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Re: Food prices in Trinidad and Tobago

Postby Duane 3NE 2NR » September 28th, 2024, 1:52 pm

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Re: Food prices in Trinidad and Tobago

Postby paid_influencer » September 28th, 2024, 2:55 pm

massy has $99 for two whole rotisserie this morning no line

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Re: Food prices in Trinidad and Tobago

Postby pugboy » September 28th, 2024, 3:34 pm

ppl tired eating them ting now

haagen daz on sale

paid_influencer wrote:massy has $99 for two whole rotisserie this morning no line

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Re: Food prices in Trinidad and Tobago

Postby pugboy » September 28th, 2024, 3:37 pm

business in this branch has been at a standstill since covid

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Re: Food prices in Trinidad and Tobago

Postby dogg » September 28th, 2024, 4:54 pm

pugboy wrote:business in this branch has been at a standstill since covid

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The branch in Tacarigua no longer sells alcohol, so I stop going there a while now. In any event, Massy opening next door mash up their chances at success. It's only a matter of time til that branch close down completely.

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Re: Food prices in Trinidad and Tobago

Postby dogg » September 28th, 2024, 4:55 pm

paid_influencer wrote:massy has $99 for two whole rotisserie this morning no line

Massy's rotisserie is pretty decent. Good value for money, sale or not.

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Re: Food prices in Trinidad and Tobago

Postby pugboy » September 28th, 2024, 6:37 pm

you mean orange grove
it is in a kinda out a way spot too
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pugboy wrote:business in this branch has been at a standstill since covid

Duane 3NE 2NR wrote:0b4eee4a-d2a4-4039-b6e0-ea0f584d448a.jpg


The branch in Tacarigua no longer sells alcohol, so I stop going there a while now. In any event, Massy opening next door mash up their chances at success. It's only a matter of time til that branch close down completely.

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Re: Food prices in Trinidad and Tobago

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Re: Food prices in Trinidad and Tobago

Postby hover11 » September 29th, 2024, 8:50 am

shake d livin wake d dead wrote:Perspective
Perpective: If a war breaks out tomorrow, we in shite Street because we cannot sustain ourselves and will have to depend on other countries for our survival

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Re: Food prices in Trinidad and Tobago

Postby paid_influencer » September 29th, 2024, 9:13 am

we also importing inflation when those foreign food prices rise lol

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Re: Food prices in Trinidad and Tobago

Postby triniterribletim » September 29th, 2024, 10:46 am

Look at where most Trinidadian food imports come from. A lot of stuff comes from the US and UK and EU, even as far away as Turkey, for everything Ulker, Australia in the case of goat meat and New Zealand for cheese. Meanwhile there is a whole continent filled with cheap food right next door.

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Re: Food prices in Trinidad and Tobago

Postby MaxPower » September 29th, 2024, 10:49 am

triniterribletim wrote:Look at where most Trinidadian food imports come from. A lot of stuff comes from the US and UK and EU, even as far away as Turkey, for everything Ulker, Australia in the case of goat meat and New Zealand for cheese. Meanwhile there is a whole continent filled with cheap food right next door.


tim,

Correct and Trinis are fully aware of this.

But they want foreign ting.

Things sweet too bad in T&T.

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Re: Food prices in Trinidad and Tobago

Postby pugboy » September 29th, 2024, 11:54 am

they target those junk biscuits and sweets from turkey and middle east because of price
same thing with lot of canned food from thailand and se asia
south america supposed to have cheap beef and pork but not sure about the processing standards or availability compared to the big yankee processors who will be hard to beat on price

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Re: Food prices in Trinidad and Tobago

Postby zoom rader » September 29th, 2024, 1:01 pm

All 1% plans


Kill farming

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Re: Food prices in Trinidad and Tobago

Postby hover11 » September 29th, 2024, 1:08 pm

We focused on food prices eh but ironically agriculture gets the lowest budget allocation every year, they lucky if they get 1 billion tomorrow

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Re: Food prices in Trinidad and Tobago

Postby pugboy » September 29th, 2024, 1:17 pm

gotta plant votes to keep the 1% in control

zoom rader wrote:All 1% plans


Kill farming

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Re: Food prices in Trinidad and Tobago

Postby daxt0r » September 30th, 2024, 10:21 am

hover11 wrote:We focused on food prices eh but ironically agriculture gets the lowest budget allocation every year, they lucky if they get 1 billion tomorrow


an even with that pittance is just to give handouts to d boys and to spread criminals throughout the land.
eric williams and his failed policies and he imported hell spawn is really ah curse on dis place from then till today.

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Re: Food prices in Trinidad and Tobago

Postby hover11 » September 30th, 2024, 10:37 am

daxt0r wrote:
hover11 wrote:We focused on food prices eh but ironically agriculture gets the lowest budget allocation every year, they lucky if they get 1 billion tomorrow


an even with that pittance is just to give handouts to d boys and to spread criminals throughout the land.
eric williams and his failed policies and he imported hell spawn is really ah curse on dis place from then till today.
Don't worry Prestige holdings revenue for this year as of AUGUST crossed 1 BILLION, hard times ahead for who....probably poor ppl. Then again the rich must get richer.

