Coles ,Woolies and Aldi sell potatoes for 5 dollars a kilo driving from Esk to Clifton known as the food bowl they were selling 20 kilo bags for 15 dollars . Rip off indeed
Cowboy7307 said
10:09 AM Aug 23, 2017
Supermarkets are turning basic food into luxury food , when i was selling potatoes for the trade i sold some for $300 a ton by the time supermarket sold them $3000 a ton ,But looking at your price $5000 is B/S for spuds , i can buy processed French fries for $3 a kilo
Desert Dweller said
10:18 AM Aug 23, 2017
Bought a 2 kg bag of kestrel potatoes this morning for $3.50, bargain! Last spring the traditional potato growing areas of SE Australia suffered from floods & extremely wet conditions.
The price of potatoes went up severely & it hasn't come back down to normal levels since.
banjo said
10:37 AM Aug 23, 2017
We have a chap here in WA that is a spud farmer, he got sick of being told what he can produce and how much so went out on a limb and opened "the spud shed" that was several years ago, he now runs 3-4 large stores and has a franchise in the food markets of some shopping centers.
Bought 4kg of reds yesterday $2.99, lovely spuds too.
woolman said
11:55 AM Aug 23, 2017
And the Spud Shed got fined 10s of thousands of dollars for selling them cheap, so he gave them away. Was still an offense.
Neil
Cadpete said
12:03 PM Aug 23, 2017
He is a very clever man - has a store near Jandakot Airfield and wanted a liquor licence for the shop, Council said no but he went ahead anyway - the shop was on Federal land and not controlled by the Council! Fed's were happy with concept :)
Recoup said
01:41 PM Aug 23, 2017
A friend of mine was gowing potatoes years ago ,could not sell them , so he put an ad in the paper ,free potatoes. And yes ,people came and asked for the bags , no he said ,you have to dig them up yourself. They all left whith no potatoes ,well that was it ,he then plough the field up and that was the end of it, cheers
kiwijims said
01:57 PM Aug 23, 2017
I see that Coles store in La plaza Bentley has closed it's doors as of last night,
The word going around is that the Spud Shed will soon take over the site, great news as far as we are concerned, we only live about 3km from there.
K.J.
RustyD said
02:47 PM Aug 23, 2017
My late in-laws were in the spud growing business. They had several ways to sell them but were mainly:
In bulk bins to McCains (same bin as grain in summer). Auto sorting rocks and undersized spuds was done as the digger sent the spuds to the truck which went straight to McCains. Sold under contract
In boxes. This required some sorting and used end up going to supermarkets via a packing plant (washed or brushed). Sold under random contracts that vary in price.
In 150kg bags. Very manual job plus cost of bags and not a guaranteed sale. Generally went to fruit & veggie wholesale markets. Sold randomly and prices varies greatly. Bit of a gamble selling it this way. Lots of farmers left with excess stock going to seed whilst waiting to get a good price. Holding them in a cool-room just ads to selling price.
For the in-laws, McCains was by far the best option. Very little handling, guaranteed volume, guaranteed money. Because of the certainty here, in-laws got their money and we get cheap frozen chips that are not seasonally dependent.
We have a big old-fashioned fruit and veggie store near us that is proving great. All seasonal pricing but in-season stuff is really cheap. eg. 19c for a 250g punnet of strawberries that we turned into jam (only after we eaten heaps mashed with a bit of icing sugar and poured over ice-cream).
Bruce and Bev said
08:03 PM Aug 23, 2017
how often are the potatoes green in supermarkets and no paper bags supplied to keep them in the dark. I pick over my spuds very carefully now and then put them in the bags supplied for the mushrooms:)
cultana said
11:51 PM Aug 23, 2017
Well I have given up on Coles, Wollies, Foodland, etc and grow what I need.
Fresh and also as they come out have thin skins so you don't worry about peeling them.
What gets left in the ground starts the next crop.
