Firm closing

[Turtleish]

20 minutes ago, finlo said:

I saw a Ramsey bakery delivery van on the road earlier.

My mates bought 2 of them, you will see the rest. Until the respray.  

[Itsmeee]

I only bought Ramsey  bread when desperate, so their demise hasn’t made a difference to me.  In fact it’s quite refreshing not to have to look at the bloody stuff in the Co-op. 

[Albert Tatlock]

9 minutes ago, Turtleish said:

My mates bought 2 of them, you will see the rest. Until the respray.  

They can be used to advertise the new 3m pier..."Ramsey B.....y the Sea".

[x-in-man]

My bread maker is doing grand.  Made a malt loaf today.  Had fresh bread almost every day since the start of April.  One slice fills you up, I know what’s gone in it.

Done rolls, loaves, pizza, cake, focaccia, whole meal, white, brown - and next Easter we’ll be making hot x buns that don’t taste of toilet cleaner.  

 

[TheTeapot]

Coming into BBQ season the hot dog rolls are going to be a big miss. Theirs were spot on, but the alternatives are not.

[Passing Time]

1 minute ago, TheTeapot said:

Coming into BBQ season the hot dog rolls are going to be a big miss. Theirs were spot on, but the alternatives are not.

Bought some from Shopshite on Sunday - can’t remember the name but they were pretty good.

[Roger Mexico]

33 minutes ago, Albert Tatlock said:

Yet another company ran into the ground by spoiled grandchildren.

Business idea...come up with something everyone needs every day despite unemployment and recessions...and run it efficiently and keep your eye on the ball!

Hardly rocket salad is it?

Except people don't need it as much as they used to.  In the 50-odd pages on this topic, no one seems to concentrated in this simple fact.  Look at this graph showing the decline in total sales since 1974 (roughly when Ramsey Bakery started up):

Not only have total sales of bread gone down, but all the decline has been in white bread.  Wholemeal and 'other' (such as sourdough) have kept volume or increased.  So white bread is only about a third of the sales that they did about 50 years ago.  (While those figures only go up to 2014, more recent ones show a further decline).

Which means if, like Ramsey Bakery, your core business is Chorleywood-type white sliced, you're making less money and you will certainly be unwilling to invest further in expensive machinery to service a dying market.  There may have been other reasons that closure happened at this particular time and so quickly (family matters, labour shortages, rising prices) but that's the basic reason why they are shutting down, like so many similar companies have in Britain over recent years.

[Albert Tatlock]

10 minutes ago, Roger Mexico said:

Except people don't need it as much as they used to.  In the 50-odd pages on this topic, no one seems to concentrated in this simple fact.  Look at this graph showing the decline in total sales since 1974 (roughly when Ramsey Bakery started up):

Not only have total sales of bread gone down, but all the decline has been in white bread.  Wholemeal and 'other' (such as sourdough) have kept volume or increased.  So white bread is only about a third of the sales that they did about 50 years ago.  (While those figures only go up to 2014, more recent ones show a further decline).

Which means if, like Ramsey Bakery, your core business is Chorleywood-type white sliced, you're making less money and you will certainly be unwilling to invest further in expensive machinery to service a dying market.  There may have been other reasons that closure happened at this particular time and so quickly (family matters, labour shortages, rising prices) but that's the basic reason why they are shutting down, like so many similar companies have in Britain over recent years.

This obviously explains why religion and the lords prayer...'give us our daily bread' is in severe decline.

Oh Jebus...help us Jebus.

[Mr Helmut Fromage]

1 hour ago, Banker said:

bought a Tesco warburton loaf , not as good & got some Noas bagels 

Put your dentist number in your contacts Sir - keep eating them you’ll be as toothless as Alf & Ashford 

[manxchester]

1 hour ago, finlo said:

I saw a Ramsey bakery delivery van on the road earlier.

I’ve seen workers outside having a break every day this week so presume they’re still knocking the last loads out.

[Albert Tatlock]

1 minute ago, manxchester said:

I’ve seen workers outside having a break every day this week so presume they’re still knocking the last loads out.

Given the bread shortage...probably they should best spend the last week baking instead.

[The Voice of Reason]

24 minutes ago, Passing Time said:

Bought some from Shopshite on Sunday - can’t remember the name but they were pretty good.

Ah Shopshite,

Up there with Steam Racket, Flymaybe, Eighteen sixty sniff, Fyn-odouree and  Noah way ( Just invented the last two but quite pleased with them )

 

Edited May 17, 2022 by The Voice of Reason

[The Voice of Reason]

8 minutes ago, The Voice of Reason said:

Ah Shopshite,

Up there with Steam Racket, Flymaybe, Eighteen sixty sniff, Fyn-odouree and  Noah way ( Just invented the last two but quite pleased with them )

 

Psycho 360 even?

[Passing Time]

1 hour ago, The Voice of Reason said:

Psycho 360 even?

Keep trying… you’ll get there eventually

[manxman34]

12 hours ago, The Voice of Reason said:

Ah Shopshite,

Up there with Steam Racket, Flymaybe, Eighteen sixty sniff, Fyn-odouree and  Noah way ( Just invented the last two but quite pleased with them )

 

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