This is how it came about. We've just had nasty price hikes on most staple foods and this post won't get into the politics of that.
However, the question was posed today about how much these things cost in other countries and the observation was made that Higham has a blog, dot dot dot
He also has readers from Britain, the U.S., Canada, Europe and the Antipodes, with one or two others from elsewhere. So if Higham would care to post a list of ten foodstuffs on said blog, would his readers tell him how much these things cost over their way?
He wasn't sure [because Sunday is not his best blog day] but he promised he'd try and so there are ten foodstuffs below.
If you'd be good enough to tell me [in comments] how much they cost you [approximately] in the last few days, it would be most appreciated and I'll pass it on to the ladies in question:
1. Beef, in the form of mince [medium quality, kilo or pound] ;
2. Chicken, in the form of whole frozen bird [state kilos or pounds perhaps];
3. Fish, quoting real staple fish in your area, not fish 'n chip shop or frozen pieces [kilo or pound];
4. Milk, preferably carton rather than bottle and out of the cabinet, not delivered [litre or pint];
5. Cheese which we can agree on, nothing exotic. Perhaps gouda or edam [kilo or pound];
6. Bread in the form of an oblong loaf [state kilos or pounds], unsliced but if that's not possible - sliced. No exotic forms or from the hot bread bakery - just supermarket bread;
7. Eggs, by either 10 or 12, medium size, battery, not free range;
8. Coffee, in the form of the standard hard-packed 225-250g [or imperial] fine ground, medium roast, not instant of course and not self-serve ground in the supermart;
9. Safflower or sunflower oil in a plastic bottle, [litre, half litre or imperial];
10. Fruit, let's say bananas because there are too many varieties with other fruits [kilo or pound].
However, the question was posed today about how much these things cost in other countries and the observation was made that Higham has a blog, dot dot dot
He also has readers from Britain, the U.S., Canada, Europe and the Antipodes, with one or two others from elsewhere. So if Higham would care to post a list of ten foodstuffs on said blog, would his readers tell him how much these things cost over their way?
He wasn't sure [because Sunday is not his best blog day] but he promised he'd try and so there are ten foodstuffs below.
If you'd be good enough to tell me [in comments] how much they cost you [approximately] in the last few days, it would be most appreciated and I'll pass it on to the ladies in question:
1. Beef, in the form of mince [medium quality, kilo or pound] ;
2. Chicken, in the form of whole frozen bird [state kilos or pounds perhaps];
3. Fish, quoting real staple fish in your area, not fish 'n chip shop or frozen pieces [kilo or pound];
4. Milk, preferably carton rather than bottle and out of the cabinet, not delivered [litre or pint];
5. Cheese which we can agree on, nothing exotic. Perhaps gouda or edam [kilo or pound];
6. Bread in the form of an oblong loaf [state kilos or pounds], unsliced but if that's not possible - sliced. No exotic forms or from the hot bread bakery - just supermarket bread;
7. Eggs, by either 10 or 12, medium size, battery, not free range;
8. Coffee, in the form of the standard hard-packed 225-250g [or imperial] fine ground, medium roast, not instant of course and not self-serve ground in the supermart;
9. Safflower or sunflower oil in a plastic bottle, [litre, half litre or imperial];
10. Fruit, let's say bananas because there are too many varieties with other fruits [kilo or pound].
Now, having asked, I can't actually tell you our prices just now because it's Sunday but tomorrow I have to pick up supplies and I'll check it out and report back. I imagine it will take you a couple of days too.
Oh and I completely forgot - have you had any price hikes in recent weeks on these items? Thanks.
Beef mince: .5 kilo 1.40
ReplyDeleteChicken: I only buy in portions.
Fish: I only buy in frozen portions
Milk: 4 pints £1.34
Cheese: value cheddar £3.79 per kilo
Warburtons Medium white sliced loaf £1.00
Eggs £1.19 for 6 large, 79p for 6 average.
Sunflower oil about 50p per litre for the cheap stuff
Bananas: I don't eat.
Hope that helps
Thanks, MS - a good start.
ReplyDeleteOff my local supermarket's website:
ReplyDeletebeef mince, medium qual. $9.90/kg
chicken,whole 5.91/kg
fish salmon fresh 26.99/kg
froz 22.99/kg
sole or cod 19.99/kg
milk 1.69/L
(cheaper in 2L, 2.89, 4L 4.19)
cheese Canadian cheddar 15.99/kg
gouda 22.99/kg
bread cheapest loaf 1.49
eggs 2.59/12
coffee tin ordinary 4.49/300g
sunflower oil 4.99/L
bananas 1.52/kg
No prices are sale prices, all same as in the store. All in Canadian dollars.
I take it you can get the exchange rate you require from the internet.
