Early report out of Northland is that the season is favorable... not that it'll help this lot...
Quite a few smaller/recent beekeepers struggling or going down. Those that are just pack and sell are making their margins but the yellow fever is no more....
Saw that too at our local PnS - multiflora rather than pure Manuka. Good value compared to before the MPI standard kicked in.
A bean counting friend of mine used to work under this guy and doesn't rate him at all. I rate my fiends ability to know if anyone is good or not.
Take care out there folks.
Ecclesiastes 11:2: “Divide your portion to seven, or even to eight, for you do not know what misfortune may occur on the earth.”
Ben Graham - In the short run the market is a voting machine but in the long run the market is a weighing machine
A bean counting friend of mine used to work under this guy and doesn't rate him at all. I rate my fiends ability to know if anyone is good or not.
Take care out there folks.
He did wonders at Methven
So good in fact he got Percy on board ....who subsequently made a small fortune when Methven taken over
Presentations from Comvita should be pretty good in future
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“ At the top of every bubble, everyone is convinced it's not yet a bubble.”
So good in fact he got Percy on board ....who subsequently made a small fortune when Methven taken over
Presentations from Comvita should be pretty good in future
If you put lipstick on a pig, guess what...its still a pig.
Ecclesiastes 11:2: “Divide your portion to seven, or even to eight, for you do not know what misfortune may occur on the earth.”
Ben Graham - In the short run the market is a voting machine but in the long run the market is a weighing machine
Whats his skills tool box look like? Whats he going to do to change the game? Take a red line through costs, invest in innovation/marketing....?
I would see a major difference in tapware manufacturing, to running a company marketing heavily to Asian consumers, in a hugely competitive space, with branding and consumer channels being crucial. Not to mention being a natural product with the seasonal and natural variations that gets thrown at you.
^^^You must have been buying lots of special moisturizer for all your friends for Christmas. https://www.comvita.co.nz/product/me...g-lotion/A7649
Comes in a big container and looks far more expensive than it really is.
Last edited by Beagle; 17-12-2019 at 05:53 PM.
Ecclesiastes 11:2: “Divide your portion to seven, or even to eight, for you do not know what misfortune may occur on the earth.”
Ben Graham - In the short run the market is a voting machine but in the long run the market is a weighing machine
^^^You must have been buying lots of special moisturizer for all your friends for Christmas. https://www.comvita.co.nz/product/me...g-lotion/A7649
Comes in a big container and looks far more expensive than it really is.
Has beeswax in it, but doesn't state honey - the beeswax must be it?
Those sort of products pretty easy to get formulated, include a couple of your special ingredients in them, and get them manufactured by specialist OEM companies.
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