Best doubles in T&T

[BlueIce]

just got this email

Hello Friends,

As a worker at NFM, I will give you a small insight to what I would call "Highway Robbery"

The flour that most doubles vendors use (45kg) has been increased by $60.00. Do you know how many doubles can be produced from a 45kg of flour?

Let me tell you. 1,200 doubles, yes twelve hundred and some good doubles vendors can get 1,500.

So let's use 1,200. If your 45kg bag of flour has been increased by $60.00….Do the math.

OK OK, let me do it for you….Your doubles went up by 5 cents.

Still want to buy doubles for $4 and $5? …..Feel FREE !!!!!

[name edited out]
Technical Analyst

National Flour Mills Ltd.
http://www.nfm.co.tt
PO Box 1154
27-29 Wrightson Road
Port of Spain
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

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TRINIS = PWNED

[RASC]

just got this email

Hello Friends,

As a worker at NFM, I will give you a small insight to what I would call "Highway Robbery"

The flour that most doubles vendors use (45kg) has been increased by $60.00. Do you know how many doubles can be produced from a 45kg of flour?

Let me tell you. 1,200 doubles, yes twelve hundred and some good doubles vendors can get 1,500.

So let's use 1,200. If your 45kg bag of flour has been increased by $60.00….Do the math.

OK OK, let me do it for you….Your doubles went up by 5 cents.

Still want to buy doubles for $4 and $5? …..Feel FREE !!!!!

[name edited out]
Technical Analyst

National Flour Mills Ltd.
http://www.nfm.co.tt
PO Box 1154
27-29 Wrightson Road
Port of Spain
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

BUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
TRINIS = PWNED

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[Stuckindmud]

Also recieved via email :

While i also find that $3 doubles is expensive, being a big fan of technical correctness, i am surprised that Richard Commissiong, Technical Analyst for NFM does not understand that flour price is only one ingredient in doubles pricing. The price variation of other ingredients like oil and channa etc were not included in the "analysis". The increased price of fuel and electricity also have direct impact on pricing.

Inflation in trinidad has gone up to 8-10 percent per year for a while now- what this means is that everything on average would have gone up in price by "DOUBLES" in about a decade. Whether the flour price stayed the same or even DROPPED by $60 would still not have made an impact on the doubles man's need to pay himself a livable salary which increases with cost of living.

Lastly, i am surprised that the gentleman does not understand the laws of supply and demand, which determine the profit margins on doubles. Also the price of competitive available fast food.

Lastly, why doesn't Mr. Commissiong walk into ANY expensive restaurant, or even steak house like TGIF, or a modest chinese food store or fast food outlet and complain about their food pricing as related to the cost of their raw materials? Because i guess they left out aesthetics in analyst school LOL LOL. After food is prepared it then becomes a subjective process of pricing due to considerations of taste, availiability etc etc etc
Is that guy qualified in economics? I hope this is not the kind of "analyst" that is part of the decision-making process in our country LOL

Poor analysis, that! Touche!

[16 cycles]

on a side note...that email had the guy's name and extension number@ nfm. Just to make sure it wasn't a hoax, i called............the man really send out the email yes...but i think he sent it to a few friends and one of them decided to do a massive foward....lol

[Terran]

Okay.

Where are the complaints for the increases in the other ingredients that goes into making doubles? Why that person doesn't back up their arguments with facts?

Steups.

Fact is that doubles increased from $3 to $4 to now $5 within 2-3 months. And the ONLY substantive increase there has been is flour. The increase from $3 to $5 represents a 67% increase, while flour has gone up 39%.

There's not much maths to do there.

[DF1_2nR]

Good fcuking grief. Is it really that hard to just not by doubles if yuh doh like the price. Frig boy. One set ah stupid emails passing round bout doubles and KFC. nobody say yuh have to buy the blasted thing. Stop bitching and complaining, cause next two weeks yuh right back by the facking doubles man looking for 3 wit slight. Yuh find the price too high, keep yuh friggin money in yuh pocket.

