So we've outsourced, and outsourced and outsourced. What used to made here in this country is now made in a faraway land as it is cheaper to produce and we don't have to. Trouble is, we've lost track of who we outsource to. Time was that we didn't care. But now we've lost sight of the original product.
Take a well known Australian beer for example. It's actually made in Scotland for the benefit of the people of this fair isle. But the ozzies actually hate it and it's not really drunk there any more. So it's made with unauthentic ingredients and those who do buy it don't really care as it is cheap to produce and widely available. It also means that the cost saving in production can be used to advertise the product to charge a higher price.
It gets worse. The good old horse meat that's hitting our shores all seem to be coming from foreign companies. Companies that our companies have invested in; trusted and now they've lost track of what they're actually selling to their customers as the company providing the company has outsourced too. So we complain to the shop; the shop can only blame the outsource company and in the meantime we're none the wiser to what the shop is actually providing. Sure, you can get most of your items in one place; but can we actually trust the multi-nationals? It's time to put the Great back into Britain. Support the little guy. Throw out companies who outsource at cost price and go for the real thing.
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