 |
 | Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us |
 | Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network |
Car Forum / Australian Car Forums / General Car Topics (Australian group) / March 2006Aldi's great apple rip off
I was at the Bonnyrigg Aldi today, and they were selling new season Fuji apples for $12.00 per kilo, with a sign saying inflated price is due to tropical depression Larry. I spoke with the manager and pointed out that apples aren't a crop of Boganfail, so why should the price be affected. He said that due to the Banana crop being wiped out, more people are buying apples which has pushed the market price up. Does this sound correct? > I was at the Bonnyrigg Aldi today, and they were selling new season Fuji > apples for $12.00 per kilo, with a sign saying inflated price is due to [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Does this sound correct? NSW grows a sh.t-load of Bananas - so the prices should be well moderated by this - as to apples? Sounds like BS - a new market update should be out in the next couple of days.... < http://www.brisbanemarket.com.au/news.asp?sub=9&txt=40&article=188 > ======= Note - Lady Fingers went DOWN in this report........... 17 and 27% respectively. ======= Weekly update 20/03/2006 Week ending 20 March 2006 The recent cyclone in far North Queensland decimated the current Cavendish banana and papaw crops. The expected grave shortages that are expected in the near future has resulted in skyrocketing prices. Reduced supplies of broccoli, red capsicum and both egg tomatoes and field gourmet tomatoes also sold well at improved rates. Lady’s Finger bananas were in better supply in the early part of the week with the market weakening but this will more than likely be a temporary situation in light of the position with Cavendish bananas. More Cherry tomatoes, lettuce, chokos, brussel sprouts, zucchini and round stringless beans were available and prices eased across all varieties. INCREASES Bananas,Cavendish,No1,Large Carton 59% Bananas,Cavendish,No1,ExLarge Carton 27% Broccoli 8KgIPk 23% Capsicums,Red 27LCtn 21% Mangoes,Keitt,Extra,Conditioned SLTray 14% Rhubarb Bundle 14% Tomatoes,Egg,No1 10KgCtn 13% Field Gourmet,No1 10KgCtn 13% Watermelons,Seedless Kg 11% Lettuce,Cos Carton 11% Cucumbers,Continental 10LCtn 8% Papaws,Yellow Flesh,No1 22LCtn 7% Yellow Flesh,No1 30LCtn 7% Yellow Flesh,No1,Small 22LCtn 6% Nectarines,Yellow Flesh 18LCtn 5% Watermelons,Long Varieties Kg 4% Papaws,Red Flesh,No1 18LCtn 4% Mangoes,Keitt,No1 SLTray 3% DECREASES Cauliflowers Carton 3% Papaws,Red Flesh,No1 30LCtn 2% Chinese Cabbages,Wombok Carton -9% Custard Apples,African Pride SLTray -10% Cabbages,Sugarloaf Carton -11% Egg Plant,Continental 18LCtn -11% Capsicums,Green 27LCtn -12% Lettuce,Open Varieties Carton -12% Silverbeet Bunch -13% Capsicums,Gold 27LCtn -14% Zucchinis,Green 18LCtn -16% Bananas,Lady Finger,Extra Carton -17% Brussels Sprouts 5KgIPk -17% Beans,Round S'less,Machine P'kd Kg -20% Chokos 32LCtn -21% Lettuce,Headed Carton -23% Chillies,Hot Red Kg -25% Squash,Gold 9LCtn -26% Bananas,Lady Finger,No1 Carton -27% Tomatoes,Cherry Red 250gLP -28% Persimmons,Non-astringent,Unspecified SLTray -38% back >> I was at the Bonnyrigg Aldi today, and they were selling new season Fuji >> apples for $12.00 per kilo, with a sign saying inflated price is due to [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >> >NSW grows a sh.t-load of Bananas No they don't. 95% of Australia's bananas comes from Innisfail. Bananas need a warm client. It's not warm enough in NSW for bananas to grow adequetally. > Bananas need a warm client. It's not warm enough in NSW for bananas to > grow adequetally. False. The climate at Coffs is excellent for banana production. According to figures from the Coffs Harbour City Council, in the late 1960's NSW produced 80% of Australia's banana crop. > >> I was at the Bonnyrigg Aldi today, and they were selling new season Fuji > >> apples for $12.00 per kilo, with a sign saying inflated price is due to [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Bananas need a warm client. It's not warm enough in NSW for bananas to > grow adequetally. So why is there a Big Banana at Coffs Harbour? >>>> I was at the Bonnyrigg Aldi today, and they were selling new >>>> season Fuji apples for $12.00 per kilo, with a sign saying [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > So why is there a Big Banana at Coffs Harbour? The world's moved on http://www.abgc.org.au/pages/industry/bananaIndustry.asp >>>>> I was at the Bonnyrigg Aldi today, and they were selling new >>>>> season Fuji apples for $12.00 per kilo, with a sign saying [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > The world's moved on > http://www.abgc.org.au/pages/industry/bananaIndustry.asp Bugger me! -- Knob >> NSW grows a sh.t-load of Bananas > > No they don't. 95% of Australia's bananas comes from