Food prices in Trinidad and Tobago

[bluefete]

Better deal not bad...

True. For a one branch supermarket, they do have some good specials but you have to know what to buy.

[pugboy]

they selling par excellence rice for over $100 whilst pricesmart is $87

[death365]

so it continues!

On the heels of Starbucks raising its prices two weeks ago, Royal Castle, Rituals and Blue Waters have done the same.

The confirmation of Royal Castle's price increases came from the quick-service restaurant chain's managing director Sandy Roopchand.

Roopchand told Guardian Media that the prices were adjusted last Friday, due to the minimum wage increase, as well as increases from suppliers.

She said the last time the chain, which has 39 branches, increased prices was in July 2022.

Guardian Media obtained Royal Castle's new price listing and customers are now paying between six and 14 per cent more.

A one-piece and side which cost $22 went up to $25 (13.6 per cent). A two-piece and side which was originally $32 is now $35 (9.4 per cent).

A three-piece, side and drink which was $47 is now $50 (6.4 per cent).

A sandwich, side, and drink that was priced at $32 is now $35 (9.4 per cent). The 12 piece, six sides, and atwo litre stood at $180 and is now priced at $210 (16.6 per cent)

The Queen Bucket with eight pieces was $128 and is now $143 (11.7 per cent).

At Rituals, prices also increased last Friday.

Global Brands director, Anthony Sabga-Aboud, via WhatsApp said only a few selected menu items increased, which were mainly drinks by approximately $1 to $3 depending on beverage size.

Sabga-Aboud indicated that prices did not change on sandwiches and pastries apart from one or two items. This, he said, equates to roughly a five per cent increase across the entire menu of Rituals..

He said this hike was due to the increase in minimum wage from $17.50 to $20.50 and the increase in input costs.

Sabga-Aboud made it clear that no staff at any of its 66 branches will be affected.

“We did not have any price increases at Church's Chicken or Pizza Boys,” he added.

Meanwhile, prices on Blue Waters range of water-based products increased on average $0.04 a bottle yesterday.

When contacted the company's managing director Dominic Hadeed said this is the first price increase since 2016.

Hadeed said letters advising of the price change were sent to customers two weeks ago.

The letter said over the last year, Blue Waters Products Ltd has been faced with varying increases in production costs, driven primarily by raw material increases and other macroeconomic factors.

“As a strategic partner, we have and will continue to absorb as much increasing costs as possible to ensure we provide quality products at affordable prices,” the letter further stated.

It noted that prices remain unchanged for Blue Waters-malt, Stamina Energy, Sparkling Cran+ and Caribbean Traditions.

https://guardian.co.tt/business/price-hikes-at-royal-castle-rituals-blue-waters-6.2.1914899.23cd624df3

[maj. tom]

I saw a new? canned food brand called Champion, manufactured in China beans with a local importer. Channa and red beans $7/can. And a cheese product in a red and yellow can from Jamaica called Tastee's. Don't know if tinned cheese will catch on culturally here. https://comm350.wordpress.com/2020/02/07/jamaica-produced-the-best-cheese-in-the-world/

[pugboy]

have a good few local company labelled canned stuff from the far east, lot from thailand and malaysia

I saw a new? canned food brand called Champion, manufactured in China beans with a local importer. Channa and red beans $7/can. And a cheese product in a red and yellow can from Jamaica called Tastee's. Don't know if tinned cheese will catch on culturally here. https://comm350.wordpress.com/2020/02/07/jamaica-produced-the-best-cheese-in-the-world/

[VexXx Dogg]

I saw a new? canned food brand called Champion, manufactured in China beans with a local importer. Channa and red beans $7/can. And a cheese product in a red and yellow can from Jamaica called Tastee's. Don't know if tinned cheese will catch on culturally here. https://comm350.wordpress.com/2020/02/07/jamaica-produced-the-best-cheese-in-the-world/

Jamaican tin cheese reach? Been looking for that for years.
Tastes pretty good, probably unhealthy but fairly long shelf life to keep in your emergency supply

[ProtonPowder]

Tin cheese goes very well with crix

[adnj]

What's the difference between Tastee cheese and Kraft Cheez Whiz?

[pugboy]

all the same processed predigested goop
not sure how much cheese they actually have in them

What's the difference between Tastee cheese and Kraft Cheez Whiz?

