Food prices in Trinidad and Tobago

[SuperiorMan]

I buying KFC straight thru.

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I buying KFC straight thru.

Ppl does still eat that

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Kfc is for rachets.

[daring dragoon]

A man can't survive on KFC alone

Right now Royal Castle has no pepper sauce owing to the price of peppers, so is only the Colonel

is not the price of peppers that holding them back is the price of blasted chive seasoning. green seasoning price triple in the last few weeks.$7 for a one bundle of chive or celery. pepper is still $1 for one. wholesale i seeing for $150 wholesale amount. even in the grocery bottle seasoning is in short supply with most shelves partially empty only stocked with chief brand which is about $27 a bottle.
if you want make your own royal castle pepper sauce. look on youtube for a classic video for the making of the pepper sauce from TTT or AVM.

https://youtu.be/COwqzHwZEkU

[pugboy]

folks should be growing their own basic seasoning, chives, shadon beni etc not hard to do
if you have a little space even a drip hydroponic setup is assproof for stuff like tomato

non chicken prices have gone up 30% in last month worldwide
we can expect those price increase here within next month and well into xmas.
if you eat fancy imported meats better stock up now.

[shake d livin wake d dead]

Highest prices for market stuff was observed last Saturday.
$20lb- sweet pepper
$18- tomatoes
$22- christophen
$4- pumpkin
Pimento at 15 for $10

I expect these prices to hold or even go higher as Diwali and Christmas approaches. Happy hunting!

[widdyphuck]

Didn't kfc raise before restaurants reopened?

They drop the prices after trinis protested online.

[SR]

Chicken pieces size got smaller though

[daring dragoon]

Highest prices for market stuff was observed last Saturday.
$20lb- sweet pepper
$18- tomatoes
$22- christophen
$4- pumpkin
Pimento at 15 for $10

I expect these prices to hold or even go higher as Diwali and Christmas approaches. Happy hunting!

Prices can drop drastcally once govt dont start back that food hamper sheit. The strike deals with the farmer an buy up all the supply. If the supply is allowed to surpass the demand the 4 an 5 pounds fir $20 will return for tomatoes etc. Same as when manning heat up construction supplies rebuilding pos an cement was $80 a bag.

[MaxPower]

Didn't kfc raise before restaurants reopened?

They drop the prices after trinis protested online.

Hadda be some other reason.

Trini protests are ineffective and no one cares.

[daring dragoon]

Didn't kfc raise before restaurants reopened?

They drop the prices after trinis protested online.

Hadda be some other reason.

Trini protests are ineffective and no one cares.

this is not the first time. kfc smart they raise the prices and royal and churchs follow and then kfc hit them with specials every day. it is still 6 pieces and 3 sides for $100 every day on the menu but kfc has the 9 piece for $69 tuesday and 13 piece for $100 sunday and lucky 7 and is a special every time so nobody buys the 6 piece special. but if you go the other places you only have the 6 piece and men will leave and go kfc. kfc in war with their competitors and they outsmart everyone. royal not having pepper sauce will impact their business as that is their selling point. i will not buy without their pepper sauce. if i wanted their stiff chicken with ketchup alone i would make it home. i rather go popeyes for their shitty chicken than buy royal castle without the pepper.

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Make it make sense

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Hypertension & Diabetes are the leading diseases plaguing the health sector. Which Public Health professionals have been trying desperately to curb. The rollout of these items however wasn't fully thought out or was probably targeting people below the poverty line who literally frequent them alot.

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Why you think they legalize weed?I said it here before, mass weed consumption makes a more docile population if you can't manage your usage as an individual.

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SUPERMARKET ASSOCIATION CALLS OUT THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE, AS ZERO RATED ITEMS ANNOUNCED IN THE BUDGET, ARE ALREADY ZERO RATED:
#ZERORATEDNOTHING
Via the SUPERMARKET Association

Please be guided, as pronounced in the reading of the budget dated October 4th 2021, that the following food items will be exempt from Value Added Tax (VAT) from November 1st, 2021:

Biscuits, Cooking oil, Canned vegetables, Cornflakes, Canned fish, Canned meat, Curry, Juice, Sausages and ham, Ketchup, Bottled water, Pigtail.