I never yet see a vendor holding down anybody and force feeding them doubles then asking for money. You buying it of your own free will.

Complaining aint gonna get you sheit. They don't care.

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[~Vēġó~]

lol.....gallon of oil gone from $51 or $56 to $73.......just general info....

[Maserati]

on a side note...that email had the guy's name and extension number@ nfm. Just to make sure it wasn't a hoax, i called............the man really send out the email yes...but i think he sent it to a few friends and one of them decided to do a massive foward....lol

doubles Mafia go get he

[5onDfloor]

I hate to hear doubles vendors crying things hard......they need to remember it's firetruck tax free money they making.......

Manning should shaft they MC and let dem see how de tax man does firetruck play....

and it's not our fault they choose to be doubles vendors.......

^^^ Finally somebody who is seeing the bigger picture..

Just because making doubles is hard work it does not justify or warrant such increases. Everyone who owns a business has to work hard for their business to prosper, so to all those who believe its justified your argument is flawed.

A doubles man only faces the tax man once and thats in the grocery (VAT).

while every other businessman has to pay VAT + Corporation TAX + Duty + other taxes etc....

A bag of flour produces 1200 -1500 bara =750 doubles
750 x $4 = $3000/day

$3000/day x 6days\wk = 18000TT\week

so do the maths....the price increase is not justified

my0.02cents

[honda4life]

hoss minus the cost of the flour, gas, oil, channa, pepper & other condiments, wrapping paper, transport,

[joker]

A bag of flour produces 1200 -1500 bara =750 doubles
750 x $4 = $3000/day

$3000/day x 6days\wk = 18000TT\week

so do the maths....the price increase is not justified

YOU IS A KINDA BOTTOM?....

what dey frying it in ? water ? .... wais de price of oil?... cooking gas , wraping paper , and the other ingredients dey use?.... whewre it does come from de sky?


wat about the sauce , the potatoes?, pepper ...


so do over your calculations.

[honda4life]

erm, shiv...y dey need potatoes for doubles??

[bluespeed]

A bag of flour produces 1200 -1500 bara =750 doubles
750 x $4 = $3000/day

$3000/day x 6days\wk = 18000TT\week

so do the maths....the price increase is not justified

YOU IS A KINDA BOTTOM?....

what dey frying it in ? water ? .... wais de price of oil?... cooking gas , wraping paper , and the other ingredients dey use?.... whewre it does come from de sky?


wat about the sauce , the potatoes?, pepper ...


so do over your calculations.

so what you trying to say that dem fawkers does spend 1k in materials & ingredient's a day?.....

[cinco]

so yuh feel the doubles man doh hadda pay the people frying the bara and channa and the person collecting money?

[bluespeed]

Man is indians yuh dealing with......for one they are not spending no settah money on quality oil......they are going to find the cheapest oil they could get their hands on!....like wise with the other stuff....and they reuse the oil most of the time!

allyuh get make up with them.....it have one living near my parents with a mansion......in a middle class area...and you tell me things hard with dem?

[joker]

erm, shiv...y dey need potatoes for doubles??

oops

[bluespeed]

so yuh feel the doubles man doh hadda pay the people frying the bara and channa and the person collecting money?

how much does a doubles fryer get a day?...$100.

and the cashier?...$80-$100.

most of those businesses are family oriented......and labor is free....

[streetbeastINC.]

yep true that^ grandma grandpa...the poor cousin an aunty.... recycle the old oil....

[cinco]

anyone willing to fedex meh some doubles or wah

[ZanRx8]

anyone willing to fedex meh some doubles or wah

I now thinking the same damn thing, you know how long me ehh eat a good doubles

and ppl here trying to bring the doubles man down

[cinco]

i does pay 1,50 fuh ok tastin doubles here i wish i cud get some good doubles from Frank or Reddo

[ZanRx8]

sheit is 2.00 where i am at, and is some hard ass bara and watery chana fuh you

[joker]

2.00

canada?

