Intensifying Exploitation and the Fightback at RF Brookes
Under capitalism, all that matters is profit… ever-increasing profits; with human welfare always relegated to the sidelines. Small businesses grow or die in this uncertain and highly competitive landscape, and those rare family businesses that manage to succeed in this hostile climate are considered prime targets for acquisition by profit-hungry corporations. RF Brookes factory in South Wigston, Leicester, is a case in point. Opening their first family-managed pie factory in 1957 in Warwickshire, RF Brookes soon upgraded to a premises in Leicester, and in the process became known as the best pie manufacturer in the Midlands.
