Price of butter

Prices are up across every aspect of the supply chain from animal feed to utilities to transport. It's having an inevitable knock-on effect on prices in the supermarket. Not really sure how this is a consumer issue, other than inflation being an issue in general?

oh winter is gonna be scary!

I’m sorry I’m going off topic now, but I bought Johnston Mooney and O’Brien bread the other day as the Brennan’s batch loaf was all gone. It was €2.85. So with the butter, the total was €6.70, just for bread and butter! I am seriously buying more supermarket own brand stuff, so my family will have to change their expensive tastes. Rant over.

It was €2.19 for a long time, then €2.49 earlier this year in all the shops. I don't remember €2.29. I see Tesco is now €2.99 as well, must be very recent, and Kerrygold is €3.95 up from €3.75. Dunnes own labels is still €2.49 and Kerrygold €3.75 according to their website. They are all the same product, with a different foil wrapper.

Stopping butter melting during the summer is equally a problem than making in spreadable in winter. A temperature controlled butter dish is a good solution for anyone who cannot figure out how to do it otherwise.

The ingredients are the same, cream and salt. South of a line from Dublin to Galway isn't very specific, and some cows from there would be supplying milk to non Kerrygold factories.

It's a joke 🙂

This is a real consumer tip -

Let your toast cool down before buttering it.

The butter will stay on top and less will melt into the bread.

Healthier too.

I hate to break it to you but all dairy cows in Ireland are grass fed. It's why Irish butter is yellow and why it tastes better than the white muck. There is no specific region other than farmers usually tie themselves into their local co-op which happens to be Ornua who make Kerrygold butter.

As for the price, feed, fertiliser and other inputs have doubled if not tripled since last October and this is being passed on to the consumer. Bread has gone up, so has poultry and beef and the price rises are not over yet.

Butter is high in saturated fat and calories so it should be used in moderation.

If you can enjoy your morning toast with a bit less it can help to reduce your daily intake.

On the other hand if you find the toast unpalatable without butter melted into the bread you may decide to carry on.

Touché 😁

KerryGold is a brand of Irish butter set up to sell outside of Ireland. All our cows are feed the same doesn't matter where they are the milk and therefore butter will be the same. The only advantage farmers in Southern counties have is better land and less rain so they can keep the cattle out longer.