Potato sales after the melt down of last week.

[Honest john]

In this new normal we find ourselves in what next ?

Folk fighting over bags of spuds in local sales.

Mc Donald’s shuts there doors after tomorrow.

What will happen next ?

 

[ontheball]

Big increases in folk buying them at the farm gate. Though interesting to tot up that in the supermarket you’ll be paying £30+ for 25kg.

 

[Charlie]

Not going to be much bag chipping trade now !

 

[Kidds]

25kg washed from wholesaler, £15 today. Nice spuds but dear at that.

 

[D14]

Local farm shop paying between £9.50 and £12.50 now per bag from wholesalers. They are adding £2.50/bag for the profit so hardly taking the proverbial.

The wholesalers are profiteering because 6 months ago it was £3.50/bag.

 

[ridger]

My main outlet has closed- I think. Open air market with a fair few stalls. Or maybe I'd be allowed to trade with potatoes and veg. No one knows. But will my regulars still come to see if im there? Dont know what to do. Also, want to keep safe.

 

[Wooly]

Local farm shop paying between £9.50 and £12.50 now per bag from wholesalers. They are adding £2.50/bag for the profit so hardly taking the proverbial.

The wholesalers are profiteering because 6 months ago it was £3.50/bag.

The price has seriously moved up since then, There is little rice or pasta to eat, so spuds are back in fashion.

My neighbour has just sold several hundred tonnes of Spuds for £400 / t in bulk ..................that equates to £10 per 25kg pre bagging. Selling them for £15 bag is hardly leaving you rich !

 

[Hindsight]

The price has seriously moved up since then, There is little rice or pasta to eat, so spuds are back in fashion.

My neighbour has just sold several hundred tonnes of Spuds for £400 / t in bulk ..................that equates to £10 per 25kg pre bagging. Selling them for £15 bag is hardly leaving you rich !

Can you tell us who he sold them too? Not bid that price anywhere near in Lincolnshire today. Orders for chipping potatoes cancelled.

 

[henman]

because mc Donald's shut nocked 10p a kilo off the cull cow price. perhaps it will have the same affect on potato price

 

[Bruce Almighty]

I bought a couple of bags of spuds last week, one was a tenner & the other a part trade off for some "feed" barley !
It was the highlight of my week, you have to travel miles from here to find anyone selling spuds at the door
I just don't understand why so many folk buy pasta not potatoes
Maybe it's my age ?
When we were kids nobody had heard of pasta (apart from tinned spaghetti) & there weren't many fatties around in those days

 

[Cowmangav]

I like pasta but I like tatties even more. Use to have them twice a day !

 

[e3120]

I like pasta but I like tatties even more. Use to have them twice a day !

Used to? Only twice? No tattie bread and fried slices in the morn?

 

[Honest john]

I am told the fish fryers association has told all shops to close.
As Trump said the Death rate from other issues will out pace that of COVID 19. At this rate.
FFS we need food outlets open.
Can’t get a home delivery for love noir money.

Delivery Vans torched yesterday.

 

[D14]

I am told the fish fryers association has told all shops to close.
As Trump said the Death rate from other issues will out pace that of COVID 19. At this rate.
FFS we need food outlets open.
Can’t get a home delivery for love noir money.

Delivery Vans torched yesterday.

The difference is though other diseases kill people every day because they have that illness.

Corona is killing healthy people and people with minor underlying health issues.

This country could loose 1 million to this if we don’t isolate fully.

 

[Daniel]

The difference is though other diseases kill people every day because they have that illness.

Corona is killing healthy people and people with minor underlying health issues.

This country could loose 10 million to this if we don’t isolate fully.

10 million?! Which reputable scientist is saying this?

 

[D14]

10 million?! Which reputable scientist is saying this?

Typo. 1 million.

 

[Clive]

Typo. 1 million.

not seen any predictions anything like that high

iirc 400k was last absolute worst case scenario based on other countries data but more likely far, far lower thankfully

 

[Gordy1]

I am told the fish fryers association has told all shops to close.
As Trump said the Death rate from other issues will out pace that of COVID 19. At this rate.
FFS we need food outlets open.
Can’t get a home delivery for love noir money.

Delivery Vans torched yesterday.

Same here, signed up with several supermarkets last week can’t get a delivery, no delivery dates available up to 15th April & each day it steps up & still no deliveries available!!!!. ?

 

[Sonoftheheir]

I’ve heard of spuds coming back from Ireland

 

[Pieces_of_Eight]

I bought a couple of bags of spuds last week, one was a tenner & the other a part trade off for some "feed" barley !


I just don't understand why so many folk buy pasta not potatoes
Maybe it's my age ?
When we were kids nobody had heard of pasta (apart from tinned spaghetti) & there weren't many fatties around in those days

My FIL says pasta is what foreign people eat. He even has chips with his 'Chinese' (Chicken & Mushrooms in gravy).

I bought a bag of Melody this week for 9 quid, which I didn't think was bad for 18,500 calories when we are mid-apocalypse.