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| ABCDiamond | Jun 28 2011, 03:30:09 PM Post #1 |
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There is a story on Today Tonight, today (Tuesday 28th June) I think, about food prices in Aus, UK, NZ and USA. I was contacted by Today Tonight, this morning, to provide some info, re my www.britzinoz.com website, but didn't answer them in time to answer more questions, and I said I didn't fancy talking about it (the thought of talking on air gives me the shivers). I'll be watching this episode to see what is said about the differences in prices. |
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catgirl
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Jun 28 2011, 04:22:40 PM Post #2 |
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they do this evey so often don't they - when I was last in oz 2 years ago it was on Today Tonight about food prices and the comparisons in oz vs UK |
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| ABCDiamond | Jun 28 2011, 05:32:47 PM Post #3 |
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They do seem to repeat many stories, I suppose to catch the new viewers. I'll be interested to compare their cost of Australian food, to the price of Australian food that I buy :D I have no real idea now of the cost of UK food, other than what I see on supermarket websites. |
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| ABCDiamond | Jun 28 2011, 09:19:52 PM Post #4 |
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The comparisons were: Bread $3.29 Australia $1.30 New Zealand $0.72 UK $1.04 USA Coke 2L $3.92 Australia (Woolworths: Coca Cola Bottle 2L $3.72) $2.87 New Zealand $2.71 UK (Tesco: £1.78 Coca Cola Regular 2 Litre Bottle (£0.09/100ml) $1.71 USA Middle Bacon $3.49 Australia $4.52 New Zealand $2.86 UK $5.25 USA (The Middle bacon on the websites was: $9.66 Aussie Farmers Choice Middle Bacon Rashers 750g ($12.88/kg) $8.05 Homebrand Bacon Middle Rashers 1kg ($8.05/kg) £2.00 Tesco Finest Unsmoked Middle Bacon 220G ( (£9.10/kg)) Milk 2L $3.69 Australia $3.19 New Zealand $2.01 UK $2.48 USA 6 Eggs $5.29 Australia $4.74 New Zealand $4.58 UK $4.78 USA 1kg Rice (Not sure about the accuracy of this one) $4.95 Australia (I always pay $1.50 kg, although I did get 10kg at $1.25 kg this week) $4.61 New Zealand $3.80 UK (£0.49 Tesco Value Long Grain Rice 1Kg (£0.49/kg0 $3.44 USA (The Australian rice pictured in the program, was this one: $3.00 Sunrice Rice White Premium Long Grain 1kg) Not sure where the $4.95 came from, nor the UK price 2L Orange Juice $5.79 Australia $3.08 New Zealand $2.72 UK $2.68 USA Total $30.42 Australia $24.31 New Zealand $19.40 UK $21.38 USA Now I am confused about the accuracy of this... |
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Jun 29 2011, 06:26:35 AM Post #5 |
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bread is about £1.20 for a bog standard white loaf or 50/50 bread, sometimes get 2 for £2.00 coke is £1.78 - always an offer on like 2 for £3.00, buy 2 get one free etc bacon is £2.00 - on offer with 79p off at moment in Sainsbury that's their butchers choice bacon or £2.48 for 10 slices (300g) unsmoked bog standard brand with offer of buy 2 for £4.00 milk 2 L is £1.49 eggs range in price depending on if you buy caged or organic free range but price range is 69p for 6 basic range eggs to £1.99 rice 1K long grain rice £1.24 sainsbury own brand OJ 1.75 L is £2.36 |
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| ABCDiamond | Jun 29 2011, 08:30:36 AM Post #6 |
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The prices that are often quoted in many of these surveys often has me puzzled. Take Milk for example:
You say you pay £1.49 for 2 litres, presumably that is just normal milk ? We pay from $1.99 to $2.09 for 2 litres, and this has been the same now for about a year, with no change, other than Woolworths and Coles recently dropping their price to the same as everyone else. That $3.69 for 2 litres is a price that horrifies me, but I did just try to see what it might actually be: These are the closest options I can see at Woolworths today: $3.57 Pauls Milk Smarter White Bottle 2L $3.56 Pauls Trim Milk Reduced Fat Bottle 2L $3.57 Dairy Farmers Milk Shape No Fat Bottle 2L $3.72 Physical Milk Low Fat Vitamin D Bottle 2L I wonder if they do compare like to like ? This is the one I buy at Woolworths: $2.00 Homebrand Milk Whole Bottle 2L |
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| Anne | Jun 29 2011, 09:22:16 AM Post #7 |
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Really! We pay a dollar per litre here for milk. So a 3 ltr bottle of milk is $3 :) And then there are still often offer lower than that. |
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Jun 29 2011, 02:56:03 PM Post #8 |
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Milk has just gone up. That price was for semi skimmed milk I don't usually go to supermarket to buy milk, it's only if we need extra as I have a milkman (and pay slightly more but I like having milk delivered). I have just gone to Tesco Express for millk (no delivery today and boys have gone mad on milk lately). I have paid £1.10 for 2 L of SS Organic milk. So Sainsbury's is a rip off ! Edited by catgirl, Jun 29 2011, 03:28:55 PM.
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| Tiredwithtwins | Jun 29 2011, 06:06:31 PM Post #9 |
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there was an article on the news recently about the price of milk here (thats all well and good, but what about the price of lettuce!!???? :lol: ), and the reason why milk is so expensive in supermarkets is because its the mark up they put on it to make a profit. the farmer only gets a minimal amount per litre, according to the news was just enough to cover the cost of production! when you think that the farmer gets something like 40p/L, the supermarkets make about 70-80p/L!!!! I buy locally produced milk at about £1/L and the majority of the money goes to the farmer - the shop gets about 10p/L. I also buy most of my food from an outlet ... so i pay about 75% less anyway !!!! :thumbsup: |
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Jun 29 2011, 06:37:31 PM Post #10 |
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I'd love one of those co-op type places around here like the one that was on the tv programme a short while ago, less choice but cheaper and as much locally grown/sourced products as possible. I have a veggie box delivered now which supplies more than enough each week. I get 2 fruit - yep sometimes its imported but look at our climate ! and 5 types of veg, during winter i admit it was getting repetitive at times but was ok. They try to source as much from local farmers as possible. |
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ohippy
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Jun 30 2011, 04:48:47 PM Post #11 |
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Well I pay 99c for a loaf of bread and $1.79 for 2l of milk ! |
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| ABCDiamond | Jun 30 2011, 05:26:58 PM Post #12 |
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I'm jealous, that's a total of 30 cents less than me, I think I had better shop around again :lol: Actually I just bought milk and bread at Woolworths, for convenience. (1.29c for the loaf of bread and $2.00 for the 2L of milk). That's a whole 18% higher than yours, and 7% higher than my normal price.. |
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Jul 1 2011, 10:01:49 AM Post #13 |
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Hehe well that's the price at the spud shed. The bread has always been that price but the milk dropped when the supermarkets went to $2. The milk is now being advertised as $1.69 too |
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| ABCDiamond | Jul 1 2011, 11:09:12 AM Post #14 |
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I got bread at the Butchers today for 99 cents, milk for $1.99 and a Beef rump (sliced for free) at $4.99 kg. :thumbsup: |
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