Why would Quaker Oats be affected by Brexit? It's American.
The brand might be American, but the oats in the box are from wherever is convenient for that market. I have bought Quaker oats in many places, as it is useful camping food, and the variations can be quite noticeable from country to country. For example, Argentinean Quaker is darker and harder than Chilean. In fact in those two countries it is such a dominant brand that they call rolled oats "Quaker", pronounced "cuáquer" if you read Spanish.
Re: Brexit Consequences
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2021 4:54 pm
by shpalman
The cardboard box packaging is very definitely UK rather than US or EU (gives quaker.co.uk, 0800 number, FREEPOST address in Leicester) but doesn't indicate where the contents is produced.
The contents of the tin is instead "Producido Por / Manufactured By / Produit Par / Prodotto Da:" Walkers in Fife and the range of languages suggests it's intended for a more international market.
Re: Brexit Consequences
Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2021 6:52 am
by veravista
Oh my god, how low can the bastard EU sink? What with their new taxes and red tape for 3rd coutries
I’ve been forced to cancel the five dates in The Netherlands that my theatre company has fulfilled for the last 15 years.
The lack of information about how our company and freelancers would be dealt with on the border, plus the need for carnets, made it far too expensive and time consuming to be worthwhile.
Commander Patrick Lister-Todd, a member of the Government’s Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee, told i: “The Government really needs to sort these things out. Unfortunately, it comes back to the old adage of having your cake and eating it.
“The EU doesn’t owe us anything and rightly have their own trading benefits and restrictions. Brexit was a message from the UK that we would forego the former for the latter as this would permit us to open new doors. I have no idea where those doors are.”
The cardboard box packaging is very definitely UK rather than US or EU (gives quaker.co.uk, 0800 number, FREEPOST address in Leicester) but doesn't indicate where the contents is produced.
The contents of the tin is instead "Producido Por / Manufactured By / Produit Par / Prodotto Da:" Walkers in Fife and the range of languages suggests it's intended for a more international market.
It's the same address as Scotts Oats
Re: Brexit Consequences
Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2021 11:01 pm
by Bird on a Fire
A lot of locally-popular brands are owned by multinationals.
Cadbury is Kraft now, for instance.
Re: Brexit Consequences
Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2021 2:12 pm
by FlammableFlower
Oh look, the British steel industry is f.cked (again).
A lot of locally-popular brands are owned by multinationals.
Cadbury is Kraft now, for instance.
Mondelez.
Kraft no longer as a multi-national company in that way.
Re: Brexit Consequences
Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2021 3:13 pm
by Woodchopper
130,000 EU citizens on UK benefits yet to apply for settled status, leak suggests
Scheme closes in nine days, with many still at risk of losing access to healthcare, jobs and homes
Fears have been raised that at least 100,000 EU citizens settled in the UK risk losing access to healthcare and other benefits, after the leak of government figures on the EU settled status scheme.
With just nine days to go before the scheme closes, the figures show that 130,000 of the 820,000 Europeans claiming benefits ranging from children’s allowance to income support have not yet applied for settled status.
The figures, leaked to the Times, suggest about 70% of those are in a vulnerable category, with more than 90,000 receiving universal credit.
From next month, people from EU countries must show they have been granted settled status or pre-settled status via an online portal before they can rent, work or claim benefits in the UK.
A lot of locally-popular brands are owned by multinationals.
Cadbury is Kraft now, for instance.
Mondelez.
Kraft no longer as a multi-national company in that way.
Kraft is still a multi-national food company, but Mondelez owns Cadbury. What happened is slightly confusing.
Kraft Foods took over Cadbury. Then shortly after, Kraft Foods changed its name to Mondelez International. It floated off a separate demerged company it called Kraft Foods Group (slightly different from the old name). Mondelez kept only the snack foods businesses, including Cadbury.
The new Kraft has since merged with Heinz to become Kraft Heinz.
A lot of locally-popular brands are owned by multinationals.
Cadbury is Kraft now, for instance.
Mondelez.
Kraft no longer as a multi-national company in that way.
Kraft is still a multi-national food company, but Mondelez owns Cadbury. What happened is slightly confusing.
Kraft Foods took over Cadbury. Then shortly after, Kraft Foods changed its name to Mondelez International. It floated off a separate demerged company it called Kraft Foods Group (slightly different from the old name). Mondelez kept only the snack foods businesses, including Cadbury.
The new Kraft has since merged with Heinz to become Kraft Heinz.
A lot of locally-popular brands are owned by multinationals.
Cadbury is Kraft now, for instance.
Mondelez.
Kraft no longer as a multi-national company in that way.
Kraft is still a multi-national food company, but Mondelez owns Cadbury. What happened is slightly confusing.
Kraft Foods took over Cadbury. Then shortly after, Kraft Foods changed its name to Mondelez International. It floated off a separate demerged company it called Kraft Foods Group (slightly different from the old name). Mondelez kept only the snack foods businesses, including Cadbury.
The new Kraft has since merged with Heinz to become Kraft Heinz.
Of course, the non splittable nature of Kraft was the subject of popular protests in the 70's...
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Re: Brexit Consequences
Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2021 6:34 pm
by bolo
Actually, my comment about Quaker Oats wasn't about either corporate ownership (Quaker Oats is owned by PepsiCo, in case anyone cares) or where multinationals source their commodities for sale in the EU (although, FWIW, Poland, Finland, and Spain all produce more oats than the UK). I simply had no idea that Quaker Oats existed in the UK in the first place. I stand corrected.
Re: Brexit Consequences
Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2021 6:44 pm
by Aoui
I watch mostly British and German tv. German tv bites, but is still far better than Dutch tv. I'm gonna be mighty pissed off if they take away the BBC and get rid of a lot of British stuff on Netflix.
Presumably European broadcasters only purchase British tv & films because their viewers want to watch it so cutting it may not be a popular decision.
Well, it's a bit chicken and egg, that - people will tend to watch what's promoted to them (especially with these new online things - folks just watch whatever the algorithm pushes on them).
The EU was always going to be able to find exports which would hurt the UK's pocket and pride simultaneously. I'm sure the UK government already knows what they'd have to do for this plan to change (and I'm sure they won't do it).
The Daily Express leads with a leaked memo that reportedly suggests the EU wants to cut the amount of British TV and film being shown in Europe. The EU wants lots more TV made in the bloc, the Express says. It calls it an "act of revenge for Brexit" and such a move would be a "hammer blow" to the UK entertainment industry that is boosted by selling international rights to shows.