I hope this exercise doesn't depress you too much James.
I'll have a look- but suspect it'd be the same as Morning Star's prices. The key thing is the value in terms of wages as well- I'd suspect things are more expensive in the UK than in Chechnya but then people have more money. Incidentally have you ever seen the Economist's Big Mac index James- it compares the price of Big Mac's to the exchange rate to work out the most expensive countries in teh world.
ReplyDeleteI don't buy any of those things except milk, cheese, fruit and sometimes bread (we make our own - it's cheaper and we know what's in it) but will check them out.
ReplyDeleteI have a Sainsburys' till receipt to hand so I'll look.
ReplyDeleteBeef mince: £8.23 a kilo (organic lean steak mince)
Chicken: £5.59 (large)
Fish (from fishmonger): local sea bass about £12 per kilo, other fish cheaper
Milk: £1.34 for 2 litres (more when it's delivered)
Cheese: £3.99 for 500g (Seriously Strong Cheddar - if you're having cheese, it has got be good.)
Eggs: £1.25 for 6 large woodland
Bananas: 85p a kilo
Coffee: £3.19 for 454g.
ReplyDeleteSorry, none of these precisely fit your request!
JMB, Tiberius, Julie, Liz - the main thing is have you had any sudden price increases? This is critical.
ReplyDeleteI don't think so.
ReplyDeleteI'll let you know next time I do a supermarket shop because I lost my receipt today!
ReplyDeleteSorry James, no we have not had any sudden price increases. I thought you were doing a comparison in prices, forgot about the last bit.
ReplyDeleteYou need someone in the US to answer this and Colin in Australia.
As of this morning, supermarket prices in Modica, Sicily.:
ReplyDelete1 kilo minced beef - €7,89
No frozen chicken here but fresh is sold by weight - €3,45 per kilo. Most of those on sale are pretty large and even if you say you don’t want the head and feet, they will be weighed and the weight included in the price.
Fish – I have some difficulty with this as I never buy it and the smell of a fishmonger’s turns my stomach, but according to a friend: swordfish - €25 per kilo, anchovies - €7, cod - €15.
1 litre carton semi-skimmed milk - €1,13
Cheese: Swiss Emmenthal - €9, 19 per kilo. Mild local cheese - €6,10.
Bread: Baguette weighing 0, 350 kg - €0,75. Local bread - €2, 60.
Eggs: Never seen any battery eggs here. Local eggs - €0, 81 for 6.
Coffee, 250 gr medium roast, hard pack - €2,05.
Sunflower oil is difficult to find here. Corn oil - €1,10 per litre, extra-virgin olive oil, popular brand - €6,41 per litre. Most of the olive oil sold is extra-virgin.
Bananas - €1,69 per kilo.
All fruit and vegetables can be purchased very cheaply from roadside lorries but you have to buy them by the crate and I can neither carry nor use that amount quickly enough.
The price of grain has doubled in Italy in recent years and 1.7% inflation has been noted for September. Bread in Rome is selling at €3,60 per kilo and there is to be an enquiry. [Remember the types of bread vary from town to town here.] I guess what you are getting at is that this price rise is a world thing and it would seem to me that it is.
increase on some fish... mainly cod....but not noticed anything else increase yet...
ReplyDeleteWe are from Hawaii and living in Sicily - both islands.
ReplyDeleteWhile the average may be US $2.74 per half gallon of milk. When I left Hawaii a year ago, we would typically pay US $5 (or 2.5 GBP) for half a gallon (less than 2 L).
The average price of a half gallon of whole milk in Honolulu during the first half of 2007 was $2.74, the most expensive in the nation, according to The Council for Community and Economic Research in Arlington, Va.
San Francisco had the second-most pricey milk at $2.71 per half gallon. The national average was $1.96 per half gallon.
But milk was the least of our price worries in Hawaii, the average median single family home is $650,000.
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1.Minced beef: 1 kg = 4,90 Euro
ReplyDelete2.chicken, whole bird frozen (1,4 kg) = 2,49 Euro
3. a codfish 1 kg = 10 Euro
b trout 1 kg = 12 Euro
c salmon trout = 14 Euro
c halibut 1 kg = 18 Euro
d eel 1 kg = 31 Euro
4. milk: 1 l = 0,82 Euro
5. Gouda 1 kg = 5,29
6. Loaf bread 750 g = 2,60 Euro
7. eggs 10 (large) = 1,60 (in supermarket: 1,29 Euro)
8. coffee 0,5 kg = 4,50 Euro
9. Sunflower oil 750 ml = 2 Euro
10. Bananas 1 kilo 2 Euro (today they were reduced: 1,69 Euro)
Annotations:
Prices for all so-called milk products “jumped up” with the beginning of September.
