Mary Ann O'Brien (Independent)
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Have consumers gone too far in their demands and have the retailers gone too far in pleasing them? Somebody in the chain bent to the fact and decided to make a few quid by sticking in horsemeat because they were looking for the cheapest price. Should we pull back and say so to the consumer? The horsemeat issue did not arise for Musgrave - this is a general conversation with Ms Clancy - but Musgrave is a significant retailer open to the demands. Is it that Musgrave wants to produce quality but cannot bend any further on price without there being a breakdown, as there was with horsemeat, where somebody gave in the chain?