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I was recently told that all UK seeds are now controlled by two concerns� is that true? It�s certainly a complex picture�
Dobies is now �owned by� Tesco � see:
http://www.business-sale.com/tesco-b...12590841A.html
and Dobies is the parent company of Suttons - e.g. if you look at the potato pages of their respective websites they are identical in product, prices, wording and even code numbers�.: see:
http://www.dobies.co.uk/pl_Potatoes_.htm
http://www.suttons.co.uk/pl_Potatoes_.htm
Marshalls (one of my favourites until recently and which I assumed to be relatively local to me) seemed to suddenly go through �re-organisation� (= a measure of disorganisation) and for a short while �Unwins� appeared in their postal address but subsequently disappeared. I then learned that the Unwins take-over had happened some time before and that Westland of Northern Ireland had taken over both Unwins and Marshalls�
http://www.gardenhealth.com/page/company_information
I�ve no idea who owns or controls Westland�. (There�s also a U.S. based Westland Seed company but I don�t know if they�re related.) Globalisation�
Then there�s Mr Fothergills, where does Mr F fit in�?
Then there�s a complex layer of apparently independent seed suppliers - Real Seed Co, Chilterns Seed, Fruit and Veg Company, a growing number of organic concerns esp HDRA/Organics, CHASE etc, all producing seeds in their own packaging (but presumably under licence?)
And then to round it all off, tee-hee, there�s E.U. legislation�
Well I�m well confused�. Can anyone make any sense of this? Who�s Big Brother?
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Dobies is now �owned by� Tesco � see:
http://www.business-sale.com/tesco-b...12590841A.html
and Dobies is the parent company of Suttons - e.g. if you look at the potato pages of their respective websites they are identical in product, prices, wording and even code numbers�.: see:
http://www.dobies.co.uk/pl_Potatoes_.htm
http://www.suttons.co.uk/pl_Potatoes_.htm
Marshalls (one of my favourites until recently and which I assumed to be relatively local to me) seemed to suddenly go through �re-organisation� (= a measure of disorganisation) and for a short while �Unwins� appeared in their postal address but subsequently disappeared. I then learned that the Unwins take-over had happened some time before and that Westland of Northern Ireland had taken over both Unwins and Marshalls�
http://www.gardenhealth.com/page/company_information
I�ve no idea who owns or controls Westland�. (There�s also a U.S. based Westland Seed company but I don�t know if they�re related.) Globalisation�
Then there�s Mr Fothergills, where does Mr F fit in�?
Then there�s a complex layer of apparently independent seed suppliers - Real Seed Co, Chilterns Seed, Fruit and Veg Company, a growing number of organic concerns esp HDRA/Organics, CHASE etc, all producing seeds in their own packaging (but presumably under licence?)
And then to round it all off, tee-hee, there�s E.U. legislation�
Well I�m well confused�. Can anyone make any sense of this? Who�s Big Brother?
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) So is Dobies (Seeds) still entirely independent? Many thanks for other thread Alice, excellent details revealed particularly relating to the organic organisations.
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