Food Prices around Europe

[milanbenes]

as Wabbit says on my daughter's Winnie the Pooh dvd (when someone tries to give Pooh more hunny after he's been stuck in the doorway to Wabbits house),

No no no no no no no,

it's not what you earn which is important, it's your disposable after expenses, and if we are going to take this discussion down the comparison of wages route then to even the playing field we have to take in disposable income which in my opinion for CZ's Octavia man is higher than the UK's Mondeo man.


Milan.

[tim123]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...5/nfood115.xml


'while Tesco has increased the price of 2.5kilos of Maris Piper potatoes from £1.78 to £2.18.',


potatoes over here (CZ), (not necessarily Maris Piper) are currently 9Czk a kilo, which means 2.5 kilos would be 60p.

How come 2.5 kilos of spuds in the UK costs 2pound18 ?

Because Tesco have washed them and put then into a plastic bag for you. If you go and buy lose unwashed spuds they will cost you half the price or less.

This '"paying for wasteful packaging" lark is really something that we should stop doing.

tim

[tim123]

sorry DA,

the only thing that costs less over here is wages,

transport costs, on a Volvo 44ton artic with Fruehauf trailer and diesel will cost the same as in Germany for example

the farmers their John Deere tractors cost the same here as in the rest of europe

maybe stick to your hammering the phones eh

Milan.

Yep?

The raw material cost of growing potatoes is next to zero. Almost all of the added value is labour (the farmer's, the picker's and the retailer's) so as these people expect to earn less for doing this work, the final cost of the potato in the shop, is less.

Do you understand now?

tim

[milanbenes]

blx the material cost of growing the spuds is next to zero

you think tractors and related machinery is free and diesel too and transport too

sorry Tim, with the greatest of respect, have to disagree on this one.

My opinion, physical man hours is on of the smallest cost contributors to the price of the spuds

Milan.

[DiscoStu]

blx the material cost of growing the spuds is next to zero

you think tractors and related machinery is free and diesel too and transport too

sorry Tim, with the greatest of respect, have to disagree on this one.

My opinion, physical man hours is on of the smallest cost contributors to the price of the spuds

Milan.

I've sussed the Benes plan B. He's become a potato farmer.

[sasguru]

I've sussed the Benes plan B. He's become a potato farmer.

I thought he'd just become a potato.

[DiscoStu]

I thought he'd just become a potato.

It's a step up the evolutionary scale from tape changer.

[tim123]

blx the material cost of growing the spuds is next to zero

you think tractors and related machinery is free and diesel too and transport too

sorry Tim, with the greatest of respect, have to disagree on this one.

My opinion, physical man hours is on of the smallest cost contributors to the price of the spuds

Milan.

Wot, you mean that they don't still have Cart Horses and Waggons in CZ.

tim

[milanbenes]

no my friend, they have John Deere tractors and Claas combines, biguns as well and many of them

as was written in a CZ business magazine that I was reading on the plane the other day (please excuse my bad cz grammar):

Old MacDonald mel fajn rok


The article was discussing CZ agriculture and how the farmers had a very good year


Milan.

[shaunbhoy]

I thought he'd just become a potato.

Not without some form of convoluted upgrade.