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    #32
    Corsendonk
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    busman wrote: »
    From http://irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/world/world-food-prices-hit-record-high-492022.html

    World food prices have reached a new peak, says a UN agency.

    The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation said its food price index was up 3.4% in December from a month earlier.

    Rising food prices have been among the triggers for protests in Egypt, Algeria and elsewhere.

    FAO says the food price index in January reached 231 points, the highest level registered since 1990 when the agency started monitoring prices.

    The index regularly checks monthly changes in global food prices, looking at cereals, fats, dairy, sugar and meat prices. Only meat prices were stable.

    FAO economist Abdolreza Abbassian said today that the increase in food prices is not slowing.

    With oil prices rising I would say it's only going to go higher!

    Very rarely do supermarkets take the hit but increase the price while slightly increasing the price they pay suppliers.


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    #33
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    Corsendonk wrote: »
    Very rarely [/B](my emphasis) do supermarkets take the hit but increase the price while slightly increasing the price they pay suppliers.

    Care to put some bones on that bland and unfounded statement? Any actual figures to back that up?


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    #34
    Corsendonk
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    Myra Yellow Scooter wrote: »
    Care to put some bones on that bland and unfounded statement? Any actual figures to back that up?

    Not many suppliers care to go public if they want to stay in business with that information. The only time they do attack supermarkets is when its too late and then supermarkets just say its sour grapes.

    You only have to have seen some of the recent documentaries from the BBC on how the large retailers like Tesco do business.


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    #35
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Corsendonk wrote: »
    Not many suppliers care to go public if they want to stay in business with that information. The only time they do attack supermarkets is when its too late and then supermarkets just say its sour grapes.

    You only have to have seen some of the recent documentaries from the BBC on how the large retailers like Tesco do business.

    At the risk of repeating myself: Care to put some bones on that bland and unfounded statement? Any actual figures to back that up? Preferably pertinent to the Irish marketplace.


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