Please Tweet Hovis

Olaf-Jensen

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Folks please help me to get this started. Trying to convince Hovis for a low carb bread.
 

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srobertson06

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I would love to find a bread within a supermarket that did not have wheat or rice flour as well as sugar free - that was not three times the price and actually tasted nice, so yes please Hovis give us Diabetics something we can buy with confidence.
 

Olaf-Jensen

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I would love to find a bread within a supermarket that did not have wheat or rice flour as well as sugar free - that was not three times the price and actually tasted nice, so yes please Hovis give us Diabetics something we can buy with confidence.
Well that was not all of the conversation. Please tweet em and pass the word. These big firms live in fear of social media. They only responded when I was displeased. The more Diabetics tweet they are likely to listen. Cant do harm hey
 

NowClosed11

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Well it's ether that or don't eat it ... As these people will never change
Hi carbs - low cost - more profit

Coz when u boil it down - they are not going to invest in to R&D of a product that only services a small % of the population

If you want true change ... Then you need a bigger social media charge .... By that I mean ... If it is highlighted on Main Street tv or in chats shows

But if the Mirror paper an other numpties don't know the true meaning of sugar free - we kinda swimming up stream with these peps
However - u need a media force to make those kinda changes
Am totally with you on what ur after an trying todo
I just wonder if you know how much work it takes to change these people
So...
Then taking 2 hours on weekend to make two loafs For week don't seem so bad lol
 

Olaf-Jensen

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Well it's ether that or don't eat it ... As these people will never change
Hi carbs - low cost - more profit

Coz when u boil it down - they are not going to invest in to R&D of a product that only services a small % of the population

If you want true change ... Then you need a bigger social media charge .... By that I mean ... If it is highlighted on Main Street tv or in chats shows

But if the Mirror paper an other numpties don't know the true meaning of sugar free - we kinda swimming up stream with these peps
However - u need a media force to make those kinda changes
Am totally with you on what ur after an trying todo
I just wonder if you know how much work it takes to change these people
So...
Then taking 2 hours on weekend to make two loafs For week don't seem so bad lol
Well said. But its not a small % if you look at the stats how many have this illness. Anyway as I said what harm can it do? Some go to Surkin and pay 16 quid a kilo!
 

NowClosed11

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Bud.... We are 5-10% of the UK population - lot less than u think .... Again till the gov say it's bad for health
They won't make it nor will they be the first ones to spend it

But... With u- I would say u should also twit high profile diabetics on this matter
Look at the ruby player with T1
That would be. Good place to gather more force on this
I do wish u all luck and I will twit them on it
But also include the main four supermarkets on this as they make an sell it.
But also u should think of making a page with all the info on FB or other forms of media
Become a voice that won't go away

Good luck on this !!!
Mean it
 
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Olaf-Jensen

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Bud.... We are 5-10% of the UK population - lot less than u think .... Again till the gov say it's bad for health
They won't make it nor will they be the first ones to spend it

But... With u- I would say u should also twit high profile diabetics on this matter
Look at the ruby player with T1
That would be. Good place to gather more force on this
I do wish u all luck and I will twit them on it
But also include the main four supermarkets on this as they make an sell it.
But also u should think of making a page with all the info on FB or other forms of media
Become a voice that won't go away

Good luck on this !!!
Mean it
Not trying to rub your nose but just 5% is 3250000. so lets say quarter mil buy a loaf once a week. Not bad bump on bread sales
 

NowClosed11

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Not really
There is 68 mil in the UK
An who says the bread will be any good
If the bread we are talking about is anything to go by then it will taste like ****
Then u will have other companies selling
So then they are fighting for customer

As I said - R&D would cost about same if 3 mil peps bought a loaf a week for year
Only way to make it work is crunch numbers
An I feel u may have never taken the time to look at the data
What your asking for is right and great
But no amount of Twitter or saying we hard done by will make them change this

I would not do anything more than send the Twitter
But if u was going to take this all the way
As a former lobbyist and Cs- I can assure you ... It will take over your life if u go all the way !!!
If u do... Good on you!!!
If not you have raised a valid point and I hope some one picks it up
 
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lovinglife

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Have to agree with @MrBloominggrumpy here, and out of that 5 - 10% how many low carb? I eat burgen bread every day and at 11g carb a slice can cope with it fine as it's also very seedy and low GI, there is a low carb bread available in some supermarkets, sorry can't remember the name as I didn't like it, but a few here eat it I think it's about 3-4g carb per slice
 
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