Comments on: Asda on the “connotations” of the English flag

By: Daggs

Daggs — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:27:05 +0000

I recieved a second response yesterday. Essentially the response show at the top of this item.
The only question i have remaining is.
When did ASDA or any big retailer ask the English if they are happy with the Union flag on English produce?
No one has ever asked me or anyone i know!

By: George Ireland

George Ireland — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:15:55 +0000

I have also sent an Email to ASDA addressing this issue, I will update you on the response…..

….If I get a response.

By: Derek

Derek — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:21:27 +0000

Sent this to Asda:

You say that Asda have ‘led the way in helping reclaim the Cross of St George on behalf of our English customers’.

I am interested to know what exactly you mean by that. Can I ask who you believe you have reclaimed it from?

Perhaps you should have said that Asda have supported the people of England in their increasing use of the true English flag the Cross of St George.
It hasn’t been ‘reclaimed’ because the Cross of St George has been the national flag of England for more than 700 years! The increasingly redundant Union flag is a relative new comer.
I think you will find that more and more English people will expect to see the Cross of St George on English products.

By: Derek

Derek — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:54:08 +0000

Received the same reply to day from ASDA.

I intend to ask Asda what they mean by ‘reclaim the Cross of St George on behalf of our English custmers’. Reclaim from who?

By: john hutchings

john hutchings — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:12:45 +0000

Marks and Spencers does English milk ———-with a great big COSG on the bottle!

By: Scilla

Scilla — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:06:46 +0000

I think we should also run a positive campaign for which chain has the most lines with the English flag.
so far ASDA has cheese
M&S has milk and Waitrose has butter clearly labelled English butter (without the flag)

We should award ‘good practice’. At this time of year we should be noting whether Englsih apples are labelled/flagged English or British

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:38:38 +0000

M&S have done really well on this front I don’t think that should be dismissed – the CoSG is on a lot of their products. Do they have stores in Scotland and Wales?

By: Stuart Eels

Stuart Eels — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:13:40 +0000

Read the Asda reply, it is word for word the same reply given to me by Sainsburys and Tesco at least two years ago! Perhaps they all employ the same PR company or perhaps they are all taking us for mugs, especially the Tartan Tesco!

Lets boycott the lot of them!

By: Daggs

Daggs — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:03:12 +0000

Brian, if you are happy to have England represented anywhere by the Union flag. This is not the website for you.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:50:11 +0000

I’m an English consumer who is happy for the Union Flag to be on English produced (whatever that means in law) but I would prefer the English flag instead. Asda appear to imply that the Welsh and Scots are nationalist bigots compared to their easy-going English customers.