[cinco]

wat u laffin at dread?
canada and the us dolla is comparable these days
i feel i hadda make a drive down joy's yes
whats a lil 10 hr drive

[ZanRx8]

2.00

canada?

nah US.

[ZanRx8]

sheit and these fawkers does want to charge you $10.00 for a chicken roti too
Its been a while since I have bought one, I wonder if they raise the price? Next thing I go and they tell me is $15.00 bc floor gone up...

[cornfused]

this thread is funny especially those of justifying overheads and as the latter posters have in my view identified these overheads, or shall we say investigate what you doubles vendor has as overheads?

While i got that email also and the analysis was done on only flour , even with the lack of total analysis, it still puts into view the ridiculous increases we have seen in this once most basic of our local food delights

are retailers/ vendors adding to inflation ?

[5onDfloor]

A bag of flour produces 1200 -1500 bara =750 doubles
750 x $4 = $3000/day

$3000/day x 6days\wk = 18000TT\week

so do the maths....the price increase is not justified

YOU IS A KINDA BOTTOM?....

what dey frying it in ? water ? .... wais de price of oil?... cooking gas , wraping paper , and the other ingredients dey use?.... whewre it does come from de sky?


wat about the sauce , the potatoes?, pepper ...


so do over your calculations.

Worst case scenario are trying to imply that spend $10,000TT per week on raw material and wages?

you better do your calculations....

like yuh brain made up of channa and bara?

[aR&D]

here is another attempt at bashing the Doubles Vendor. Got this in email. Notice the source and notice the convenient way the author did not factor in the other materials/ingredients ..... as one person stated: it seems $400 is perfectly acceptable to spend on a meal for two at various food franchises. And it seems as if its perfectly acceptable for the fry chicken outlets to reuse and then reuse their oil again but now the doubles vendors using cheap reused old oil

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Hello Friends,

As a worker at NFM, I will give you a small insight to what I would call 'Highway Robbery'

The flour that most doubles vendors use (45kg) has been increased by $60.00. Do you know how many doubles can be produced from a 45kg of flour?

Let me tell you. 1,200 doubles, yes twelve hundred and some good doubles vendors can get 1,500.

So let's use 1,200. If your 45kg bag of flour has been increased by $60.00….Do the math.

OK OK, let me do it for you….Your doubles went up by 5 cents.

Still want to buy doubles for $4 and $5? …..Feel FREE !!!!!

Richard Commissiong
Technical Analyst

National Flour Mills Ltd.
http://www.nfm.co.tt
PO Box 1154
27-29 Wrightson Road
Port of Spain
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

Phone: (868) 625-2416 Ext 581
Mobile: (868) 795-0050 or (868) 367-0050
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[aR&D]

Now this is a fair and balanced....

Also recieved via email :

While i also find that $3 doubles is expensive, being a big fan of technical correctness, i am surprised that Richard Commissiong, Technical Analyst for NFM does not understand that flour price is only one ingredient in doubles pricing. The price variation of other ingredients like oil and channa etc were not included in the "analysis". The increased price of fuel and electricity also have direct impact on pricing.

Inflation in trinidad has gone up to 8-10 percent per year for a while now- what this means is that everything on average would have gone up in price by "DOUBLES" in about a decade. Whether the flour price stayed the same or even DROPPED by $60 would still not have made an impact on the doubles man's need to pay himself a livable salary which increases with cost of living.

Lastly, i am surprised that the gentleman does not understand the laws of supply and demand, which determine the profit margins on doubles. Also the price of competitive available fast food.

Lastly, why doesn't Mr. Commissiong walk into ANY expensive restaurant, or even steak house like TGIF, or a modest chinese food store or fast food outlet and complain about their food pricing as related to the cost of their raw materials? Because i guess they left out aesthetics in analyst school LOL LOL. After food is prepared it then becomes a subjective process of pricing due to considerations of taste, availiability etc etc etc
Is that guy qualified in economics? I hope this is not the kind of "analyst" that is part of the decision-making process in our country LOL

Poor analysis, that! Touche!