with them for years and the delivery drivers say they are very good employers...

I should think they are...

Goodness Direct wrote:

We began life as a group of friends, all taking the same wages, and we continue life as a group of friends all earning the same wages. Yes that's right, all of us from managers to fork lift drivers to packers, we all earn the same wage.

I'm not sure about everything else, but I reckon having a sensible attitude to management's wages makes up for the trivial bit of baby eating they are alleged to indulge in.

What are the prices like?

rachelk

Joined: 25 Aug 2011
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Location: thrapston gardening foraging or preserving in the kitchen or eating of course

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 11 6:30 pm Post subject:
All I've heard is that they take tramps off the street house them and feed them give them a job with low wages.

AnnaD

Joined: 12 Jun 2007
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Location: Edinburgh

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 11 7:26 pm Post subject:
Indeed https://www.jeanni.org/Cult.html

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 11 7:36 pm Post subject:

rachelk wrote:

All I've heard is that they take tramps off the street house them and feed them give them a job with low wages.

Curious.
Have you heard wrong, do they pay everyone low wages or is the website misleading?

rachelk

Joined: 25 Aug 2011
Posts: 99
Location: thrapston gardening foraging or preserving in the kitchen or eating of course

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 11 8:15 pm Post subject:
i guess they get the housing costs knocked off. i know several of the drivers well and they have been there a long time, bad businesses usually turn over staff fast.

shadiya

Joined: 02 Feb 2008
Posts: 1285

Posted: Wed Aug 31, 11 10:34 am Post subject:
There are other places you can use instead who also have a co operative structure but without the Christian thing. I use Infinity in Brighton who I can highly recommend and there is also Suma, who are up north somewhere, Leeds or Halifax or something.

RuthG

Joined: 01 Jul 2011
Posts: 268
Location: Village near Durham

Posted: Wed Aug 31, 11 3:59 pm Post subject:
Can an individual get supplies from Suma? (They're in Halifax, by the way). I thought they were just wholesalers, who supply the trade, or have I got that wrong?

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Wed Aug 31, 11 4:06 pm Post subject:

RuthG wrote:

Can an individual get supplies from Suma? (They're in Halifax, by the way). I thought they were just wholesalers, who supply the trade, or have I got that wrong?

Yes, under certain circumstances which I'm not exactly sure what they are. We order from them but then we place quite large orders.

Edit to add, I think this is the key bit on their new customer registration:

"Please be aware that Suma reserve the right to refuse an account if it conflicts with other Suma Customers."

madmonk

Joined: 08 May 2006
Posts: 835

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 11 7:35 am Post subject:
Anyone tried www.dailybread.co.uk again religious but I don't think they have anything to do with the jesus army.???????

rachelk

Joined: 25 Aug 2011
Posts: 99
Location: thrapston gardening foraging or preserving in the kitchen or eating of course

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 11 7:54 pm Post subject:
No there is no religious connection. they are connected with St andrews where they treat peolple with emotional problems. The are a large shop rather than a wholesaler but they have a good reputation.

madmonk

Joined: 08 May 2006
Posts: 835

Posted: Tue Sep 20, 11 6:25 am Post subject:
Thank's for clarifying that, I used to go there years ago before we moved to France, I still like to pop in when I get the chance to get back.

Rosemary Judy

Joined: 08 Aug 2005
Posts: 1215
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Wed Sep 21, 11 8:02 pm Post subject:
Daily Bread are excellent - but the only connection they have with St Andrew's is that they share a site...... I always stock up when I visit Northampton.

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