Examples:
condensed milk (340 g) – now: 0,53 Euro – spring: 0,29, Euro summer: 0,39
milk (1 l) now 0,82 Euro – spring 0,55 Euro - summer 0,62
gouda (1 kg) now 5,29 Euro – before 4, 70 Euro
”Of course”, so did the heating oil: 1 ltr = 0,65 Euro (2006 = 0,53 Euro)
Thus, 3.000 ltr = 1950 Euro (2006: 1590 Euro
In case you wish more detailed information, just let me know, James. :)
Ah, and as for "hikes": EON anounced increasing energy (electricity-) prices; about 10 per cent!! for the end of the year.
ReplyDeleteTheir boss said people should not complain. Energy is far (!!) too cheap.
Here we go . . .
Beef Mince 92p 500g
ReplyDeleteMilk 1.34 per 4 pints
Cheese 3.79 per Kilo
Bread 1.05 Large white sliced
Eggs 1.70 10 Large eggs
Coffee Kenco 4.68 200g
Butter has shot up in my local tesco from 3.69 upto 4.18
I thank you all for this and it is mightily interesting to a few of us over here.
ReplyDeleteOnce I get to the shop, I'll post the same and comparatively collate all of yours on the weekend. Project.
Thanks again so far.
James
ReplyDeleteBoth Coles and Woolworths have online stores, which you can access to check any price that you want. Woolworths you just have to enter a post code. Use the one they suggest and Coles, again you have to enter a post code and test drive.
Here are a few. I am very busy. Just bought a house. Here are a few . Some are estimates.
Mince $10
chicken,whole 6/kg
fish salmon fresh 25/kg
basa/ nile perch $10/kg
milk 1.50/L
(cheaper in 2L, 2.90, 3L 3.70)
cheese cheddar 15.99/kg
bread cheapest loaf 1.50
eggs 3.50/12
coffee tin ordinary 5.00/300g
sunflower oil 4.00/L
bananas $3/kg price varies
Generally a slow and steady increase in basic foodstuffs. The price impact of the drought is being felt in fruit and vegetables and in meat. Overall it seems like prices have gone up about 10 percent this year. Just a perception.
Wales, UK - Waitrose, excepting the bread. (I don't buy quite a lot of items on the list so just wandered round pricing these with notepad and pen in hand. I looked out for the cheaper stuff - amazed at the price of cod.)
ReplyDeleteMinced beef per kilo £2.59 - (on offer - 2 kilos for £2.59)
whole medium sized chicken - £3.50
Fish: cod £16.99 per kilo
kippers - £5.99 per kilo
Milk - 59p per litre
a medium cheddar - £5.85 per kilo
dozen eggs - £2.04 large free range, on offer (Waitrose doesn't sell battery eggs)
coffee- £1.99
sunflower oil - 69p per litre
bananas - 93p kilo (Fairtrade)
bread - £1.07 wholemeal, sliced
Cheers.
Jmaes, you may be interested to know that it is reported here today that the price of bread in a Rome supermarket has risen by 79% in one day!
ReplyDeleteAgain - thanks and we went through these and it just has to go into n article this weekend.
ReplyDeleteFood prices have not risen sharply here.
ReplyDelete1. A pound of ground beef is about $3. (I'm not sure what "beef mince" is, I'm assuming it's what we would call ground beef).
2. A whole chicken is $6-$9, depending on the brand.
3. I have no idea about fish. I don't eat fish.
4. A gallon of milk at the convenience store is about $2.79.
5. I buy cheese in bulk, so I don't think this is representative, but it comes to about $2 for an 8-oz block.
6. A loaf of sliced wheat bread at the convenience store here is $1.15
7. Eggs are anywhere from $1.25 (at the convenience store) to $1.79 (at a different supermarket) for a dozen.
8. My mother gives me imported coffee, and I don't know how much it costs, sadly.
9. I have no idea.
10. Bananas are 29 cents a pound.
Hope that was helpful. There haven't been any recent price hikes that I've noticed.
I should mention that these are prices for southern Minnesota in the U.S., where food is astonishingly affordable.
ReplyDeleteAlso, all the prices are in U.S. dollars. I'm afraid I'm not clever enough with math to make the conversion to British pounds or Euros.
Ruthie - absolutely delighted and thanks.
ReplyDeleteI see you don't have anything from Africa, and South Africa's prices would help you a lot more than that of Zimbabwe at the moment, so here is my contribution:
ReplyDelete1. Beef mince: R40/kg
2. Chicken, whole: R30/kg
3. Fish, (hake) R35/kg
4. Milk, R7/l
5. Cheese R55/kg
6. Bread 800g R6,50
7. Eggs, 12, R14
8. Coffee, 250g R28
9. Sunflower oil R7,50/l
10. Bananas R8/kg