Soylent Green 1973 surprisingly long ago.
Yep, Mars. Wrigleys, NZ seafood....there is a lot else in all those billions of imports. It was up to $1.7 billion per year of imported Chinese food a couple of years ago (that is a lot more than snickers and chewing gum). And "Thailand, China and Vietnam dominate the importation of frozen and processed seafood to Australia. The amount of processed food imported from China particularly fruit and vegetables has also increased in recent years".thedigger said:Well Goldierocks,I was refering to "FOOD"
Jaros said:For veggies go to farmers markets-sometimes a butcher van at these markets.
Ded Driver said:A found a bit about it, supposed to be temporary according to this extract,
"A spokesperson for Mars Wrigley Australia, the company behind Snickers, tells 9Honey the iconic bar is being temporarily sourced offshore to accommodate a major $40 million upgrade to its Australian facility. "We've been making products in Australia for more than 100 years."
goldtrapper said:"Soylent green", took Charlton Heston the whole movie to figure that one out.... :lol:
silver said:Maybe it's time for a new aussie made chocky bar line for filling the isles left right and centre.... as long as they make a pillywaffle, martian bar, crockit cat, crunchin munchin bar, etc & etc..... at least we'll know it's all aussie made from ridgy didge aussie products and comes from around the corner somewhere where good old aussies are pickin up a pay check every thursday arvo.... every week. And that the bosses are aussie n investing their profits into more aussie ingenuity.
Deepseeker said:The other thing that gets up my nose is this-
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-02/china-new-zealand-kiwifruit-trade-impacts-/100129232
Deepseeker said:Jaros said:For veggies go to farmers markets-sometimes a butcher van at these markets.
I think we should embrace the slow food movement much more than we do. While I think of it, there is a shop called the Fat Butcher in Inglewood Vic. They have a sign out the front that reads "Private bodies, cut up. Mother-Inlaws $1 extra per Kilo" :lol:
hippyhunter said:silver said:Maybe it's time for a new aussie made chocky bar line for filling the isles left right and centre.... as long as they make a pillywaffle, martian bar, crockit cat, crunchin munchin bar, etc & etc..... at least we'll know it's all aussie made from ridgy didge aussie products and comes from around the corner somewhere where good old aussies are pickin up a pay check every thursday arvo.... every week. And that the bosses are aussie n investing their profits into more aussie ingenuity.
The milo bar used to be a ridge didge aussie chocolate bar. Pure compressed milo, coated in creamy milk chocolate. Mmmmmmmm. :drooling: :drooling:
Then they stuffed it up by changing the recipe to something resembling a chikito. Then of course nobody bought them anymore, and that was the end of milo bar.. 2 dumb acts in that scenario.
I wish they would bring THE ORIGINAL milo bat back as it was my favorite choccy bar. 8.( 8.(
Nightjar said:Get over it, remember when we wouldn't buy Japanese products, within 10 years India will be the greatest exporter. Approx same population as China. (For the time being; Chinese number off offspring per couple has increased from two to three) They need the extra population to cope with the exports. layful:
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