bosley
- 20 Feb 2004 09:34
halfamil
- 06 Feb 2007 21:08
- 23497 of 27111
Eric; halfamil is what I aspire to in sss. Not a boast of my holdings. Currently worth about 800.! I have some way to go. lol
zscrooge
- 07 Feb 2007 08:44
- 23498 of 27111
Just a bit of ankle chewing...
http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article2241469.ece
bhunt1910
- 07 Feb 2007 09:01
- 23499 of 27111
Re Asda
http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article2241469.ece
Asda has decided not to go down the biodegradable route and has ditched plans to have compostable packs on its organic products by March. A spokesman said: "As it stands, the vast majority of people in the UK do not have home composters, therefore they will have to dispose of compostable packaging by putting it in their normal bin...
hewittalan6
- 07 Feb 2007 09:17
- 23500 of 27111
On the face of it, that appears to be the death knell for Asda.........so why no RNS?
Urgent clarification seems to be required, and a re-think on my investment.
PATISEAR
- 07 Feb 2007 09:41
- 23501 of 27111
Re Asda
"As it stands, the vast majority of people in the UK do not have home composters",
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This has been the case for nearly 2 hundred years.
Now, if people put their compostable waste in biodegradable bags, supplied by their store, it can be collected as normal by their council, where it can be delivered to a compost site.
lizard
- 07 Feb 2007 09:50
- 23502 of 27111
PATISEAR- FOR ENVIRONMENT MP.
thought they had an ongoing agreement with ASDA. now they are not interested?. company should rns to clarify this asap.
dawall
- 07 Feb 2007 09:58
- 23503 of 27111
As far as I am concerned ASDA was finished a long time ago. If they had wanted it, Greenseal as well, they would have delivered it with SEO long before now. I hope Wagner has the good sense to stop pissing around with Bristish companies and supermarkets and maintain his focus purely on the US. OK ASDA is part of Walmart but a very small part and my feeling is that it doesn't come under quite the same pressures from an environmental perspective as its parent. I am not interested in 100 Greenseal machines and a few tonnes of Starpol in ASDA, I'd rather have 2000 Greenseal and several hundred thousand tonnes of Starpol in Walmart, McDs etc. I suspect (although I don't know) there are many thousands of packing machines in the US dedicated to Walmart whereas, from what has been said on this and other BBs most UK suppliers have most machines tied into more than 1 supermarket which is causing complications.
I hope with the results we get a full and honest update on Greenseal progress both in the UK and in the US!
daw2
Bugz
- 07 Feb 2007 11:04
- 23504 of 27111
Lizard - "thought they had an ongoing agreement with ASDA"
Greenseal agreement yes-not specifically Starpol i think. Wagner has pinned his hopes on getting Starpol agreement as well......looks as though he has misfired however.
greekman
- 07 Feb 2007 11:38
- 23505 of 27111
Due to the latest news from ASDA re none use of biodegradable packaging, SEO must as per LSE rules release an RNS either confirming or denying the report.
This has to effect the sp significantly enough to trigger the requirement.
dawall
- 07 Feb 2007 11:44
- 23506 of 27111
greekman only if they had contracts with ASDA. They do not and therefore do not need to RNS
greekman
- 07 Feb 2007 12:17
- 23507 of 27111
As there have been news releases in the past from SEO regarding possible/probable contracts with Asda, SEO are bound by the rules to clarify the mentioned report.
When they first released the news regarding the possibly tie up it greatly effected the sp, so it had to be released.
A no deal with Asda will also have an obvious effect on the sp, so again they have a duty to release an RNS.
They cant pick and choose.
hewittalan6
- 07 Feb 2007 13:00
- 23508 of 27111
Main holding gone, sold.
Just a rump left until I get some clear idea of WTF is going on.
Alan
blanche
- 07 Feb 2007 13:07
- 23509 of 27111
First time poster on this thread. If this was serious then the volumes would be much higher, at the moment its peanuts.
NO NEED TO PANIC JUST YET!
hewittalan6
- 07 Feb 2007 13:10
- 23510 of 27111
Not panicking, pragmatic.............
blanche
- 07 Feb 2007 13:19
- 23511 of 27111
This little pull back was bound to happen anyway, after the ramp up in the last week or so. Maybe @ the 1.20 mark is a good time to get back in. As dewall says Walmart is the main player.
kimoldfield
- 07 Feb 2007 13:23
- 23512 of 27111
As a precautionary measure I have halved my holding. I did wonder last week if the high volumes seen were down to Schroders beginning to dump their holding; in the end the volume was nowhere near enough for that so I am working on the kimoldfield principle - if Schroders are still there then maybe I should be too. I have contacted both SEO and Financial Dynamics for clarification but, as you would expect, been met with silence. Happy to hold my remaining 200k, if there is no further news I will probably buy my other 200k back when the price steadies, if it is low enough. Starpol selling in the US is still my main hope for this company.
kim
tweenie
- 07 Feb 2007 13:45
- 23513 of 27111
Very strange that a 'spokesman' for asda would make such an off message almost anti green statement?
Well only two months to go . If nothing positive by interims then I think I'll be doing what the missus says and selling up too.
STRANGE DAYS.
EWRobson
- 07 Feb 2007 14:02
- 23514 of 27111
Agree tweenie that the ASDA spokesman is off message (particularly off the WalMart message) - more likely reason for postponing plans is that SEO were not ready! Heard Sir Terry Leahy on the radio last week talking about their green agenda - you can't see him saying that they wouldn't take a green action because customers aren't ready; they will lead the way and we will all have our own composters. I believe that SEO are no longer obligated to supply Greeseal exclusively to ASDA so what odds on an announcement re Tesco.
Alan: I hope you haven't lost faith at the wrong time. Perhaps Kim has it right saying that he is backing Schroders judgement. Probably more false dawns yet but the retracement presents a buying opportunity.
Eric
kimoldfield
- 07 Feb 2007 14:05
- 23515 of 27111
I spoke to someone from asda helpline this morning and they were not aware of the Independent article or that asda were no longer going to use bio packaging; however, he was not aware that they had intended to go down that road anyway so that was not much use to me!
kim
hewittalan6
- 07 Feb 2007 14:24
- 23516 of 27111
I too hope I am very wrong, but my rump holding is still considerably large.
Perhaps I should have typed that I have lowered my risk profile on this stock, and the cash will just sit there in my trading account waiting for any news or for a better opportunity to present itself.
Merely an action in making myself more comfortable with a situation I understand increasingly less.
Alan