This also means I get to grow the ones I like.
RustyD said
01:01 PM Aug 24, 2017
Bruce and Bev wrote:
how often are the potatoes green in supermarkets and no paper bags supplied to keep them in the dark. I pick over my spuds very carefully now and then put them in the bags supplied for the mushrooms:)
Noticed a lot of green spuds in bags earlier this year. Poor quality management in the entire supply chain. From the grower to the shelf stacker.
Kisha said
01:15 PM Aug 24, 2017
Sorry to hear Coles in Bentley has closed it doors. I often call into Spud Shed Kelmscott, and find its produce as far as fruit and veg goes much cheaper than the supermarket, however most of the time Spud sheds quality of fruit and veg is nowhere near as fresh as Coles. I have proven this many times, and therefore I don't dare keep it in the crisper for even 2 days as it will be limp and dry, then I bin it, or use it for a veg stock. Barrie your right it is an absolute rip off,We can thank some of those chefs on television for making what was once cheap veg and cheap cuts of meat expensive, they make them look attractive, and even though its a cheap cut of meat it forces the price sky high, because it is then in high demand. Winter veg should be cheap, just as summer veg should be cheap, but just go into the stores and you will find quite the opposite. the only time fruit and veg in season should sky rocket in price is when there is a shortage due to hail damage, storms etc. My father had a huge market garden and I remember many times having to go down to the well early morning to turn it on for the irrigation to water all vegies so they wouldn't get frost damage etc., eg., a cauliflower should never reach anywhere near $5 in winter, tomatoes in summer should also be cheap but they aren't.
hako said
03:41 PM Aug 24, 2017
Toowoomba must have better Coles and Woolies than the rest of Australia because we see all types of fruit and veges come down in price when in season or a glut, tomatoes, lettuces, strawberries and spuds are prime examples - price can go from 99c KG to $3.99 in a week for spuds etc even when not on special so if they were loading prices they would be much the same price week to week.
However I still cannot see how they can sell Californian oranges or lemons over Australian items when backyards trees are loaded....that's my only gripe.
Regards
RustyD said
04:55 PM Aug 24, 2017
It's all about supply & demand and handling. Odd sized, very ripe kiwi fruit is dirt cheap at the gate. Found that out around Te Puke in NZ. Same with bananas in Coffs and spuds around Ballarat. But our requirement is for perfect shaped and ripened fruit & veggies 365 days of the year and we pay for that privilege. When I was a kid before Sunday trading, there was a greengrocer who had all the mis-shaped, ripe & over ripe stuff on the footpath. As you moved further in the shop, the quality got better. The stock just made it way forward and new stock came in the back. Sunday after church was a tradition at this shop.
JayDee said
11:25 AM Aug 25, 2017
A blast from the past. Way back in the 1950's my folks operated a corner store, and I can remember bagging up 5 pounds of potatoes, that Dad sold for 20 shillings, ie:- 20 cents.
A sack of spuds weighed around the 50 pounds ( lbs)
I guess that back then every one along the supply chain was making a profit.
Our store turnover was around 500 pounds a week, that''s about $1000. Packet of soap powder as one shilling and 17 pennies.
Jay&Dee
RustyD said
11:35 AM Aug 25, 2017
20 shillings is one pound. 2 shillings / 24 pence went to 20c. At our corner butcher, offal meats (lambs fry, brains) were about 6d per item and often thrown in for free if you bought a lot of meat. In the 1970's when I got married, lambs fry was still about 50c each. Then all of a sudden they became about $8 / kg.
Sad the old corner shops have gone - they carried all you needed from cold meats (fritz, devon etc), flour biscuits etc plus you could put it on 'tick', Generally there was a public phone outside
and either a Robur, Billy Tea, Bushells or Goldenia Tea advert on the wall or window.