[bluefete]

Food basket:

Pack ketchup 750 ml - BOGO - 2/$10.95
Milo drink 250 ml BOGO - 2/$7.45
Nestle 200 ml peanut punch BOGO - 2/$6.45

[Rovin]

i rarely eat fast food fry chicken aka kfc & d like maybe 2-3 times a yr if so much, my preference wud be royal castle but i find all of them really over doing it with d prices & smaller chicken too, i doh buy so it dont bother me

buy ur fries & chicken in d grocery, season it up rel nice - with an air fryer u good to go

fancy takeaway coffee i never buy either so no worries

blue waters price increase not bad so i guess i ok with it ...

[DMan7]

But why make fry chicken though? Bake the chicken sometimes too nah.

[pugboy]

so dasani and the others raising price next week huh

[shake d livin wake d dead]

Wasa water is still the best on my ends...

[pugboy]

taste depends where you live

tbh wasa water very safe to drink straight out the tap once no works don’t upstream to cause mud in lines

Wasa water is still the best on my ends...

[shake d livin wake d dead]

taste depends where you live

tbh wasa water very safe to drink straight out the tap once no works don’t upstream to cause mud in lines

Wasa water is still the best on my ends...

I in the bush, water from north oropuche is probably the best in the country.

[Dave]

Buying bottled water is the biggest scam out there.

[DMan7]

#WasaWater4Life

[AlphaMan]

Food Prices in the mall gone up by $5 while minimum wage went up by $3.
Imbert just spinning the economy in circles because everything goes up when minimum wage goes up.

[paid_influencer]

Food Prices in the mall gone up by $5 while minimum wage went up by $3.
Imbert just spinning the economy in circles because everything goes up when minimum wage goes up.

things was going up long time now and would have gone up regardless of minimum wage

minimum wage workers being held out as the cause of inflation
people making $200 for a 10 hour shift, causing inflation apparently

corporate profits hitting the billions tho
they not raising price just because they want more money, no that would be greedy, and they not greedy like them minimum wage workers that getting $200 for a 10 hour shift

[paid_influencer]

But why make fry chicken though? Bake the chicken sometimes too nah.

linda's have some nice packages with grill chicken, salads, all kinda thing for carnival.

grill chicken $38
bbq chicken salad $50
all kinda other thing i doh remember

it tasting bess and decent portions, and all the calorie information printed instore. but big $$ to do that regular tho

[unimatrix-001]

tbh wasa water very safe to drink straight out the tap once no works don’t upstream to cause mud in lines

If you unsure, just leave some in a gallon bottle to let d mud settle

[bluefete]

WASA water is the best water - having drank water in USA, UK, up de islands, Puerto Rico, USVI etc.

Pennywise Tunapauna had Boost in container buy 2 get 1 free -$33.95 (original flavours only)

[88sins]

WASA water is the best water - having drank water in USA, UK, up de islands, Puerto Rico, USVI etc.

Pennywise Tunapauna had Boost in container buy 2 get 1 free -$33.95 (original flavours only)

True to some extent. But if ever you want to test the strength of your stomach, drink from the tap in Mexico.


Minor caveat, just keep 2 bale ah tp on standby

[DMan7]

WASA water is the best water - having drank water in USA, UK, up de islands, Puerto Rico, USVI etc.

Pennywise Tunapauna had Boost in container buy 2 get 1 free -$33.95 (original flavours only)

True to some extent. But if ever you want to test the strength of your stomach, drink from the tap in Mexico.


Minor caveat, just keep 2 bale ah tp on standby

I'll remember that BUT when drinking Blue Waters, Dasani, Oasis etc...

[maj. tom]

I saw some wild chicken in my yard and put a box with some dry leaf somewhere and now found this. I'm going to assume they're fertilized because it have a rooster too and he does put down some rel dinosaur action every minute he get.

So is she just laying them and leaving it, or she coming back to hatch them? I feed her scraps and old rice sometimes.

[88sins]

I saw some wild chicken in my yard and put a box with some dry leaf somewhere and now found this. I'm going to assume they're fertilized because it have a rooster too and he does put down some rel dinosaur action every minute he get.

So is she just laying them and leaving it, or she coming back to hatch them? I feed her scraps and old rice sometimes.

Well she only laying there cuz she find is a good nest, so she's probably going to come back and lay a few more and hatch them.

[maj. tom]

Chickies! I gonna leave them and hope for the best.

[alfa]

In a case like this how do you know which eggs you can eat and which will probably have an embryo in it? Not sure how the whole egg thing works and only now thought about it as I saw it here. Someone told me once that white fowl eggs don't hatch, how do they even propogate the species? Buying food in a supermarket in the modern era people generally don't think about these things but good to know nonetheless

[pugboy]

you could eat any egg

we had chickens as a child with a male and ate the eggs, they were put in fridge though
so that would have arrested any development

just that over a week, the little dark dot would have started to change into a baby chick