apples seem dear to me
gemma-the-husky
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Apples seem a bit dear to me. 2.00/k for braeburns, more for some others.
I got a bag of pears for rather less, and persimmon are really nice and quite cheap. Can't understand why apples are so dear.
I got a bag of pears for rather less, and persimmon are really nice and quite cheap. Can't understand why apples are so dear.
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They didn't mention persimmon, funnily enough. Or say what percentage of apples grown here are exported.
I buy a bag of pink apples and they are usually 50p each (5 for £2.50).
Compare that to about 12p for a banana and the value for money is incomparable.
The apples available now will easily keep for the next three or four months if they are stored in a cool, dry, place..
The percentage of land given over to solar panels is tiny and is not the reason we are importing so many apples. The major reason we are such a large net importer of food is that so much of the farming is of animals or to feed animals rather than the massively more efficient growing of plants to feed people.
The only ones that seem more expensive are the Pink Lady and the more expensive range of 'Taste the Difference' (I still sometimes buy them as they are sooooo delicious !)
Same here plus we have a very productive apple tree in the garden, also in the park near here they have quite a few apple trees where if we don't take the apples they are left to rot.
Firstly, they charge what people are willing to pay. If sales dropped, so would the price.
Secondly, people seem to eat less fruit these days, and my perception is that those who do are more 'up-market' customers. They have more disposable income and like to think they get what they pay for. So they buy posh big apples like Pink Ladies or Jazz rather than more 'boring' varieties.
Thirdly, many of the trendy apples are grown abroad, despite the UK being where an incredible number of apples are grown each year. Today I bought six Pink Lady apples (net weight about 900g) for £2 from Aldi, which were grown and imported from South Africa. Cox's and other UK brands are much cheaper, but less desirable.
Third-and-a-halfly, I think for the last 30 years, French apples have been perceived as 'cooler' than English apples, which has led to French brands costing more. That's capitalism. This has all paved the way for charging an even bigger premium for apples grown in America, Africa or anywhere else that's far away.
And to think you can buy four pints of UK milk for less than a pound!
Still, I hope the UK still drinks enough cider to make good use of all those unwanted English apples going cheap. I know I do.
'Zari'........from Kent (it even names a particular farm on the pack)
4 for £1.50
Don't think I've had these before but I've still got some Cox to finish before I start on them...........
I think it is more down to the complete ignorance of the general public in this country over what we produce.
Take the French Golden Delicious apples you mentioned as an example. Heavily mass marketed and subsidised, hence their cheapness. The only minor disadvantage? They were tasteless.
Six Pink Lady apples for £2? What a waste of money, for half that I can get a bag of 20 or more Worcester, Fiesta, Russett, etc, apples that you never see in any supermarket. Apples that this time of the year will keep for months if they are kept in a cool dry dark place which, of course, doesn't suit the supermarkets.
We never buy any supermarket apples between October and March, there is no need especially as they are so staggeringly over-priced. Give me locally produced, reasonably priced apples that actually have taste any day of the week.
Eating apples rarely make good cider as they are too sweet.
The reason why supermarkets can charge £1 for four pints of milk is because the farmers bare the loss.
Depends what your tap water is like. I wouldn't drink water straight from my tap.
It will certainly be safe and can be easily and very cheaply improved by water filters if you wish. People who regularly use bottled water at home are either mugs or very wealthy with money to throw away.
Safe yes, nice to drink, no.
Zari are my favourite apple that you can buy from the supermarket, and as their season starts early its nice to get some new season British apples at the tail end of summer..
They are sweet fresh and crisp, and much nicer than most of the other apples available, and they're grown in Britain.
There are some Gala apples in Sainsbury's at the moment which are also very nice, plus these are British as well.
I hope you like the Zari, I first tried them 3 years ago when they first launched and have been hooked on them ever since.