In the water with the devil - which way is the tide flowing

I've often wondered about compromise. As a union member all my working life, 23 years to be exact, I have heard officials discussing policy with their members. I've been party to negotiations which have resulted in both sides agreeing to things they wouldn't necessarily wish to. At home with family we compromise every day, quite plainly sometimes you need to do things you don't really want to do. But there's always an end result.

With that philosophy in mind, I agreed to be a member of a congregation from the Vegetarian Society of Ireland that met with a Tesco nutritionist today. Tesco are a company I avoid most of the time. For that i'm in a minority. They have a huge share of the market and for obvious reasons. So when they asked to meet with the veg soc it was accepted. We went along and made our points about food miles, vegan products on the shelf and local products. We stated what is important to members of the vegetarian society of ireland. We spoke about the dublin food coop and how we buy products from them. They were listening and offered to bring our concerns back to those who need to to hear them. We won't revolutionise tesco but who knows maybe there will be something different alongside those egg filled quorn products in future