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From the Far East to Watford - Chinese manufacturers almost sunk one luxury goods firm but British..
Yahoo Finance UK ^ | 17th November 2013 | Piper Terrett

Posted on 11/17/2013 11:11:37 AM PST by the scotsman

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1 posted on 11/17/2013 11:11:37 AM PST by the scotsman
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To: the scotsman

Right - and don’t ever try their food.


2 posted on 11/17/2013 11:15:13 AM PST by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
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To: the scotsman

What are we to do with all these food products now labeled USA/China?

I don’t want to consume any processed food from China, how am I supposed to tell now?


3 posted on 11/17/2013 11:15:35 AM PST by Usagi_yo
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To: Usagi_yo

If you feed it to your dog or cat and they get sick, that’s a pretty good indicator.


4 posted on 11/17/2013 11:21:51 AM PST by meatloaf
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To: Usagi_yo

Eat only the good half and leave the bad half on your plate.


5 posted on 11/17/2013 11:22:23 AM PST by WorkingClassFilth
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Rather than costing it more money, the firm says swapping low-cost Chinese production for cutting-edge British manufacturing techniques has helped improved quality, cut waste by 20%, taken six months out of its pre-production phase and yet still kept prices competitive with China.

Advances in manufacturing technology are bringing about this revolution.

6 posted on 11/17/2013 11:23:21 AM PST by MUDDOG
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To: WorkingClassFilth

Good advice! ; )


7 posted on 11/17/2013 11:23:35 AM PST by Conspiracy Guy (On the evening of 10/16/13, the ailing republican party breathed its last breath.)
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To: MUDDOG

Morale may be an issue in China.


8 posted on 11/17/2013 11:26:14 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (The Lion of Judah will roar again if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Good point.


9 posted on 11/17/2013 11:27:54 AM PST by MUDDOG
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To: Usagi_yo

Do as I do. Find a rancher who raises beef. Buy from him. Find a farmer who raises pigs, buy from him. Raise and can your own vegetables or buy from someone who does. Simple actually. I haven’t bought meat in a grocery for many, many moons. I have enough room that I keep 20 laying chickens for eggs and once or twice a year I buy 25 day old chicks from a chicken hatchery and have them mailed to me to raise 8 weeks for meat.

The meat is cheaper when you buy from the farmer/rancher you just have to have a freezer or two. Plus, you should consider hunting. Fresh venison, elk, moose and even bear are very tasty and you don’t have to worry about some China toxin hiding in the meat.


10 posted on 11/17/2013 11:28:39 AM PST by bigfootbob
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City girl here. I didn’t know you could mail chicks.

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11 posted on 11/17/2013 11:38:03 AM PST by Mears
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Yes. Hard to believe, but true. They come sexed even. I order mine from the Welp Hatchery in Iowa and they arrive at my Post Office here in Washington State 2-3 days later. You can order straight run, you get both hens & roosters. Or you can order males or females. The males grow a bit faster and at 8 weeks are big broiler roaster types. Get females and they grow slower and at 8 weeks they are at the perfect fryer age. I order 1/2 males and 1/2 females.

We have never had one die in transit, but it does happen. We have a mortality rate of 1.5% on day old chicks we have raised in the past 10 years. They are very hardy and worth the trouble. Chicken you raise yourself tastes much, much better. Everybody I know wants me to raise meat birds for them, but I just don’t have the room.


12 posted on 11/17/2013 12:01:24 PM PST by bigfootbob
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Everybody I know wants me to raise meat birds for them, but I just don’t have the room.

How do you deal with the *ahem* aroma from chicken droppings? Assuming you have neighbors within a hundred yards of where you're keeping them, of course.

13 posted on 11/17/2013 12:08:27 PM PST by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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” I order mine from the Welp Hatchery in Iowa and they arrive at my Post Office here in Washington State 2-3 days later.”


I’m amazed that baby chicks can survive w/o nourishment for so long.

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14 posted on 11/17/2013 12:13:01 PM PST by Mears
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Its very feasible, actually, and in San Francisco male chicks don’t even raise an eyebrow.

Thank you! I’ll be here all week.


15 posted on 11/17/2013 12:40:42 PM PST by gaijin
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To: bigfootbob

Which subspecies is good for a total beginner dummy..?

http://www.welphatchery.com/bantam-chicks/


16 posted on 11/17/2013 12:48:02 PM PST by gaijin
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To: Usagi_yo

Look on the label. I’m very careful about purchasing canned fish.


17 posted on 11/17/2013 1:01:35 PM PST by SatinDoll (A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN: BORN IN THE USA OF USA CITIZEN PARENTS)
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To: MUDDOG

Yes 3D printing is in its infancy but its going to change the whole game.


18 posted on 11/17/2013 1:13:37 PM PST by Timocrat (Ingnorantia non excusat)
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To: MUDDOG
Advances in manufacturing technology are bringing about this revolution.

Technology is the not the driver so much as technique. Today's manufacturing workers are expected to improve the process again and again. Just turning the wrench 8 hours a day is a thing of the past.

This is part of the reason why you see employers are having trouble hiring while unemployment is so high. Even a line worker job requires brains today.

19 posted on 11/17/2013 1:14:05 PM PST by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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:-)


20 posted on 11/17/2013 1:53:13 PM PST by Mears
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