"I am sure that the average consumer goes to the store sees they can't afford to buy our products and thinks the farmers must be going alright, but we're not — we've just had a huge cut."
"I have another friend who is letting go a staff member, I am letting go a staff member — just imagine how many people are going to lose their jobs?"
"We've been through a time when people had to draw down equity to keep going and I don't think people are prepared to do that anymore."
"This is going to affect our whole industry, and not only that, it will affect every shop in town."
"Life's hard enough as it is without doing it for nothing."
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