Coles ,Woolies and Aldi sell potatoes for 5 dollars a kilo driving from Esk to Clifton known as the food bowl they were selling 20 kilo bags for 15 dollars . Rip off indeed
The price of potatoes went up severely & it hasn't come back down to normal levels since.
Bought 4kg of reds yesterday $2.99, lovely spuds too.
He is a very clever man - has a store near Jandakot Airfield and wanted a liquor licence for the shop, Council said no but he went ahead anyway - the shop was on Federal land and not controlled by the Council! Fed's were happy with concept :)
I see that Coles store in La plaza Bentley has closed it's doors as of last night,
The word going around is that the Spud Shed will soon take over the site, great news as far as we are concerned, we only live about 3km from there.
K.J.
In bulk bins to McCains (same bin as grain in summer). Auto sorting rocks and undersized spuds was done as the digger sent the spuds to the truck which went straight to McCains. Sold under contract
In boxes. This required some sorting and used end up going to supermarkets via a packing plant (washed or brushed). Sold under random contracts that vary in price.
In 150kg bags. Very manual job plus cost of bags and not a guaranteed sale. Generally went to fruit & veggie wholesale markets. Sold randomly and prices varies greatly. Bit of a gamble selling it this way. Lots of farmers left with excess stock going to seed whilst waiting to get a good price. Holding them in a cool-room just ads to selling price.
For the in-laws, McCains was by far the best option. Very little handling, guaranteed volume, guaranteed money. Because of the certainty here, in-laws got their money and we get cheap frozen chips that are not seasonally dependent.
We have a big old-fashioned fruit and veggie store near us that is proving great. All seasonal pricing but in-season stuff is really cheap. eg. 19c for a 250g punnet of strawberries that we turned into jam (only after we eaten heaps mashed with a bit of icing sugar and poured over ice-cream).
Fresh and also as they come out have thin skins so you don't worry about peeling them.
What gets left in the ground starts the next crop.
This also means I get to grow the ones I like.
Noticed a lot of green spuds in bags earlier this year. Poor quality management in the entire supply chain. From the grower to the shelf stacker.
Sorry to hear Coles in Bentley has closed it doors. I often call into Spud Shed Kelmscott, and find its produce as far as fruit and veg goes much cheaper than the supermarket, however most of the time Spud sheds quality of fruit and veg is nowhere near as fresh as Coles. I have proven this many times, and therefore I don't dare keep it in the crisper for even 2 days as it will be limp and dry, then I bin it, or use it for a veg stock.
Barrie your right it is an absolute rip off,We can thank some of those chefs on television for making what was once cheap veg and cheap cuts of meat expensive, they make them look attractive, and even though its a cheap cut of meat it forces the price sky high, because it is then in high demand. Winter veg should be cheap, just as summer veg should be cheap, but just go into the stores and you will find quite the opposite. the only time fruit and veg in season should sky rocket in price is when there is a shortage due to hail damage, storms etc. My father had a huge market garden and I remember many times having to go down to the well early morning to turn it on for the irrigation to water all vegies so they wouldn't get frost damage etc., eg., a cauliflower should never reach anywhere near $5 in winter, tomatoes in summer should also be cheap but they aren't.
However I still cannot see how they can sell Californian oranges or lemons over Australian items when backyards trees are loaded....that's my only gripe.
Regards
A blast from the past. Way back in the 1950's my folks operated a corner store, and I can remember bagging up 5 pounds of potatoes, that Dad sold for 20 shillings, ie:- 20 cents.
A sack of spuds weighed around the 50 pounds ( lbs)
I guess that back then every one along the supply chain was making a profit.
Our store turnover was around 500 pounds a week, that''s about $1000. Packet of soap powder as one shilling and 17 pennies.
Jay&Dee
I often use this page to check prices then and now. www.rba.gov.au/calculator/annualDecimal.html
and either a Robur, Billy Tea, Bushells or Goldenia Tea advert on the wall or window.
Regards