The price of fruit & vegetables
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Topic: The price of fruit & vegetables
Posted By: sem
Subject: The price of fruit & vegetables
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 12:16pm
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After reading the Herald and listening to the radio this morning I wonder what others view on this is.
Personally I very rarely buy my fruit/veggies from the supermarket, mainly due to price. I generally get them from the veggie shop or buy seasonal stuff from people who have it in front of their house (grapefruit at the moment for example) We also have a veggie garden ourselves so grow a few things. Not so much at the moment, more over summer though. Some people say they can't do this as they have small sections and/or are renting. Our patch is 2x4m and I also grow lots in pots and planter boxes. I believe some veggies are very expensive in supermarkets, especially if they are not in season. However I don't really have a problem with this as I just won't buy them from there in that case. We eat fairly healthy and have a lot of fruit and veggies, it costs me between $15-20 a week (myself and DH) for that and I really don't think that is too much. ------------- Here we go again, another baby on it's way! 
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Posted By: anon
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 12:20pm
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Are the prices going up in the supermarket or at the fruit and veggie shops too?
We have a very small section but I'm planning on putting together a veggie patch and planting in spring. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: clover
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 12:23pm
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I think the article was saying that on some fruit & veg the supermarkets slap as much as a 500% markup on the cost price, which does seem very high. In saying that, a lot of it is because we don't shop seasonally anymore and want to be able to buy our favourite vegetables whether they are in season here or not, meaning they're imported from somewhere else. I must admit I was horrified to get home one day to realise that I had brought kiwifruit that had been imported from Italy! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 12:25pm
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If you buy in season most fruit and vege aren't all that expensive. Some items seem expensive due to popularity - ie: red capsicums can be twice the price of green. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: GuestGuest
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 1:00pm
| It is such a media beat up. The supermarkets make a loss on some things so need to increase the markup on others to make a profit. Consumers need to shop around if they want a good deal. |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 1:24pm
| We get ours from the supermarket cause like caliandjack said by the time you add in the petrol going to a seperate place its not really worth it. I do find it hilarious that half a cabbage can sometimes be more expensive than a whole one.. I saw Paul Henry say that on breakfast this morn and hes right cause I don't need a whole cabbage yet I got one yesterday cause it was cheaper than buying half of one. |
Posted By: clover
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 1:50pm
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I guess the labour in cutting it in half and the glad wrap for wrapping it??
I don't think I'd ever use up a whole cabbage! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 1:50pm
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I don't notice it TBH, I buy what I want/need from the supermarket. I do however when I am going down to Welly, buy from the markets on the way back home cos they are cheaper just out of Levin. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: _SMS_
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 2:38pm
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I try go to the market, but its a 30min drive & so busy i dont even bother 1/2 the time.
I normally just buy whatever fruit & veges i want from the supermarket. I try go for what is on special but we need to eat it so i pay. There is the odd week ill refuse to buy cauli $4 brocolli $3 spinach $5 etc etc so then we will live off frozen veges for a week. I normally have broc & cauli frozen just in case. -------------  
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 3:58pm
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i buy fruit and veges from the market around from my house - we spend about $40 a week - but in saying that - $10 is for cook island doughnuts. and i often buy smoked fish and eggs there too. I buy a grocery bag-full of apples for $5, and usually buy seasonally as well. My lovely chinese lady always shows me what she has on special and is putting bananas aside for me too. i bought a box of slightly squishy ones for $3 yesterday. I have bought a box of pumpkin pieces for about the same price before too.
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 4:09pm
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Liz I want to know about your market cos I don't think it would be far from me to go to. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: jaz
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 5:58pm
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I buy seasonal fruit and veg and supplement with frozen or canned food if the prices are ridiculously high. I do top up shops from the fruit and vege shop but my supermarket seems to match the prices so there doesn't seem to be much of a cost saving and just adds time.
I guess they need a high mark up as they have a lot of wastage. I find it unbelievable that fresh dates are $20kg but dried dates are one of the cheapest dried fruits you can buy. I agree that some things are probably marked up hugely for those that are prepared to pay. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 6:01pm
| Is that the market that got moved to clovertea tavern carpark? |
Posted By: flakesitchyfeet
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 6:48pm
I live in the whops so we have a local farmers market, and the rest is topped up when we go across to the New World. I guess we're lucky -------------  http://lilypie.com"> |
Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 6:53pm
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I shop at both.. sometimes I find the F&V shop cheaper and other times the supermarket is... I find the quality better at the F&V shops though...
