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Re: Cucumber News
Originally Posted by Justcol
(Post 12116559)
Still $4.49 at my local 4 square this morning
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$1.29 at PaknSave this weekend.
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Fruit shop a few kms from me just posted on Facebook...4 avos for $1 and cucumbers 40 cents each!!!
Never seen them below $1 each before. Must be a bumper year. |
Re: Cucumber News
Originally Posted by A Rush And A Push
(Post 12119436)
Fruit shop a few kms from me just posted on Facebook...4 avos for $1 and cucumbers 40 cents each!!!
Never seen them below $1 each before. Must be a bumper year. |
Re: Cucumber News
Originally Posted by bourbon-biscuit
(Post 12119608)
Not to rain on your parade or 'owt but at that price you just know those avos are going to be brown-grey. Either that or it'll be the best weekend ever!
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Originally Posted by A Rush And A Push
(Post 12119436)
Fruit shop a few kms from me just posted on Facebook...4 avos for $1 and cucumbers 40 cents each!!!
Never seen them below $1 each before. Must be a bumper year. |
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In the supermarket today there was a special offer on - get two telegraph cucumbers for $3!
I've gone off the idea of eating one now so I didn't buy one. |
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$1.25 for telescopic cucumber at local PaknSave this week
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Originally Posted by MrsFychan
(Post 12125949)
$1.25 for telescopic cucumber at local PaknSave this week
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Despite my usual defence of kiwi farmers/prices. My wife just bought me 'The World in 2017'(Economist) in the UK for £8, in NZ it is $35 - arghh!!
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Cucumbers are 42p in Lidl.
Salad for tea and it's winter, this is how the other half live. |
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and if you want real heartburn $17 for 700gm of cherries in NW (used to get a kg for $6 in Golden Bay off the roadside).
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Telegraph cucumbers $1.89 in NW and $1.49 in Countdown. I did get mildly excited when I saw cucumber $1.29 in Countdown but it was for a Lebanese one :ohmy:
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Originally Posted by Vitalstatistix
(Post 12132116)
Telegraph cucumbers $1.89 in NW and $1.49 in Countdown. I did get mildly excited when I saw cucumber $1.29 in Countdown but it was for a Lebanese one :ohmy:
Here in Oz it is all about the mangoes (well, in my world in Oz). I am buying them by the tray (7-8) for $10. It turns out you can have too many mangoes after all .... |
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Originally Posted by bourbon-biscuit
(Post 12132336)
That's week of Xmas prices!
Here in Oz it is all about the mangoes (well, in my world in Oz). I am buying them by the tray (7-8) for $10. It turns out you can have too many mangoes after all .... |
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This fabulous thread can be voted for here http://britishexpats.com/forum/loung...2016-a-889214/
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Think someone has changed the URL.
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Originally Posted by Charismatic
(Post 12138236)
Think someone has changed the URL.
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I've only just seen that Cucumber News was nominated for Thread Of The Year, I'm very proud
It seems to have come joint first with the US Election thread. |
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Originally Posted by barnsleymat
(Post 12139872)
I've only just seen that Cucumber News was nominated for Thread Of The Year, I'm very proud
It seems to have come joint first with the US Election thread. That's the New Zealand forum. Punching above its weight in pineapple lumps. Well done Barnsleymat. :starsmile: |
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Great news on the award. :lol:
Just checking in with latest prices from the NZCPI (NZ Cucumberlicious Price Index). Pak n Save have cucumbers on an amazing special today Spoiler:
Despite the rumours that Summer has arrived in some parts of the country, sadly the magnitude of the Cucumber Price remains static. There's little respite for many New Zealander who were heading back to work today and many feeling the disappointment at lack of salad over their summer sojourn and it appears that retailers are lacking any intensity in competition and still no cucumber bargains available here in good old NZ today. |
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Could we be about to start paying £3.50 for cucumbers in the UK?
European vegetables: 'Perfect storm' raises prices - BBC News I made myself a Kiwi millionaire meal yesterday, I think this is what you get when you fly Air New Zealand Business Class. I hope the picture uploads. |
Re: Cucumber News
Originally Posted by barnsleymat
(Post 12154186)
Could we be about to start paying £3.50 for cucumbers in the UK?
European vegetables: 'Perfect storm' raises prices - BBC News I made myself a Kiwi millionaire meal yesterday, I think this is what you get when you fly Air New Zealand Business Class. I hope the picture uploads. |
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Originally Posted by barnsleymat
(Post 12154186)
I hope the picture uploads.
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Originally Posted by barnsleymat
(Post 12154186)
Could we be about to start paying £3.50 for cucumbers in the UK?
European vegetables: 'Perfect storm' raises prices - BBC News I made myself a Kiwi millionaire meal yesterday, I think this is what you get when you fly Air New Zealand Business Class. I hope the picture uploads. I failed to upload a couple of photos taken in Countdown on Monday. I was appalled to see that cucumbers and peppers were now on sale for $2.49 each or $4.50 for two. I thought it was Summer but apparently not. Mind you, at least you can buy them. Try finding an apple (other than a Granny Smith) in the shops :eek:. There's an apple shortage in NZ I heard on the news last night, all caused by the weather. Wondered why I couldn't buy any in the shops. |
Re: Cucumber News
Originally Posted by barnsleymat
(Post 12154186)
Could we be about to start paying £3.50 for cucumbers in the UK?
