rollover Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 I was today in Tesco and there are lots of special offers, half price or better than half price. Dropping fruit and vegetable prices cause deflation not only in UK but all over the Europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copydude Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Sure about that? Runner beans in Asda come from Namibia and the French beans I got today in the petrol station shop are from Kenya. The plums there are from South Africa. The exploitation of 12 year old girls has remained unaffected by sanctions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trampa501 Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 I was today in Tesco and there are lots of special offers, half price or better than half price. Dropping fruit and vegetable prices cause deflation not only in UK but all over the Europe. I'm trying to work out if Scotch Broth will now be cheaper or more expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Eggs are dropping in price. I was wondering whether it is the Russian sanctions also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porca misèria Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Lots of good fruit is in season right now. And it's an exceptionally good season. What do the basic laws of economics say should happen when a big peak in supply meets more-or-less flat demand? And as if that wasn't enough, the supermarkets are in a price war! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollover Posted September 19, 2014 Author Share Posted September 19, 2014 Value of Scottish Salmond droped overnight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copydude Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 What do the basic laws of economics say should happen when a big peak in supply meets more-or-less flat demand? My mother used to make jam and bottle stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porca misèria Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 My mother used to make jam and bottle stuff. I don't touch jam, but I've made several jars of chutney from the garden's produce. As well as enjoying it fresh, and stewing it up for the freezer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Bear Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 I don't touch jam, but I've made several jars of chutney from the garden's produce. As well as enjoying it fresh, and stewing it up for the freezer. Anyone with a glut of French beans, or any a mite past their best, could try making fasolakia, the trad Greek green bean stew. Easy and delish, just have it with bread to mop up the juices. Also works with runner beans or courgettes, or a mix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Value of Scottish Salmond droped overnight. The good folk of Lochmuir voted NO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashmonitor Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 (edited) Lots of good fruit is in season right now. And it's an exceptionally good season. What do the basic laws of economics say should happen when a big peak in supply meets more-or-less flat demand? And as if that wasn't enough, the supermarkets are in a price war! Hmm not quite as we thought on here....food gluts, energy gluts, probably the warmest rolling 12 months in UK recorded history slashing energy bills and crunching the balls of the energy suppliers, China dumping goods like there is no tomorrow. Bloody marvellous, keep it up. Edited September 20, 2014 by crashmonitor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stainless Sam Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Falling egg prices are easily explained. Obviously Putin's chickens are coming home to roost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie_George Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 And sturgeon. Caviar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Lorne Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 I'm trying to work out if Scotch Broth will now be cheaper or more expensive. ...as the ingredients are obtainable anywhere in the UK...there should be no difference.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Lorne Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 The good folk of Lochmuir voted NO. ...difficult .. Lochmuir does not exist...it's a brand name.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steppenpig Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 I haven't seen any of those much promised cheap apples yet. Very disappointed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blod Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 These price drops might have something to do with the UK's established food retailers drop in market share/price. All the UK's leading supermarkets are suffering because of Aldi and Lidl, thats what I feel is dropping UK prices. They are all fighting for market share via price reductions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darwin Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 (edited) link French farmers are feeling the effects of the sanctions and getting angry. You know what happens when French farmers get angry... French vegetable farmers protesting against falling living standards have set fire to tax and insurance offices in town of Morlaix, in Brittany. The farmers used tractors and trailers to dump artichokes, cauliflowers and manure in the streets and also smashed windows, police said. Prime Minister Manuel Valls condemned protesters for preventing firefighters from dealing with the blaze. The farmers say they cannot cope with falling prices for their products. A Russian embargo on some Western goods - imposed over the Ukraine crisis - has blocked off one of their main export markets. About 100 farmers first launched an overnight attack on an insurance office outside Morlaix, which they set light to and completely destroyed, officials said. Edited September 20, 2014 by darwin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkie Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Value of Scottish Salmond droped overnight. How about Sturgeon?....that and the price of fish, all far too fishy if you ask me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chronyx Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 link French farmers are feeling the effects of the sanctions and getting angry. You know what happens when French farmers get angry... Bless those farmers :'-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copydude Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 I haven't seen any of those much promised cheap apples yet. Very disappointed. Since when were price decreases passed on to consumers. Apparently the Poles have 790,000 tonnes of spare apples. (That's a lot of chutney.) They are currently hanging out for a bigger EU subsidy so as not to dump them cheap on other markets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollover Posted September 21, 2014 Author Share Posted September 21, 2014 Since when were price decreases passed on to consumers. Apparently the Poles have 790,000 tonnes of spare apples. (That's a lot of chutney.) They are currently hanging out for a bigger EU subsidy so as not to dump them cheap on other markets. They should have festival like in Spain - La Tomatina Tomato Throwing Festival. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollover Posted November 22, 2014 Author Share Posted November 22, 2014 Connecting Moscow and Beijing via a 7,000 kilometer high-speed railway will cost around 7 trillion rubles, or around $153 billion, a Russian Railways executive said on Friday, the Moscow Times reported on Friday. More than half of the total funds, around 4 trillion rubles, or around $87.5 billion, is expected to be funded by Chinese investors, said Alexander Misharin, the First Vice President of Russian Railways’, the chief of the subsidiary High-Speed Rail Lines, the Moscow Times said. Construction of the Russian stretch of the rail link will cost around 2.8 trillion rubles, or around $60 billion, Misharin said. In mid-October, both Russia and China had signed a memorandum of cooperation for the construction of a high-speed rail network. On the new Moscow – Beijing rail link, trains are expected to reach an average speed of around 400 kilometers per hour, which would cut travel time significantly from the current “6 or more days” to around 33 hours, according to the Moscow Times. http://emergingequity.org/2014/11/22/planned-high-speed-railway-linking-russia-to-china-may-cost-153-billion/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chronyx Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Since when were price decreases passed on to consumers. Apparently the Poles have 790,000 tonnes of spare apples. (That's a lot of chutney.) They are currently hanging out for a bigger EU subsidy so as not to dump them cheap on other markets. Do they put them in stasis or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saving For a Space Ship Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 ...difficult .. Lochmuir does not exist...it's a brand name.... I thought it was twinned with Lymeswold ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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