Same with meat, usually go to MB but even that's getting expensive.... so I now chance it at the supermarket... ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 7:50pm
| yip - cloverlea tavern - starts at 7:30 and ends around 2. the cook island doughnut man is awesome! we love him and his wife. the chinese lady who owns the stall next to the chinese food closest to the Tremaine Ave side is super nice. and on the other side of the chinese food is another chinese lady with the nicest brocolli. you'll recognise her as a little old lady with a machete. |
Posted By: kiwi2
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 8:02pm
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I shop at the local fruit and vege shop which is next to the mad butcher. By doing meat and vege seperately from mad butcher and vege shop next door we have cut more than $40 from our weekly shop. We are a family of five with a 13year old DD, 9 year old DS and a 4year old DD. So older kids that eat more. My 4 year old scoffs veges and we often have to say no more veges until you eat some meat.
I spend $20 per week on veges which normally includes 2 supermarket sized bags of apples (my son eats 2-3 per day so lucky they are cheap at the moment) pumpkin, bananas, brocolli, cauli, carrots, pak choy and silverbeet. Sometimes I can get a bag of spuds as well if needed. I went into foodtown to compare and cauli last week were $2.99 mine was .79c Apples I paid ,79c per kilo they were selling a 1.5 kgs bag for $4.99 compared with my $1 for the same weight. Considering I buy 5 kgs that was a big saving. Silverbeet was 99c at my place and $2.99 at foodtown. I find that the veges at the supermarket aren't as fresh although the apples are perfect and don't have the odd blemish like my cheapies. |
Posted By: SMoody
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 8:12pm
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I think people will get heart attacks if they see our fruit and veg bill.
Since hubby went on this one course we eat a minimum of 9+ fruit and veg a day. I think about once a week we dont make that minimum. I spent about $40 to 65 in the beginning of the week and then top up in the middle of the week by another 30 to 40. This is just the fresh stuff and dont include my frozen veg for stews or stirfries. We are however in the process of putting up raised garden beds and in the end it should be about 40 square metres and we have a few fruit trees as well and putting more in. Berries going in for the kids soon as well. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: minik8e
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 8:54pm
 SMoody...that's half our weekly shopping bill, which includes formula and nappies, plus food for us!!! And your vege garden is going to be half the size of our house 
We are going to start shopping at F&V stores, mainly because the one just down the road from us has been taken over by the owners of another one in town...it used to be really crap fruit & veges, but the new owners are well known for their quality and prices (i.e. we just spent $2.98 on a pumpkin at Woolworths, they're 99c at the F&V shop), but their town store just wasn't convenient for us because of their opening hours. |
Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 06 July 2010 at 9:31am
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Posted By: Nutella
Date Posted: 06 July 2010 at 10:20am
When you think about it, 9+ fruit and vege would not be that hard...if you had 3 bits of fruit a day say banana with brekkie, apple with lunch and strawberries for dessert, then you would have 6 veges left to have and if you had 3-4 vege serves at dinner you could have salad at lunch and voila 9 serves  ------------- 
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 06 July 2010 at 11:13am
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I have just challenged myself to eat at least 2 pieces of fruit a day (I don't usually eat any), I am now finding that I am eating at least 4 now and I am doing it easliy. Only day I didn't manage my 2 was Saturday but I drunk wine so that was fruit ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 06 July 2010 at 11:48am
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I don't even buy that much fruit and vege, would certainly increase our supermarket spend if I brought that much fruit and vege. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: SMoody
Date Posted: 06 July 2010 at 12:36pm
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We are trying to get away from packaged foods or things that have labels on them.
It is quite easy to get it in. First off snacks is fruit (mostly) for the kids. So morning tea and afternoon snack already is 2 fruits. Baked things have fruit in them (although I dont count that in) Then sarmies or rolls, wraps or pita's have salad ingredients in them. And a serving doesnt equal a huge amount (that was an eye opener for us and you dont count it twice. So if you use carrots in that and have carrots that night it is only one.) So we usually do a min of three at lunch but it usually is about 4 or 5 right there. Then we have another 4 or 5 at night. We dont do patatoes every night either. A 4kg bag last us about 8 weeks. Most of the time I have to quickly use it in something I can freeze as it will go off otherwise. Where I use to make bolognaise pasta as a quick meal we make stirfries as a quick meal. And McKayla now begs for stirfries. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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