Potato sales after the melt down of last week.
- Thread starter Honest john
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- Location
- West Suffolk
will be the same here unless something changes. Trouble is there ain’t much stock in East Anglia to feed them too!
It a PR disaster, people can’t get enough food (food banks etc) and we might have to dump them for nothing.
Might be worth getting in touch with any local food banks, nursing homes, charities and the like to see if they want any, wont make any money but be worth the feel good factor.
- Location
- West Suffolk
I give some to the local food bank at Christmas time.
And Whilst I agree with your sentiments, giving away for free what was worth £200K two weeks ago Wouldn’t make me feel good.
If the government was to compensate us in some way then by all means we could do it.
At present I have to try and sell as much as I can, all be it only 10% in volume to two weeks back.
ridger
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- Location
- Tyrone, Northern Ireland
That's how it is at the minute, sales have fell off a cliff, people have stocked up, so will be trying to bring back potatoes which have sprouted as well.
Tell them there bean sprouts , that would fool them!
- Location
- Norfolk
Any thoughts about this coming week? I have had several messages and orders for marfona. Will the price rally? What about fryers? Anybody had a crazy rush at the gate?
ridger
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- Location
- Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Sales poor here, garda on border asking people where they are going, so they are turning around and shopping elsewhere, these restrictions are going to finish us
- Location
- West Suffolk
Still lifting here, even though take aways are allowed to stay open it’s the lack of footfall that’s killing it I think?
It really is looking quite disastrous to me. Lack of demand now is t helping and how are we going to keep stuff into the spring without cipc?
It really is looking quite disastrous to me. Lack of demand now is t helping and how are we going to keep stuff into the spring without cipc?
welger
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- Location
- derbyshire
Our gate sales have rocketed this weekend
- Location
- East meath/dublin
Any grants going to erect cold stores ?? The grower who rented land off me was dipping his toe in the water with markies and romano for the chipping market .
I told him not to bother as local stuff cant compete on dry matter and fry colour with the english spuds . He has them in cold stores and reckons the will shift eventually .
The farmers journal are saying that rooster and kerr pinks are trading at 380 to 400 euro a ton in boxes but that trade is slow. As a wise man once said the farmers journal buys neither spuds , corn, or cattle so the can claim what the like !!
Hopefully the trade will improve .
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Is there something ace about these rooster spuds or just good marketing? Mrs teslacoils brought some back from the shop in a fancy bag and the chips were middling to poor, and the mash no better than any generic reds.
- Location
- East meath/dublin
Visually the are very appealing with high yields and good skin finish . The are now the main variety grown over here . You are right regarding the flavour nothing special in my humble opinion . Give me Queens , records and Golden wonders any day .
- Location
- Lincolnshire
They were supposed to be a multi purpose one, but they don't fry at all well. To be fair I didn't roast any, but they will sell loads in their fancy bags.
- Location
- East meath/dublin
There you go another truimph of style over substance !! Are the Albert Bartlett bags by any chance ??
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Honest john
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- Location
- Fenland
We brought some back from Ireland many years ago.
Didn’t like them at all, acquired taste I guess.
Good marketing.
Devil's advocate
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- Location
- Posh side of Barnsley
busy but nowhere like march
- Location
- leics/warks border
Folks buy what they are familiar with, and they advertised on TV. It's like Granny Smith apples, folks buy them because they are familiar.
We sell a lot of Piper, because they are the ones the TV chefs always quote.
Having many stays in Ireland on farms golden wonders is all you had , never liked them , when Irish boys stayed with us they didn’t mind Wilja’s but to them not as good as gw, when your used to eating something I guess.