Tesco, unspecified store, Dublin.
Killian Nolan writes:
Depending on which aisle you choose in Tesco you could be paying 245% more for your 200g bag of Walnuts. Baking aisle (€1.75) much much cheaper than the snacking aisle (€4.29).
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Dem snacking prices are just mad.
Even now in Aldi / Lidl too.
Just buy a hewij bar of chocolate for hardly any money and cut it up (willpower required).
Im not justifying the size of the price differential but one is nut pieces and one is whole nuts. Broken bits of nuts will always be cheaper than the whole pieces becuase of the quality requirement.
This.
Different products sold at different price – shock!
And also
Different buyers / product lines
Have different contract and delivery arrangements in place
Think we need to go back to basics here. As in Sesame Street style basics.
One of things is not like the other…..
https://youtu.be/ueZ6tvqhk8U
in a former work related scenario we figured out there was major money to be had in dividing down to smaller quantities for certain foodstuffs (by rarity/availability or cost)…chocolate callets for example…buy in a big sack & repackage into small tubs. €€€.
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point being..get yourself wise to larger quantities (start simple with likes of Musgraves or IIHF) & divide down
The word origin of retail is re-taille (Fr.), or to re-price.
Makes you think dunnnit.
Sure I remember loose biscuits!
indeed – pieces VS whole wallnuts. I suspect the pieces may be the exact same though, personally I get mine in Lidl, nice quality and cheaper than both these
Pine nuts must be as dear as gold.
if you want to talk gold go see how much vanilla pods retail for..
ker ch innnnng e
Ah Martie
You need to get yerself up to Ballymount Road
https://www.asiamarket.ie/
Wow, you’re not wrong. I know where I’m getting my BAR-B-CUE Jackfruit, and Cock Brand rice flakes now. Great shop!
ah.
you had me all excited there for a minute Frillz :(
https://www.asiamarket.ie/greenfields-vanilla-pods-2pcs.html
I chased this. on the page they state “GREENFIELDS Vanilla Pods 2pcs” @ €7.85 that’s a normal typical inflated retail price, driven by local supply issues..I think you can get them in Tesco’s for less…anyway vanilla comes from 2 places – Madagascar & Mexico…Madagascar has had multiple crop disasters which led to price going thru the roof & its never recovered. wholesale marginally but not spectacularly better.
I got all excited cos further down the page Asiamarket state “This packet contains 4 pieces of vanilla pods”
4 for €7 odd? depending on origin & qty I’d have bought the lot as in all of it.
so I rang them, its a typo.
nevermind.
Ah don’t buy online lads
go on up
Loads of parking
and they’re open every day till 7 maybe later
Best price scallops in Dublin
And best and widest range of spices, at at least a 5th of the price anywhere else, and in different qualities
Also a wide range of flours and cooking oils
And the same for the teas
BTW Martie, you’ll easily spend a couple of hours in there
You’ll be bringing home bags of proper cinnamon sticks – pure bark btw, whole nutmegs, star anais’, whole and ground cloves, and you won’t have spent a tenner.
Specialist Vietnamese, Japanese and Korean condiments etc all there at a fraction of what you’ll pay anywhere else
Sweets, Jellies, Soft Drinks and Juices, cakes, weird veg and all sorts of eggs. Ye’ll thank ye yet
Thanks V
There’s a place out in Tallaght the same
ah stoppit
them places are dangerous for someone like me
like treating a GA member to a Vegas jolly
I’d spend much much more than a tenner
yeah I know
But shur
You’ll get years out’ve your shop there
I’ve a sealed jar of Star Anais’ here – from a bag I picked up about three years ago
same for a handful of whole nutmegs
Frillz next time you’re making creamy mash on yer pipers or roosters grab one of those nutmegs & scrape some in with the microplaner. you’ll thank me.
I do that already
And a teaspoon of truffle oil
But I’m laying off the spuds at the moment
Well
Trying to
Now here’s one
Sweet potato soup – season with a stick of cinnamon and grated nutmeg
Oh yeah, and, fish pie, before you topcoat with the spud
Season with grated nutmeg
And Martie
Pentland Dell for the mash
Btw everyone, the Asia market up in Ballymount is like the warehouse / HQ
It’s a massive facility in fairness
I counted 22 lorries in the loading bay one time
It’s just behind the Valeo compound
Dells? hm actually never tried them in all my life?! have to give them a go. my fave of faves are Queens but they’re a pain in my — to peel so I rarely if ever go there except specials.
fish pie..haven’t made one in years & I had a great oul wintry recipe too with the chopped boiled eggs an English lady taught me…you’ve just led me to go digging in the attic for it!
the other thing I’d throw the nutmeg at is a vanilla ice cream (custard base)
& Safron…
:-J
Yes, was about to post that! Great value at the Asia supermarkets on saffron, cardamon pods and all other delights.