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Thread ID: 119861	2011-08-13 20:53:00	Supermarkets are putting 800 per cent mark-ups on some fresh fruit and vegetables	pctek (84)	PC World Chat

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1223019	2011-08-14 03:08:00	We seldom have waste food with a teenage boy in the house and what little we do have goes in the compost or to the chooks to be recycled back into more food, even meat gets recycled if their is any left over as it can go in the bokashi	gary67 (56)
1223020	2011-08-14 04:21:00	Its a well know fact hat supermarkets dictate to the growers. If they can t sell most of their produce to the supermarkets they go out of business. The supermarkets can play very hard ball. People need to buy more from the markets and buy milk from the dairies and other places that are selling it cheaper. That way they will get the message. And stop all this talk about removing GST from Fruit and veges. It wont make any difference to the prices. It would soon be taken up with extra mark up. Supermarkets sell their stuff for what they think they can get for it. We really do need a 3rd supermarket chain. Two chains do not give competition - witness the mobile phone market. Vodafone and Telescum had a duopoly for years and gouged us.	Digby (677)
1223021	2011-08-14 04:38:00	2Litres of milk from the local dairies (some of them) @ around $3.45. that is cheap compared to the rip-off supermarkets. I was in Pak N Save with granddaughter today and she headed for the milk, the one directly in front of her was $4.39 1 x 2L. I stopped at my usual place on the way home for Green Valley Milk at 2 x 2L for $5.50.	pctek (84)
1223022	2011-08-14 05:59:00	Its not going to matter to soon, the numbers of growers continues to diminish year on year.I guess the Chinese imports will corner the market completely before too long.	PPp (9511)
1223023	2011-08-14 07:19:00	[QUOTE=andrew93;1039075 This leads nicely into my next point and that is the general wastage within the Western world. If we can't sell everything we produce, then why do we continue to produce it? If we are going to let it rot (either in the ground, or in the back of the supermarket) - are we seriously saying there was no viable alternative? [/QUOTE] I'm going to assume you are a city boy, as anything else might get me banned. You want to buy a pumkin now - or potatoes or apples. Do you think the growers can just go and pick them fresh today for you to buy tomorrow? They are harvested in autumn and have to be stored. The supermarkets either buy lots of them then, cheap, store them. They will have some spoilage. Or the grower can store them and sell to supermarkets when the supermarkets want them The price will be higher to the supermarket to account for the spoilage the grower will have. There will be spoilage - its how nature works. Its not about producing more than is needed. Its about having something to eat all year.	wotz (335)
1223024	2011-08-14 07:33:00	We have a vege shop way closer than the supervalue here in bell block, but i tend to find the vegge shop food is no where as fresh as the supervalue. Whether it is turnover or what i dont know. Prices are similar	Gobe1 (6290)
1223025	2011-08-14 08:35:00	No the complete nonsense is on your part.:groan: You're unable to argue the point as usual - firing your usual blanks.	Twelvevolts (5457)
1223026	2011-08-14 08:38:00	Twelvevolts come down to Christchurch after the earthquakes and see how little competition and lack of regulation there is. We lost at least 3 major supermarkets that I know of and now the remaining ones are perpetually busy. Prices are going through the roof. Biscuits that used to be around $2 are now selling for $3 for example. There is no competition whatsoever they are all putting their prices up. The only thing that hasn't gone up in price is 2Litres of milk from the local dairies (some of them) @ around $3.45. that is cheap compared to the rip-off supermarkets. Yep it's called supply and demand - are they supposed to drop their prices and lose money?	Twelvevolts (5457)
1223027	2011-08-14 08:59:00	You're unable to argue the point as usual - firing your usual blanks. Nice try but another fail. If you look at post #40 you might see. I have seen it in a small town where a super market has opened up and put more than one business out of action but you living over Wellington way wouldn't notice anything like that. While in Wellington you may see competition in the smaller towns you don't see it. A friend of mine used to live in the Wairarapa and work over in Wellington and it was worth it for them to do a major shop there rather than back home.	mikebartnz (21)
1223028	2011-08-14 09:05:00	Nice try but another fail. If you look at post #40 you might see. I have seen it in a small town where a super market has opened up and put more than one business out of action but you living over Wellington way wouldn't notice anything like that. While in Wellington you may see competition in the smaller towns you don't see it. A friend of mine used to live in the Wairarapa and work over in Wellington and it was worth it for them to do a major shop there rather than back home. No I saw your post #40 and thought it was off the point. So what are you suggesting as a remedy, people are forced to open shops in country towns so they can lose their money? Why don't you do it yourself if you think it is such a fine idea.	Twelvevolts (5457)
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