Please be aware that the following ITEMS ARE ALREADY ZERO RATED as listed in Section 8 (2016), Schedule 2 of the Value Added Tax Act :
Corned beef, curry, sardine, smoked herring

Please be aware that as per Legal Notice dated Sunday 3rd October 2021, the following formally came into effect Monday 4th October 2021 with the items below now VAT rated:

Tenderloin, Sirloin, Frogs’ Legs , Salmon, Halibut, Plaice, Trout, Seabass, lobster, crawfish, flat fish, shrimps and prawns, areca nuts, pears, quinces, apricots, sour cherries, strawberries, black,white or red currants, peaches, nectarines, Kiwifruit, Durians, persimmons, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, mulberries, loganberries, gooseberries, cranberries and blueberries.

[Ben_spanna]

Should have taxed the crap out of VAping , smoking and Alcohol... but NOOO lets leave the vat on food items...a55heads in our govt

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So just take BULL basically

[Redman]

Hovwr, How do you suggest the govt control food prices?

Price controls?

How much of the 6B import bill can we actually replace with local product.

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Hovwr, How do you suggest the govt control food prices?

Price controls?

How much of the 6B import bill can we actually replace with local product.

Redman, it might sound bad but how about we ban certain foreign products for a while to conserve forex and prices in the groceries , do we really need strawberries just asking look how much we import that's just one example, until our economy is improved,what we are doing is spinning top in mud. Again just using the strawberries example would you be comfortable paying 100 for a box of strawberries? Well it may very well head there and then what, well we can't eat the money and just bite the bullet

[Dave]

Reintroduction of the negative list....
Would keep Forex spend to a minimum.
Or limit when it can be imported.

[Dizzy28]

Hovwr, How do you suggest the govt control food prices?

Price controls?

How much of the 6B import bill can we actually replace with local product.

Redman, it might sound bad but how about we ban certain foreign products for a while to conserve forex and prices in the groceries , do we really need strawberries just asking look how much we import that's just one example, until our economy is improved,what we are doing is spinning top in mud. Again just using the strawberries example would you be comfortable paying 100 for a box of strawberries? Well it may very well head there and then what, well we can't eat the money and just bite the bullet

I'm sure our signing to the WTO in 1995 may have something to do with the ability to implement negative lists and banning of imports. Those are the kinna measures the older ones here would remember such as only getting apples and grapes at Xmas time.

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Hovwr, How do you suggest the govt control food prices?

Price controls?

How much of the 6B import bill can we actually replace with local product.

Redman, it might sound bad but how about we ban certain foreign products for a while to conserve forex and prices in the groceries , do we really need strawberries just asking look how much we import that's just one example, until our economy is improved,what we are doing is spinning top in mud. Again just using the strawberries example would you be comfortable paying 100 for a box of strawberries? Well it may very well head there and then what, well we can't eat the money and just bite the bullet

I'm sure our signing to the WTO in 1995 may have something to do with the ability to implement negative lists and banning of imports. Those are the kinna measures the older ones here would remember such as only getting apples and grapes at Xmas time.

Was it such a bad thing though, yall survived and it was only temporary?

[Dizzy28]

Hovwr, How do you suggest the govt control food prices?

Price controls?

How much of the 6B import bill can we actually replace with local product.

Redman, it might sound bad but how about we ban certain foreign products for a while to conserve forex and prices in the groceries , do we really need strawberries just asking look how much we import that's just one example, until our economy is improved,what we are doing is spinning top in mud. Again just using the strawberries example would you be comfortable paying 100 for a box of strawberries? Well it may very well head there and then what, well we can't eat the money and just bite the bullet

I'm sure our signing to the WTO in 1995 may have something to do with the ability to implement negative lists and banning of imports. Those are the kinna measures the older ones here would remember such as only getting apples and grapes at Xmas time.