European vegetables: 'Perfect storm' raises prices - BBC News I made myself a Kiwi millionaire meal yesterday, I think this is what you get when you fly Air New Zealand Business Class. I hope the picture uploads. :scarper: |
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$2.49 i paid for one in Countdown the other day, new potatoes are expensive here too!
On the flip though, Sirloin steak at $13.99 a kilo is mega cheap compared to UK! To be fair, i've found what i expected to find here, i always go for what's on offer at home, and i've done the same here and got some good deals, some things are dearer here (cucumbers lol), but others are cheaper (sirloin, toliet rolls). Swings and roundabouts. |
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The Cucumber remains sought after due to strong seasonal demand for salad and lack of desire to cook meat and two veg over the holiday period. It seems that despite there being no obvious shortage of cucumbers the product continues to be traded at a premium. The price at Pak n Save remains stable at 2 for $3 or $1.99 each.
The Avocado however does seem to have taken a tumble and recorded a relatively large fall in price, currently as low as 5 for $5 |
Re: Cucumber News
Originally Posted by Bo-Jangles
(Post 12155709)
The Cucumber remains sought after due to strong seasonal demand for salad and lack of desire to cook meat and two veg over the holiday period. It seems that despite there being no obvious shortage of cucumbers the product continues to be traded at a premium. The price at Pak n Save remains stable at 2 for $3 or $1.99 each.
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Originally Posted by BEVS
(Post 12156445)
Which is sad news as my "worth its weight in gold" cucumber vine has karked it over the past few days due to the weather :cry_smile:
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Originally Posted by Kotare
(Post 12159682)
If you use the expression 'kark it' perhaps you have become a kiwi.
I know how to drive properly . Coffee stinks. My British sense of humour remains intact. I will not countenance frills & crooked hems & I do not believe the All Blacks are living gods. Karked it / Carked it. British saying from the Raj period. |
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Originally Posted by BEVS
(Post 12159791)
Over my dead body mate.
I know how to drive properly ..... My British sense of humour remains intact. ..... . |
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Vegetable rationing in UK Supermarkets - shock, horror. Courgettes, lettuce and broccoli in very short supply. Rioting by by UK vegetarians (OK I made the last bit up). :-)
Is this being censored by Barnsleymat? |
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Originally Posted by Kotare
(Post 12169699)
Vegetable rationing in UK Supermarkets - shock, horror. Courgettes, lettuce and broccoli in very short supply. Rioting by by UK vegetarians (OK I made the last bit up). :-)
Is this being censored by Barnsleymat? There are a few vegetables in short supply due to bad weather in Murcia......most are for sale as usual. Does that never happen in NZ?....are no foodstuffs imported? Don't you think your constant attempts at point scoring are a little childish and pathetic? |
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Originally Posted by Grayling
(Post 12169728)
Why do you have to exaggerate?
There are a few vegetables in short supply due to bad weather in Murcia......most are for sale as usual. Does that never happen in NZ?....are no foodstuffs imported? Don't you think your constant attempts at point scoring are a little childish and pathetic? Actually apples are nowhere to be found in NZ at the moment, not because of limited imports apparently but because the crop was exported overseas. |
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Mustn't just blame the tabloids (or me) even the BBC is reporting 'Vegetable rationing by Supermarkets'. Price of an iceberg lettuce in Lidl £1.19 (up 200%).
Must be hell living in a country that is totally dependant on food imports (that is point scoring if you hadn't noticed Grayling) :-). |
Re: Cucumber News
Originally Posted by Kotare
(Post 12169995)
Mustn't just blame the tabloids (or me) even the BBC is reporting 'Vegetable rationing by Supermarkets'. Price of an iceberg lettuce in Lidl £1.19 (up 200%).
Must be hell living in a country that is totally dependant on food imports (that is point scoring if you hadn't noticed Grayling) :-). |
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Originally Posted by Kotare
(Post 12169995)
Mustn't just blame the tabloids (or me) even the BBC is reporting 'Vegetable rationing by Supermarkets'. Price of an iceberg lettuce in Lidl £1.19 (up 200%).
Must be hell living in a country that is totally dependant on food imports (that is point scoring if you hadn't noticed Grayling) :-). P.S. Iceberg lettuce is 60p at asda .... $2.49 at countdown. |
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Originally Posted by Robbie2010
(Post 12170539)
Would that be any worse than living in a country that imports everything else?
P.S. Iceberg lettuce is 60p at asda .... $2.49 at countdown. |
Re: Cucumber News
Originally Posted by Kotare
(Post 12170545)
Try eating your Honda :-)
By the way the UK isnt "toatally" dependant on imports ... only about half is imported. |
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