Firm closing

[Banker]

10 minutes ago, mollag said:

Laxey flour mills is a wholly owned Govt company i think

Correct, so they’ll probably carry on paying all the staff without anyone to sell flour to!!

However the wheat farmers are stuffed as are Noas & Ross bakery if flour mills close.

[finlo]

1 minute ago, Manx17 said:

Do you really think the cheap bread is going to stay cheap? 

Even if it could profiteering has taken hold now.

[mollag]

32 minutes ago, Banker said:

Correct, so they’ll probably carry on paying all the staff without anyone to sell flour to!!

However the wheat farmers are stuffed as are Noas & Ross bakery if flour mills close.

There are companies like Pizza Napoli who import flour regularly, it is no problem to them. Noa would have no problem either.

 

[The Duck of Atholl]

I owe Ramsey Bakery a great debt. I thought their read was so poor and overpriced I started baking my own.

[0bserver]

52 minutes ago, Manx17 said:

Do you really think the cheap bread is going to stay cheap? 

The cheap bread won't stay as cheap as it is as costs are rising across the British Isles and beyond, but it will remain relatively cheap in comparison to island based bread as they don't have the economies of scale to sell at the lower price. 

M&S do a 60p loaf. That's across the UK and IOM. It won't make that much difference.

Edited April 2, 2022 by 0bserver

[2112]

1 hour ago, 0bserver said:

You know it's serious when it wakes Alfie C from his weekend slumber. 

Alfie says Government should have been informed! It’s possible that Ramsey Bakery may have intimated to Government of its concerns, but they are unbelievably stubborn and they know best, that they have given up. Since when do companies have to tell Government first? Are they going to provide financial assistance for energy costs? Staffing Costs? Raw Materials costs? If this is the case then engineering factories, other companies would want the same treatment. 
 

Unless IOMG has recently provided grants for the purchase of equipment? Then they would have a say.

Edited April 2, 2022 by 2112

[daisy]

15 minutes ago, mollag said:

There are companies like Pizza Napoli who import flour regularly, it is no problem to them. Noa would have no problem either.

 

With all of the uncertainty in the world we should be looking to provide as much for ourselves as we can as quick as we can - we shouldn't need to be totally reliant on the 'world' providing for us .. If life revolves around a cheap pizza we need to have a reality check......quick. 

[forestboy]

2 minutes ago, daisy said:

With all of the uncertainty in the world we should be looking to provide as much for ourselves as we can as quick as we can - we shouldn't need to be totally reliant on the 'world' providing for us .. If life revolves around a cheap pizza we need to have a reality check......quick. 

A decent pizza 🍕 is not cheap. 

[finlo]

21 minutes ago, 2112 said:

Alfie says Government should have been informed! It’s possible that Ramsey Bakery may have intimated to Government of its concerns, but they are unbelievably stubborn and they know best, that they have given up. Since when do companies have to tell Government first? Are they going to provide financial assistance for energy costs? Staffing Costs? Raw Materials costs? If this is the case then engineering factories, other companies would want the same treatment. 
 

Unless IOMG has recently provided grants for the purchase of equipment? Then they would have a say.

Martin Bakers are the biggest electricity consumers on the island so it will be interesting to see their game plan.

[Tempus Fugit]

I prefer RB thick sliced wholemeal to imported options which I find are mostly very dry and more suited to toasting, maybe I'll be getting a bread machine 😞

[Hooly]

9 hours ago, Amadeus said:

Some people can’t choose to buy local. They have to buy what they can afford and if the local bread costs more than 90% of the imports then that’s going to hurt RB business. 

I hope you and the rest of the council remember people on the bread line then next time you look to raise rates and waste money on shit you haven't thought through 

 

http://www.douglas.gov.im/index.php/news/council-news/item/2786-council-frustrated-by-regulations#.YkkvmWnTU0E

[GD4ELI]

7 hours ago, Tempus Fugit said:

I prefer RB thick sliced wholemeal to imported options which I find are mostly very dry and more suited to toasting, maybe I'll be getting a bread machine 😞

Where will you buy the dough?

[Banker]

7 hours ago, finlo said:

Martin Bakers are the biggest electricity consumers on the island so it will be interesting to see their game plan.

But their electric is being subsidized already & they’re not fighting cheap loss leading products so no comparison 

[The Duck of Atholl]

50 minutes ago, GD4ELI said:

Where will you buy the dough?

Buy the dough? The machine makes it.

[GD4ELI]

Just now, The Duck of Atholl said:

Buy the dough? The machine makes it.

OK, must look at this on t'internet.