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Post by glazedallover on Jun 9, 2023 7:02:20 GMT 1
www.bbc.com/news/business-65833619Interesting reading. I don't recognise many of those prices, but here in France it seems more expensive than elsewhere.... No mention of sausages....
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Post by lapourtaider on Jun 9, 2023 7:13:31 GMT 1
I don't know how they got their comparison prices, but I pay way less than that for fresh milk.
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Post by ajm on Jun 9, 2023 7:40:26 GMT 1
Milk in SuperU is €1.15 i.e. £1
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Post by lapourtaider on Jun 9, 2023 9:29:59 GMT 1
Actually after my comment, as no quantities are listed (I think), I wondered if the comparison is for 4 pints, which I think is a common size in the UK. I agree about your pricing of a litre.
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Post by suein56 on Jun 9, 2023 9:44:55 GMT 1
I wonder where the prices for France were taken from .. they are/appear to be way over what we pay. Though, as no quantities are given, it is impossible to compute.
A shambles of a survey as it is so very vague. It would be of interest if it was more accurately defined.
Even the exchange rate they used comes into play.
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Post by Nifty on Jun 9, 2023 10:23:55 GMT 1
‘ British households' budgets are being squeezed as overall food prices remain 19% higher than a year ago.‘
No sympathy for self inflicted injuries.
’No mention of sausages....’
think yourself lucky that you don’t have to eat what passes as a sauapsage round these parts.
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Post by exile on Jun 9, 2023 10:47:12 GMT 1
I too struggled to relate to a number of the prices - toothpaste, washing detergent. I wonder how they compared the price of cheese since this is a product highly dependent on shipping costs. So if it is Cheddar (now harder to find in much of the EU) no wonder some of the prices. If it is just some generic locally produced cheese, did they take the ripening period into account? There is a world of difference between 6 week old Brie and 12 month aged Cheddar.
But overall, is France more expensive than other countries? Too long out of the UK to make a judgement but compared to Germany I would say that, yes, it is more expensive and even that is based on experience of 10 years ago and more.
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Post by Aardvark on Jun 9, 2023 13:15:12 GMT 1
I found it interesting that the survey specifically excluded Lidl & Aldi. We use Lidl first, and for anything they don't have we then try Carrefour or Intermarche for the remainder. This strategy works well for us and saves money. Having said that, we are blessed with having all the majour players within a short distance of each other.
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Post by cernunnos on Jun 10, 2023 8:19:02 GMT 1
Why would anyone want to compare food prices in differing countries , pure politics " look , our prices are cheaper than theirs"
Prices differ from one part of the country to another .
From one village to another. Groceries are more expensive in our local supermarket , but then you don't have to pay the diesel to go to the big supermarket in town .
Comparing apples to pears!!
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Post by Nifty on Jun 10, 2023 9:33:54 GMT 1
Swings & roundabouts or schadenfreude.
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Post by ajm on Jun 13, 2023 10:53:18 GMT 1
Milk in SuperU is €1.15 i.e. £1 Just paid €1.70 that's a fair old price hike |
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Post by ajm on Jun 13, 2023 13:45:46 GMT 1
Milk in SuperU is €1.15 i.e. £1 Just paid €1.70 that's a fair old price hike In fairness the €1.15 was for SuperU own brand and the €1.70 was for lait de Breton. But still....... |
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Post by Nifty on Jun 13, 2023 13:49:12 GMT 1
Never mind the price. We have just found a branch of Liddle’s in Portugal. Tad heavy on pre packed processed stuff but it looks decidedly less risky than most of the so called food stuffs that I have encountered recently.
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Post by beejay on Jun 15, 2023 8:44:10 GMT 1
Just paid €1.70 that's a fair old price hike In fairness the €1.15 was for SuperU own brand and the €1.70 was for lait de Breton. But still.......
One litre demi-ecremé UHT milk in Lidl France two days ago was 99c. In Lidl UK today 89p.
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