Was it such a bad thing though, yall survived and it was only temporary?

Good or bad is not the issue. Our adherence to our obligations under international treaties is.

[Redman]

Hovwr, How do you suggest the govt control food prices?

Price controls?

How much of the 6B import bill can we actually replace with local product.

Redman, it might sound bad but how about we ban certain foreign products for a while to conserve forex and prices in the groceries , do we really need strawberries just asking look how much we import that's just one example, until our economy is improved,what we are doing is spinning top in mud. Again just using the strawberries example would you be comfortable paying 100 for a box of strawberries? Well it may very well head there and then what, well we can't eat the money and just bite the bullet

Well price controls equate to having to subsidize something-
A negative list equates to encouraging black market ops and more govt intrusion into business.

We cant stop cocaine and immigrants-what makes you think we can stop strawberries

Importation of food for sale supports many people with viable employment.
And once it isnt subsidized then the forex claim is as valid as any other good.

Yes we need to increase local production of food-once it is competitive and self sustaining.

[MaxPower]

When the economy opens up fully… i want you Trinis to notice very carefully.

Bars, beaches, restaurants, malls, rivers etc are going to be FULL with Trinis having a time.

Carnival will be in FULL swing with fetes upon fetes to celebrate the long over due jackass behavior.

Trinis only beat up and cry over the budget for a few days and then they go back to their happy ass living.

[Rovin]

SUPERMARKET ASSOCIATION CALLS OUT THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE, AS ZERO RATED ITEMS ANNOUNCED IN THE BUDGET, ARE ALREADY ZERO RATED:
#ZERORATEDNOTHING
Via the SUPERMARKET Association

Please be guided, as pronounced in the reading of the budget dated October 4th 2021, that the following food items will be exempt from Value Added Tax (VAT) from November 1st, 2021:

Biscuits, Cooking oil, Canned vegetables, Cornflakes, Canned fish, Canned meat, Curry, Juice, Sausages and ham, Ketchup, Bottled water, Pigtail.

Please be aware that the following ITEMS ARE ALREADY ZERO RATED as listed in Section 8 (2016), Schedule 2 of the Value Added Tax Act :
Corned beef, curry, sardine, smoked herring

Please be aware that as per Legal Notice dated Sunday 3rd October 2021, the following formally came into effect Monday 4th October 2021 with the items below now VAT rated:

Tenderloin, Sirloin, Frogs’ Legs , Salmon, Halibut, Plaice, Trout, Seabass, lobster, crawfish, flat fish, shrimps and prawns, areca nuts, pears, quinces, apricots, sour cherries, strawberries, black,white or red currants, peaches, nectarines, Kiwifruit, Durians, persimmons, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, mulberries, loganberries, gooseberries, cranberries and blueberries.

ppl here does eat that or eat it in such an amt that we need to import it ? ..wtf

most of this imported stuff we dont need but its more of a want .... i remember long time when most of this stuff wasnt allowed into d country , trini like d taste of 4rin ting

[MaxPower]

Trinis LOVE the 4rin ting.

Their googly yellow eyes does open big big when they see these foreign items.

[pugboy]

so pears get taxed but not apples and grapes

[Dohplaydat]

When the economy opens up fully… i want you Trinis to notice very carefully.

Bars, beaches, restaurants, malls, rivers etc are going to be FULL with Trinis having a time.

Carnival will be in FULL swing with fetes upon fetes to celebrate the long over due jackass behavior.

Trinis only beat up and cry over the budget for a few days and then they go back to their happy ass living.

I can't wait, it's the only good thing about living here bro.

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Trinis LOVE the 4rin ting.

Their googly yellow eyes does open big big when they see these foreign items.

So true.I knew a guy that put up a sign in his pet shop ' imported tropical fish' .The imported fish used to sell faster than the local.Funny thing was the same , exact fish.
Grass is greener abroad.Most Trinis do not appreciate what they have
Probably why Max loves his Venes