Innisfail. > > Bananas need a warm client. It's not warm enough in NSW for bananas to > grow adequetally. There was some expert on the radio (Auntie) saying that 80% of Australia's banana crop was wiped out so the damage to plantations must have been fairly catastrophic. >>> NSW grows a sh.t-load of Bananas >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Australia's banana crop was wiped out so the damage to plantations > must have been fairly catastrophic. Yes, if you look at the photos you will see that the plantations were flattened. http://network.news.com.au/image/0,10114,5127330,00.jpg There were some hungry crocs around though http://network.news.com.au/image/0,10114,5127333,00.jpg I was reading this site the other day. Which states some recent regional banana info. http://www.bananaland.com.au/environews/library/catalogue/vital.php SOME INDUSTRY VITAL STATISTICS a.. About 12,000 hectares of Australia is currently under bananas. b.. Most bananas are grown in North Queensland (about 80%), approx. 15% in NSW and the remainder in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. > Yes, if you look at the photos you will see that the plantations were > flattened. > http://network.news.com.au/image/0,10114,5127330,00.jpg Actually, it looks more like God's Victa has gone over them.  SignatureChookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) "... if *I* was buying a baby I'd jolly well make sure it was at least a two-tooth!" Mary Grant Bruce, The Houses of the Eagle. Landie <twitfilteron@hotmail.com> wrote in news:Di2Vf.15676$dy4.11518@news- server.bigpond.net.au: >>> NSW grows a sh.t-load of Bananas >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Australia's banana crop was wiped out so the damage to plantations must > have been fairly catastrophic. Blowing the trees over makes them easier to harvest >>> I was at the Bonnyrigg Aldi today, and they were selling new season Fuji >>> apples for $12.00 per kilo, with a sign saying inflated price is due to [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > No they don't. 95% of Australia's bananas comes from Innisfail. Maybe 95% of eastern Australia's bananas. But we got our own over here. > Bananas need a warm client. Happiness is a warm client - Heater salesman's credo :-) > >> I was at the Bonnyrigg Aldi today, and they were selling new season Fuji > >> apples for $12.00 per kilo, with a sign saying inflated price is due to [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > No they don't. 95% of Australia's bananas comes from Innisfail. I'm not sure where you get your information from, but according to the Australian Banana Growers' Council, 80% of Australia's commercial bananas are grown in Queensland. Of that, approximately 50% are in the Tully, Innisfail and Tablelands area, and about one third of that crop is destroyed. Then they go on to say that "It is unclear how much of the crop will require a total replant, compared with that which can be regrown from suckers. This will be known in a couple of weeks' time after closer inspection is possible." So the facts are that one third of 40% of the total crop MAY have been destroyed, but most will be able to be regrown from suckers. For the uneducated (most of you), one third of 40% is about 13% - POSSIBLY DESTROYED - but probably able to be regrown from suckers. This is a long way from the morons claim that 95% were destroyed. Please learn to read the facts BEFORE you post in future. OK? That is all. >> >> I was at the Bonnyrigg Aldi today, and they were selling new season Fuji >> >> apples for $12.00 per kilo, with a sign saying inflated price is due to [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >long way from the morons claim that 95% were destroyed. Please learn >to read the facts BEFORE you post in future. OK? That is all. Is the Hutt River Province included in those stats? Do you know? > >> >> I was at the Bonnyrigg Aldi today, and they were selling new season Fuji > >> >> apples for $12.00 per kilo, with a sign saying inflated price is due to [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Is the Hutt River Province included in those stats? Do you know? What, pray tell, is Hutt River Province? >> >> >> I was at the Bonnyrigg Aldi today, and they were selling new season Fuji >> >> >> apples for $12.00 per kilo, with a sign saying inflated price is due to [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > >What, pray tell, is Hutt River Province? It is, methinks, a principality surrounded by Western Australia. http://www.hutt-river-province.com/ > >> >> >> I was at the Bonnyrigg Aldi today, and they were selling new season Fuji > >> >> >> apples for $12.00 per kilo, with a sign saying inflated price is due to [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > It is, methinks, a principality surrounded by Western Australia. Considering Western Australia is bordered by