An Aussie Inspired Challenge

[tk421]

If you want to help out local farmers get your groceries online via Aussie Farmers Direct. 100% Australian sourced and locally where possible

We try and shop local and when out on trips we try to visit local shops/bakery's etc rather than maccas etc. we don't always manage it though. Don't forget though that if you buy from a local maccas/Woolworths they are at least employing Australians to work there and those wages go into the local economy. Buying online direct from Hong Kong and China bypasses that aspect completely.

[krisandkev]

Talking about Dick Smith, please clear up something for me....   I have been trying to get our grand kids to talk Australian.  I mean they tend to use American terminology and concepts now days. (Halloween etc)  Case in point they say Peanut Butter.  I think here we have always called it Peanut Paste.  Then I was shown a jar of Dick Smith Peanut Butter?  So am I completely wrong, we have always called it Peanut Butter..

Then just now I looked up Wikipedia and it states,
Distinction from peanut butter
A number of peanut paste products have been used over the centuries, and the distinction between peanut paste and peanut butter is not always clearcut in ordinary use.
The term has been used in rural Queensland, Australia, as a synonym for peanut butter. This followed pressure from dairy farmers who did not want peanut butter competing with butter for market share.
The product was known in Western Australia for many years as peanut paste because, by definition, 'butter' is a dairy product. The same product was available in other states - presumably Queensland excepted - as peanut butter. Manufacturers complained about having to produce different labels for different states and the Western Australian government changed the rules on the use of the word 'butter' to allow for one set of labels.

So maybe it has always been me     Kevin

[J.R]

We own a small hardware store,      still surviving after competing with the big boxes after 30 years,  thanks to our loyal local customers :-D

And I think that is the answer right there.

If more local business supported their customers, provide a customer service (great customer service costs a company nothing), a lot more Aussie companies would still be alive now.

Unfortunately, a lot of companies gone tits up only have themselves to blame.

[J.R]

If you want to help out local farmers get your groceries online via Aussie Farmers Direct. 100% Australian sourced and locally where possible

We try and shop local and when out on trips we try to visit local shops/bakery's etc rather than maccas etc. we don't always manage it though. Don't forget though that if you buy from a local maccas/Woolworths they are at least employing Australians to work there and those wages go into the local economy. Buying online direct from Hong Kong and China bypasses that aspect completely.

Living in Toowoomba, we have access to a lot of fresh produce. We attend the PCYC markets every Sunday to buy our fruit and veg. So much cheaper.

A bucket of apples, $5.00. picked fresh from the trees off the Darling Downs.

[DannyG]

Talking about Dick Smith, please clear up something for me....   I have been trying to get our grand kids to talk Australian.  I mean they tend to use American terminology and concepts now days. (Halloween etc)  Case in point they say Peanut Butter.  I think here we have always called it Peanut Paste.  Then I was shown a jar of Dick Smith Peanut Butter?  So am I completely wrong, we have always called it Peanut Butter..

Then just now I looked up Wikipedia and it states,
Distinction from peanut butter
A number of peanut paste products have been used over the centuries, and the distinction between peanut paste and peanut butter is not always clearcut in ordinary use.
The term has been used in rural Queensland, Australia, as a synonym for peanut butter. This followed pressure from dairy farmers who did not want peanut butter competing with butter for market share.
The product was known in Western Australia for many years as peanut paste because, by definition, 'butter' is a dairy product. The same product was available in other states - presumably Queensland excepted - as peanut butter. Manufacturers complained about having to produce different labels for different states and the Western Australian government changed the rules on the use of the word 'butter' to allow for one set of labels.

So maybe it has always been me     Kevin

Ive only ever known it as Peanut Butter.

[Bird]

So am I completely wrong, we have always called it Peanut Butter..

Yes.. your wrong.. peanut butter paste is American for it!

[Homer_Jay]

And I think that is the answer right there.

If more local business supported their customers, provide a customer service (great customer service costs a company nothing), a lot more Aussie companies would still be alive now.

Unfortunately, a lot of companies gone tits up only have themselves to blame.

A big problem with service is the staff, I have usually found when dealing with the owner it's a different story.
Trying to teach staff the importance of 'customer service' is a huge problem that I am sure any business owner on this forum would agree.

Although, if a person buys something online then expects to walk into the local shop when you have a problem with it, then I guess customer service might be a bit hard to expect.

There is very few benefits to being a small business owner now days, too much risk for little reward. Many think it's just a better option to close the doors and go work for the 'big guy'.  I have friends who have done this, and are so much better for it. Less stress, 9-5, similar money and a better life.
Unfortunately the more that go this way, the less jobs there will be for the next generation.
Now day's there is little in the way of tax breaks and support from the government for the 'little guy'.  And then the multinationals seem to get away with blue murder, and the government turns a blind eye.
Just imagine if they cracked down on the 'Ikea's' and 'Apple's' that shift profits offshore, and then gave small business a leg up, how much better would the whole country be in another few years!