May 2012
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Research to address the question: How does the...
Proposed Minimum Unit Price compared to price of traditional cider sold from the barrel by the maker at the farm gate. Prepared by Matthew Veasey, Nook’s Yard Ltd. www.nooksyard.com. 28th April 2012 01606 89154
Background
The “Save Our Scrumpy” campaign seeks an exemption from the Minimum Unit Price [MUP] for retail sales of traditional cider from the barrel at the farm gate. The current...
April 2012
18 posts
A concerned customer on how MUP will 'rip the...
Dear Mr.Temperley, Wonderful to see that you’ve made the front page of the Times ! As a customer of 25 years - when you only sold your ciders and not the ‘ posh’ stuff you have now branched out to - I was delighted to read of your families defence of the rural cider industry. You’re absolutely right, there is a ’ mystique’ about it. I have visited your farm...
Confusion cleared up
Us cider makers do not rely on selling cider wholesale if we did there would not be a problem. We do however rely on selling cider draft from the barrel. THIS IS NOT WHOLESALE. Also we are worried about the impact of the minimum pricing on all cider makers across the country not just those of us in the West.
Cider with Roguery: alcohol pricing 'will kill...
THE TIMES front page news. “a new price revolt is fermenting”
Politicians take note
Bill Bradshaw writes about the grim reaper that is... →
A quote from the owner of The Somerset Cider...
“We have spent the last four years in Brussels, campaigning to protect Somerset Cider Brandy and have been treated with great consideration and respect by endless committees. We now have legal protection because they recognised the importance of Somerset Cider Brandy to rural Somerset. It would be a terrible indictment of the UK political system if it should turn out that Brussels showed...
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The South West cider Association's Opinion on MUP
The South West of England Cider Makers’ Association is seriously concerned about the potential damage the Government’s proposed minimum unit pricing (MUP) for alcoholic products will cause to traditional West Country cider makers, their customers and the rural economy in general. Traditional cider makers and their customers are not part of the problem that the Government wishes to address with...
An interesting article on cider by James Crowden →
Why is it that draft cider should be exempt?
Because people have been asking we want to clarify why cider draft from the barrel should be exempt from the minimum pricing. For hundreds of years draft cider has been bought from over 500 cider farms in the Westcountry (and elsewhere). It is cheaper than cider bought from the supermarket because it is not bottled (you buy it in your own containers) and because is not pasteurised and therefore...
Please sign this petition. 100,000 signatures and... →
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Please sign this petition. 100,000 signatures and... →
