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Summer inflation!bought fish and chips for the family in Ilfracombe last summer and that was over £40
Summer inflation!bought fish and chips for the family in Ilfracombe last summer and that was over £40
Organic carrots always taste like carrots used to!You may as well chew paper as Iceberg Lettuce in supermarkets
And organic vine Tom's are lush
And it’s a crying match trying to get 60p for caulis in season here. Frost melted our last caulis and gave the savoys a bad touch unfortunately. Leeks and sprouts are the only crops you can depend on this time of year here. If I could get £1.30/200g for sprouts I’d be smiling like a Cheshire CatBefore I get a hard time, I'm a grower, but due to some crazy weather in the Meditterrain countries & severe frost here in the UK, plus cost of gas for Dutch glasshouses. Prices have gone into total orbit. That is wholesale market prices a 13kg box of Spanish Broccoli is now £20, 8 French caulies £22, Spanish onions 25kg net £24, A box 6kg of Dutch vine tomatoes £20.
I say wholesale prices because some super market prices are less on the other hand 200g of sprouts at Tesco is £1.30 they have had a real margin on that as well as the tiny Scottish swedes at 80p each. See this all the time in supermarkets, rip off prices on plentiful items & giving stuff away that is expensive, mind games to get the punters in.
I'm told minus one C in Italy will cause things to get worse, minus seven C in Spain started the crisis off.
Glad I had some PSB & caulie which has survived the frost
Thats why they are dear.And it’s a crying match trying to get 60p for caulis in season here. Frost melted our last caulis and gave the savoys a bad touch unfortunately. Leeks and sprouts are the only crops you can depend on this time of year here. If I could get £1.30/200g for sprouts I’d be smiling like a Cheshire Cat
Product | Current spot price per box delivered | Approx. normal spot price at this time of year |
---|---|---|
Yellow peppers | £22 | £8-£9 |
Red peppers | £21 | £8-£9 |
Green peppers | £13 | £7-£8 |
Round tomatoes | £14 | £6-£8 |
Cherry tomatoes | £17 | £5-£6 |
Aubergines | £18 | £6-£8 |
Courgettes | £12 | £5-£7 |
Cucumbers | £16 | £5-£7 |
Iceberg | £19 | £6-£8 |
Cos | £15 | £7-£8 |
Gem | £18 | £10-£12 |
Broccoli | £20 | £8-£10 |
Cauliflower | £14 (was £24 last week) | £6-£8 |
Red cabbage x25kg net | £15 | £7-£9 |
Dutch onions x4kg net | £700/tonne | £250-£280/t |
Don't worry we were still eating those well into January, just hang 'em outside in an onion net. Interestingly, the Morrisons 35p ones kept way better than the Aldi ones.15p at Christmas
Snap! Although we were on the Sainsburys 15p onesDon't worry we were still eating those well into January, just hang 'em outside in an onion net. Interestingly, the Morrisons 35p ones kept way better than the Aldi ones.
don't know about aldi but lidl's fruit never keeps as long as morrisons.Don't worry we were still eating those well into January, just hang 'em outside in an onion net. Interestingly, the Morrisons 35p ones kept way better than the Aldi ones.
Haven’t seen much increase in sales either, other veg can’t be expensive enough to push consumers onto swede!Major tomato shortages as Morocco faces ‘perfect storm’
Flooding, cold temperatures and cancelled ferries have caused significant supply problems in Moroccan tomatoes, according to importerswww.fruitnet.com
Similar article to Bogweevil.
But yes its not Poltics, war, subsidies, brexit just old fashioned crazy weather.
A lot of ordinary market traders & small green grocers will be bankcrupted by this.
ps swedes are cheap.
Savoy is getting very expensive.Haven’t seen much increase in sales either, other veg can’t be expensive enough to push consumers onto swede!
For you DA. Cauli yesterday near Boston.Savoy is getting very expensive.
But most uk crop has minor black marks now from frost damage, good on the inside.
What do customers buy UK at 80p or something fresh & shiny for £1.40 from Portugal?
Very middle class food crisis.
We eat plenty of swede in winter. Reminded me I need to get my garden dug.Major tomato shortages as Morocco faces ‘perfect storm’
Flooding, cold temperatures and cancelled ferries have caused significant supply problems in Moroccan tomatoes, according to importerswww.fruitnet.com
Similar article to Bogweevil.
But yes its not Poltics, war, subsidies, brexit just old fashioned crazy weather.
A lot of ordinary market traders & small green grocers will be bankcrupted by this.
ps swedes are cheap.
I presume crop that should have been cut late December to early January & frosted now rotting away?For you DA. Cauli yesterday near Boston.
I presume crop that should have been cut late December to early January & frosted now rotting away?
If I'm wrong & that is over wintered heading broccoli (caulie) things are going to get worse.
I've not done too bad really, finished 10 days ago & yes I've had losses but the price helped. The very last day felt a bit like a truffle hunter going through the worst bit for the last time.
Its the wrong year for it to happen so expensive to grow & most growers planted a bit less.
Better stuff coming through now from Cornwall & Kent, a lot cheaper than French.
To be fair.Hi DA. Yes, that crop was programmed for Xmas/Jan cutting. Their is also damage in overwinter April/May heading crops but not to that extent. 30 years ago Linclonshire cauli ended in November / early December and didn't resume gain until March, for the fear of frost wiping them out. Used to leave the winter cauli job to Cornwall, few sometimes from Thanet and Brittany. But now with larger plants and low populations most growers aim to cut all winter - just that a period of severe frost provides a reminder from the past.