Weet-Bix is being heavily advertised in Melbourne at the moment so I went out a purchased a box. While reading the box I remembered why I stopped buying them a couple of years ago.
They have no statement what-so-ever about where the wheat comes from. Anyhoo I wrote and asked them and here's the reply below:-
I wrote back suggesting maybe they should state that on the box........
Dear Steve
Thank you for contacting us regarding Weet-Bix
Sanitarium sources all it's wheat from Australian farmers. The only ingredient in Weet-Bix, sourced overseas (Europe) is the added vitamins and minerals.
Regards
Dougwe said
05:47 PM Mar 3, 2014
You must be a happy weet-Bix kid now Steve. Or should that be "Happy Vegemite"
Now I'm confused
It's wombat's fault.
Cloak said
06:06 PM Mar 3, 2014
haha yes Doug this thing with SPC has started something. As for Vegemite I use Dick Smith Aussiemite or whatever it's called these days.
Good luck up north too.....
neilnruth said
09:53 PM Mar 3, 2014
Is Dick Smith 'vegemite' still around? I heard he'd lost his battle to try and make that a 'goer'.
-- Edited by neilnruth on Monday 3rd of March 2014 09:54:04 PM
hako said
11:05 PM Mar 3, 2014
Just did a bit of Googling on Sanitarium - apparently like Dick Smith, they give 100% of their profits to charity activities sponsored by the SDA church.
Bunkerbob said
11:44 PM Mar 3, 2014
Sanitarium is owned by the SDA church, still runs as a non-profit organisation and therefore has a much reduced tax bill. Always has had. They had a large factory in Warburton in Victoria which has been closed for years but sis still standing.
Bob
hako said
09:02 AM Mar 4, 2014
What I like about the SDA is that they have garage sales on Sundays. All true garage sale devotees know that church run garage sales are always the best and have the cheapest most interesting junk.
_wombat_ said
09:34 AM Mar 4, 2014
Dougwe wrote:
You must be a happy weet-Bix kid now Steve. Or should that be "Happy Vegemite"
Now I'm confused
It's wombat's fault.
it's very easy to confuse our Dougwe
but I can take the blame, I usually do
Dougwe said
06:22 PM Mar 4, 2014
What were we all talking about
Yep, your fault wombat
_wombat_ said
07:38 PM Mar 4, 2014
Dougwe wrote:
What were we all talking about
Yep, your fault wombat
guilty
Dougwe said
07:41 PM Mar 4, 2014
Sentence............2 weeks in the naughty room with no privileges, hard labour and no parole period.
_wombat_ said
07:59 PM Mar 4, 2014
Dougwe wrote:
Sentence............2 weeks in the naughty room with no privileges, hard labour and no parole period.
that is not a sentence cos it will be good to get away from you, two weeks of rest wow.
03_troopy said
08:02 PM Mar 4, 2014
Yes Hako, another garage sale tragic here. But gee I've picked up some good stuff over the years.
Plendo said
09:39 PM Mar 4, 2014
Now I might be a bit late with this as the topic has probably moved on, but recently they have been advertising Weet Tix, not Weet Bix. Hmm me wonders why?
Tonight Dick Smith was on the box bleating that he stole someone elses brand name for Aussie Mite (he spells it Ozi Mite), and complaining that the courts had found against poor Dick, he even had a crocodile tear.
It appears that Ozi-Mite has 30 days to be gone, wonder what the new brand will be.
_wombat_ said
08:35 AM Mar 5, 2014
Plendo wrote:
Now I might be a bit late with this as the topic has probably moved on, but recently they have been advertising Weet Tix, not Weet Bix. Hmm me wonders why?
Tonight Dick Smith was on the box bleating that he stole someone elses brand name for Aussie Mite (he spells it Ozi Mite), and complaining that the courts had found against poor Dick, he even had a crocodile tear.
It appears that Ozi-Mite has 30 days to be gone, wonder what the new brand will be.
Weet-Bix is being heavily advertised in Melbourne at the moment so I went out a purchased a box. While reading the box I remembered why I stopped buying them a couple of years ago.
They have no statement what-so-ever about where the wheat comes from. Anyhoo I wrote and asked them and here's the reply below:-
I wrote back suggesting maybe they should state that on the box........
Dear Steve
Thank you for contacting us regarding Weet-Bix
Sanitarium sources all it's wheat from Australian farmers. The only ingredient in Weet-Bix, sourced overseas (Europe) is the added vitamins and minerals.
Regards
You must be a happy weet-Bix kid now Steve. Or should that be "Happy Vegemite"
Now I'm confused
It's wombat's fault.
Good luck up north too.....
Is Dick Smith 'vegemite' still around? I heard he'd lost his battle to try and make that a 'goer'.
-- Edited by neilnruth on Monday 3rd of March 2014 09:54:04 PM
Bob
it's very easy to confuse our Dougwe
but I can take the blame, I usually do
What were we all talking about
Yep, your fault wombat
guilty
that is not a sentence cos it will be good to get away from you, two weeks of rest wow.
Now I might be a bit late with this as the topic has probably moved on, but recently they have been advertising Weet Tix, not Weet Bix. Hmm me wonders why?
Tonight Dick Smith was on the box bleating that he stole someone elses brand name for Aussie Mite (he spells it Ozi Mite), and complaining that the courts had found against poor Dick, he even had a crocodile tear.
It appears that Ozi-Mite has 30 days to be gone, wonder what the new brand will be.
looks like it maybe DickieMite, according to DS