Bought these apples this morning at BigLand.
.59 cents each.
I'm not familiar with apple prices, it does seem to be on the high side, but then so are many things up here.
That is a standard box of matches in the middle.
Further on the price of milk; I had one of my crack researchers in Quebec City get me the price for milk down that a way.
Two liters of 3.25% cost $3.79. 2% cost $3.69 and 1% cost $3.59.
So I guess the difference is the shipping by road and plane, maybe an extra mark up by the handlers.
Whoa: I must apologize to BigLand, their apples are reasonable compared to Northern Apple prices, there they range from .72 cents to .78 cents each. The Northern ones are maybe larger in size, and more variety, but on the whole they are not in very good shape, soft, bruised, some wrinkled, yuk.
5 comments:
cost of 2 litre homogenized milks in varying percentages at stores in Cartwright range from $4.59 to $4.79 a carton, still rather high but one would wonder if its the shippers or retailers that are responsible for such inflated prices?
this could be a factor in milk price inflation as well
the number of dairy farms in Canada decreased from 34,620 in 1990 to 20,624 in 2000 and in all likelihood are still declining
That could be a factor in the price of milk in larger areas MM. Some argue that supply management also contributes to higher prices.
My dilemma is the price deferential between the price of goods say in HV-GB, or Cartwright and the cost up here.
2 to 3 dollars difference does not sound like much if the full freight rate was being paid on milk products. But it is not, it’s subsidized to over 50% of the normal freight rate.
Are your milk products from the Island? I would presume so. Also, do you guys get the federal and provincial [in winter] food subsidies? Some part of you coast does if I’m not mistaken.
I'm not sure if theres a subsidy here now with the freight coming by road but I'll ask around and let you know
Here is something I have noticed the past few years since the road has been built. Cartwright's store prices were quite higher than say Port Hope Simpson or Marys Harbour just a few years ago but now there is hardly any noticeable difference in prices between here and Lodge Bay. It gets a little cheaper as you get into The Straits but with the price of gas now, it isnt worth it to make a "grocery" drive to Blanc Sablon, Que. anymore. I think with all the movement of people stores were almost forced to be more competitive.
A road link worked the other way for us. When road into HV-GB from west was finished we were told goods would be cheaper coming in from Quebec. They would be if the wholesaler was out in Quebec. Retailers on the north coast found that it is still cheaper to buy from the Island than in GB. It is cheaper to ship by boat long distances than by road. Plus the extra mark up the GB wholesalers put on things.
Post a Comment