Shoppers’ boycott

Press, 3 May 1977, Page 16

Shoppers’ boycott

Sir, —In all the correspondence on the boycott, I have not yet seen any reference to the inferior quality of some tinned fruit. It is unripe, untrimmed and watery. Other tinned commodities also leave a lot to be desired, which makes them doubly dear. It is the content of the can which decides its value. —Yours, etc., E. CROW. April 30, 1977. Sir, —Why have biscuit manufacturers refused to disclose the detailed costs of producing chocolate biscuits? They obviously have not “made their case on biscuit prices quite clear” (“The Press”, April 23). If they were asked for these specific costs, why will they not provide them? The boycott is to reduce profiteering. If the manufacturers are not making undue profit (at the expense of the consumer), all they need to do is detail the cost of making the average packet of these biscuits- If their prices are justified, which such information might show, I am sure the public would accept that fact. Refusing to publish arouses suspicion.—Yours, etc., KATHLEEN M. PICKETT. April 27, 1977.