Nature's Finds

Nature's Finds

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We are a family business that designs and creates products using natural ingredients to ease pain and discomfort and also to enable a good night's sleep.

Nature's Finds is establishing itself as a great resource for health products that are aimed at making pain a lesser influence on our lives. We love the idea of a natural detox to release any toxins or stress by using natural and organic ingredients in our products. We also love the idea of a good night's sleep to heal and replenish. Have a great day, Amelia

10/15/2024
In 1998 there were over 400 primary field scale growers in Ireland, now there are less than 60.  I imagine if you went back a further 30 years, this number would double again. 

There was a time when a potato or vegetable grower could deal directly with local supermarkets, this allowed local produce to be sold at local supermarkets. But since the advent of central distribution, the flow of produce has been restricted to only three or four large distributors that supply the supermarkets, putting a swift end to local supply chains. 

Growers had little choice, either consolidate, increase production and compete or go out of business. But as the supermarket model of procurement was centralised their power increased and there was little power left in the hands of the farmer. 

Farmers that scaled up to meet the demand, usually with very significant investment (you need tractors, sheds, washing facilities to grow vegetables in scale), were left at the mercy of unscrupulous supermarket buyers. When farmers were then faced with propositions from supermarkets to drop their prices or to fund promotions to reduce the price of their produce on supermarket shelves they had little choice but to do so.

On a smaller scale but not dissimilar to the bigger growers above, I remember distinctly our experience of dealing with supermarkets. We had spent several years building up business with certain supermarkets and we were selling well in several stores. Customers had gotten used to our shelf in the supermarket, but then bit by bit, own branded supermarket imported produce started to appear next to our produce. 

One Monday morning as we called to get our usual order, an order we depended on, we were to discover that the rules of the game had changed. A new fresh food buyer was put in place, and he demanded that we reduce our prices, stock the shelves ourselves, and be responsible for any waste they incurred due to lack of sales of produce they had bought from us.

We never supplied that shop again or for that matter any of the other 12 supermarket stores we used to supply.

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👇👇👇 10/05/2024

This is happening everywhere!

In 1998 there were over 400 primary field scale growers in Ireland, now there are less than 60. I imagine if you went back a further 30 years, this number would double again. There was a time when a potato or vegetable grower could deal directly with local supermarkets, this allowed local produce to be sold at local supermarkets. But since the advent of central distribution, the flow of produce has been restricted to only three or four large distributors that supply the supermarkets, putting a swift end to local supply chains. Growers had little choice, either consolidate, increase production and compete or go out of business. But as the supermarket model of procurement was centralised their power increased and there was little power left in the hands of the farmer. Farmers that scaled up to meet the demand, usually with very significant investment (you need tractors, sheds, washing facilities to grow vegetables in scale), were left at the mercy of unscrupulous supermarket buyers. When farmers were then faced with propositions from supermarkets to drop their prices or to fund promotions to reduce the price of their produce on supermarket shelves they had little choice but to do so. On a smaller scale but not dissimilar to the bigger growers above, I remember distinctly our experience of dealing with supermarkets. We had spent several years building up business with certain supermarkets and we were selling well in several stores. Customers had gotten used to our shelf in the supermarket, but then bit by bit, own branded supermarket imported produce started to appear next to our produce. One Monday morning as we called to get our usual order, an order we depended on, we were to discover that the rules of the game had changed. A new fresh food buyer was put in place, and he demanded that we reduce our prices, stock the shelves ourselves, and be responsible for any waste they incurred due to lack of sales of produce they had bought from us. We never supplied that shop again or for that matter any of the other 12 supermarket stores we used to supply. 👇👇👇 Continued in main below 👇👇👇

09/28/2024

Oh yeah!
Bring it on!
I hope l stir the s**t out of them demons!

09/27/2024

Someone is working hard this morning.
Thanks Helen ODonoghue.

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