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Re: Food prices in Trinidad and Tobago

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Re: Food prices in Trinidad and Tobago

Postby hover11 » October 6th, 2024, 6:43 am

T&T’s food import bill is now the highest it has ever been—a staggering $7.3 billion. For context, that is more than the Government spends on its Public Sector Investment Programme (PSIP) annually.

Read more:
https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/tt-food ... c88a7fcd2a

If only we diversified..... better hope a war doesnt break out or we would not be able to sustain ourselves.
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Re: Food prices in Trinidad and Tobago

Postby pugboy » October 6th, 2024, 7:28 am

how much of that import bill is products for franchise junk food?

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Re: Food prices in Trinidad and Tobago

Postby paid_influencer » October 6th, 2024, 8:42 am

pugboy wrote:how much of that import bill is products for franchise junk food?


is always a shock to go in massy and see how much imported crap it have. like real crap that giving people lifestyle diseases. and we subsidizing the forex rate so massy could bring it in cheaper.

more so with the EXIM bank giving priority access to forex to bring it in. exim bank that suppose to be on a completely unrelated mission being molested to give forex for bagel bites m&ms and hot pockets.

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Re: Food prices in Trinidad and Tobago

Postby hover11 » October 6th, 2024, 8:50 am

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pugboy wrote:how much of that import bill is products for franchise junk food?


is always a shock to go in massy and see how much imported crap it have. like real crap that giving people lifestyle diseases. and we subsidizing the forex rate so massy could bring it in cheaper.

more so with the EXIM bank giving priority access to forex to bring it in. exim bank that suppose to be on a completely unrelated mission being molested to give forex for bagel bites m&ms and hot pockets.
You ever noticed the price of cereals lately, when did cereals reach close to 50 dollars a box with some as for as 65 per box who buying that? Very soon they will stop importing them as they not really selling as the shelves always filled with them

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Re: Food prices in Trinidad and Tobago

Postby bluefete » October 6th, 2024, 8:50 am

Red watermelon selling in the Tunapuna market this morning: $160. / $150. / $135. for ONE!!! And these were not the extra big ones, eh!

Vendor said one man bought up most at wholesale and resold at extortionate prices. Prices averaged between $10./lb and $15/lb.

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Re: Food prices in Trinidad and Tobago

Postby bluefete » October 6th, 2024, 8:53 am

hover11 wrote:You ever noticed the price of cereals lately, when did cereals reach close to 50 dollars a box with some as for as 65 per box who buying that? Very soon they will stop importing them as they not really selling as the shelves always filled with them


Sago and oats sells for about $10-$15 a bag. Boil some win cinnamon stick - with no sugar or condensed milk and you are good to go.

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Re: Food prices in Trinidad and Tobago

Postby hover11 » October 6th, 2024, 8:59 am

bluefete wrote:
hover11 wrote:You ever noticed the price of cereals lately, when did cereals reach close to 50 dollars a box with some as for as 65 per box who buying that? Very soon they will stop importing them as they not really selling as the shelves always filled with them


Sago and oats sells for about $10-$15 a bag. Boil some win cinnamon stick - with no sugar or condensed milk and you are good to go.
I will try this and I sure it much healthier

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Re: Food prices in Trinidad and Tobago

Postby zoom rader » October 6th, 2024, 9:11 am

bluefete wrote:Red watermelon selling in the Tunapuna market this morning: $160. / $150. / $135. for ONE!!! And these were not the extra big ones, eh!

Vendor said one man bought up most at wholesale and resold at extortionate prices. Prices averaged between $10./lb and $15/lb.
Continue voting PNM and eat grass

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Re: Food prices in Trinidad and Tobago

Postby Chimera » October 6th, 2024, 9:47 am

hover11 wrote:
paid_influencer wrote:
pugboy wrote:how much of that import bill is products for franchise junk food?


is always a shock to go in massy and see how much imported crap it have. like real crap that giving people lifestyle diseases. and we subsidizing the forex rate so massy could bring it in cheaper.

more so with the EXIM bank giving priority access to forex to bring it in. exim bank that suppose to be on a completely unrelated mission being molested to give forex for bagel bites m&ms and hot pockets.
You ever noticed the price of cereals lately, when did cereals reach close to 50 dollars a box with some as for as 65 per box who buying that? Very soon they will stop importing them as they not really selling as the shelves always filled with them
Xtra foods have sale right now on special k.
$30 a box . Normally $50 plus

Expiring January 2025 so safe to buy

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Re: Food prices in Trinidad and Tobago

Postby pugboy » October 6th, 2024, 9:49 am

right now cereals undergoing a market shakeup with multiple groceries dropping price from $50 to $28-30

just goes to show the profit margins

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Re: Food prices in Trinidad and Tobago

Postby hover11 » October 6th, 2024, 9:54 am

pugboy wrote:right now cereals undergoing a market shakeup with multiple groceries dropping price from $50 to $28-30

just goes to show the profit margins
The hugest profit margin I ever saw was the mark up KFC makes off fries ALONE, do some research you would be amazed

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