The totally off-topic thread

[markis10]

It's 1 quid year round...

I was referring to the QLD price, icebergs...queensland....

 

[Princess Fiona]

Be thankful you don't have to buy groceries here


Christmas Island

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Be thankful you don't have to buy groceries here


Christmas Island

I wonder what their salary loadings are like!! That's insane!!

 

[suze2000]

:shock: And it'll probably decompose almost as soon as you unwrap the glad wrap.

 

[JessicaTam]

Is that 23 Australian dollars?

*picks up jaw*

 

[Princess Fiona]

Is that 23 Australian dollars?

*picks up jaw*

Yes indeed :!:
And MEL_Traveller is correct, AFAIK the remuneration is high. Not sure I'd ever pay that for a brassica no matter what the salary, a bottle of wine maybe

 

[JohnK]

Methinks seasonality might be the key here!

No excuse to have it on sale for $4.99! I bought an iceberg lettuce from Woolworths for $1.69!

 

[TheEmu]

We drink Maleny milk as well.Down here on the coast Coles actually stock it but not Woollies.IGA and B fresh at Warana also stock it.B Fresh at Warana is our go to place for rarer delicacies.

Mine is Paris Creek organic milk. Surprisingly all supermarkets carry it. It has as much shelf space now as the cheap milk in our local Coles, such is the demand for it.

Mungalli Milk or Misty Mountain Milk (same company) from the Atherton Tablelands - quite readily available in Woolies in TSV. Even the "Low fat Jersey milk" has gobs of cream on top when you open the bottle.
$4.15 for 2 litres - we figure it's worth supporting a "local" enterprise - supermarket milk tastes bland by comparison.

 

[anat0l]

I wonder what their salary loadings are like!! That's insane!!

Is that 23 Australian dollars?

*picks up jaw*

Yes indeed :!:
And MEL_Traveller is correct, AFAIK the remuneration is high. Not sure I'd ever pay that for a brassica no matter what the salary, a bottle of wine maybe

A similar practice holds in FIFO areas, both for items bought from canteens as well as the "general store".

Not sure if someone could make a fortune being a "groceries courier" for remote mine sites, because otherwise those out there are getting flogged.

 

[The Rok]

A similar practice holds in FIFO areas, both for items bought from canteens as well as the "general store".

Not sure if someone could make a fortune being a "groceries courier" for remote mine sites, because otherwise those out there are getting flogged.

Certainly not the case in any site I have worked on.

 

[Flashback]

A similar practice holds in FIFO areas, both for items bought from canteens as well as the "general store".

Not sure if someone could make a fortune being a "groceries courier" for remote mine sites, because otherwise those out there are getting flogged.

Client of mine used to be a monopoly in remote mining towns however now no longer exists as people can source things in other cheaper ways...

 

[rogerkambah]

We found food to be generally cheaper in the UK than Aus. Especially loved the raspberries,and liked the way that a lot of fresh food had a label indicating its origin.

Australia is an expensive country to live in - clothes, cars, houses, the lot, but it is a great place to live and to come home to.

 

[Mal]

Yep. Fruit and veg comes from such bizarre locations at times in the UK. Still find it bizarre that i can buy NZ lamb for cheaper than Australia pays for local lamb. And that's not the only example.

 

[Simo]

Yep. Fruit and veg comes from such bizarre locations at times in the UK. Still find it bizarre that i can buy NZ lamb for cheaper than Australia pays for local lamb. And that's not the only example.

That is bizarre.

I struggle to see why when they have the freight costs and also customs and all of those clearances to bring the product in.

 

[markis10]

That is bizarre.

I struggle to see why when they have the freight costs and also customs and all of those clearances to bring the product in.

Thats a retail price point from one perspective though, for instance I get MSA graded Rump or Porterhouse for $6.99 a kg and chicken breast for the same, while a side of Lamb is $4.99-5.99 on a regular basis but you won't see that in a supermarket.

 

[medhead]

That is bizarre.

I struggle to see why when they have the freight costs and also customs and all of those clearances to bring the product in.

I watched one of those discovery channel shows a few years ago that was about container ships, or something. They made the point that it was cheaper to move a container from Shanghai to Hamburg than it was to then put that container on a truck and send it 100km down the road. Economies of scale.

In terms of fruit and vege, I recall seeing farms out near Fairbarn Dam near emerald that were supposedly producing fruit 365 days a year due to climate and water availability and sending out 5-10 semi loads a week or a day (iirc). That was in the mid90s.

Global economy and expanding populations mean that local seasonal fruit and vege is a thing of the past. The downside of the financial worlds constant growth model. More people requires scale and efficiency in feeding them.

 

[JohnK]

Yep. Fruit and veg comes from such bizarre locations at times in the UK. Still find it bizarre that i can buy NZ lamb for cheaper than Australia pays for local lamb. And that's not the only example.

And in Thailand Australian beef is more expensive.

 

[markis10]

In terms of fruit and vege, I recall seeing farms out near Fairbarn Dam near emerald that were supposedly producing fruit 365 days a year due to climate and water availability and sending out 5-10 semi loads a week or a day (iirc). That was in the mid90s.

At Two Wells north of Adelaide is a massive glasshouse that provides truss tomatoes all year round.

http://www.dvineripe.com.au/

 

[Mal]

And in Thailand Australian beef is more expensive.

Unless it is shaped into a patty at burger king. From memory it used to amaze me how much cheaper they were compared to Australia (and still advertising that they were using Australian meat).

Been a while since I've been to Thailand though.

 

[Mal]

Yep. Amazes me what they grow in greenhouses in the UK..