the ocean, I find that difficult to believe. >> >> >> >> I was at the Bonnyrigg Aldi today, and they were selling new season Fuji >> >> >> >> apples for $12.00 per kilo, with a sign saying inflated price is due to [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] >Considering Western Australia is bordered by the ocean, I find that >difficult to believe. What, pray tell, do you, precisely, find difficult? > >> >> >> >> I was at the Bonnyrigg Aldi today, and they were selling new season Fuji > >> >> >> >> apples for $12.00 per kilo, with a sign saying inflated price is due to [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > What, pray tell, do you, precisely, find difficult? I find it difficult to believe that there is an Australian principality surrounded by Western Australia. >> >> >> >> >> I was at the Bonnyrigg Aldi today, and they were selling new season Fuji >> >> >> >> >> apples for $12.00 per kilo, with a sign saying inflated price is due to [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] >I find it difficult to believe that there is an Australian principality >surrounded by Western Australia. When you put it that way, it is rather difficult to believe, isn't it? > >> >> >> >> >> I was at the Bonnyrigg Aldi today, and they were selling new season Fuji > >> >> >> >> >> apples for $12.00 per kilo, with a sign saying inflated price is due to [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] > > When you put it that way, it is rather difficult to believe, isn't it? Not just difficult, but impossible. >> >> >> >> >> >> I was at the Bonnyrigg Aldi today, and they were selling new season Fuji >> >> >> >> >> >> apples for $12.00 per kilo, with a sign saying inflated price is due to [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] > >Not just difficult, but impossible. Methinks when you wish long enough, and hope hard enough, anything is possible. >> >> >> >> I was at the Bonnyrigg Aldi today, and they were selling new >> >> >> >> season Fuji [quoted text clipped - 46 lines] > Considering Western Australia is bordered by the ocean, I find that > difficult to believe. Well then you're a goose who doesn't understand simple sentences aren't you? Did you even TRY to find the answer out for yourself? -- Knob > >> >> >> >> I was at the Bonnyrigg Aldi today, and they were selling new > >> >> >> >> season Fuji [quoted text clipped - 50 lines] > you? > Did you even TRY to find the answer out for yourself? There was no need to look it up, as I KNOW FOR A FACT that there is no Australian principality surrounded by Western Australia. Only a moron would think otherwise. Oh, so there you go - proof you are a moron. Hope that helps. > There was no need to look it up, as I KNOW FOR A FACT that there is no > Australian principality surrounded by Western Australia. Only a moron > would think otherwise. Oh, so there you go - proof you are a moron. > Hope that helps. http://www.huttriver.net/ a bad troll and a VERY stupid one >> >> >> >> On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 01:01:19 GMT, veritas >> >> >> >> <veritas@coldmail.com> [quoted text clipped - 69 lines] > would think otherwise. Oh, so there you go - proof you are a moron. > Hope that helps. Heh heh; don't you just love modern kids.. -- Knob > There was no need to look it up, as I KNOW FOR A FACT that there is no > Australian principality surrounded by Western Australia. Only a moron > would think otherwise. Oh, so there you go - proof you are a moron. > Hope that helps. And now that you've looked it up and discovered you've made a fool of yourself have you got the backbone to apologise? It's been several hours.... -- Knob > > There was no need to look it up, as I KNOW FOR A FACT that there is no > > Australian principality surrounded by Western Australia. Only a moron [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > yourself have you got the backbone to apologise? > It's been several hours.... As I said, I don't need to look it up, because I'm well aware that there is no Australian principality surrounded by Western Australia. If you think there is one, then YOU are the one that is mistaken - not me. Hope that helps. >> > There was no need to look it up, as I KNOW FOR A FACT that there is no >> > Australian principality surrounded by Western Australia. Only a moron [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > If you think there is one, then YOU are the one that is mistaken - not > me. Hope that helps. Just remember to come back and apologise when you've gotten your head out of your arse, OK? -- Knob >>> > There was no need to look it up, as I KNOW FOR A FACT that there >>> > is no Australian principality surrounded by Western Australia. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > -- > Knob Wasn't there some guy who declared himself a principality 30 odd years ago ? even made his own currency if i remember correctly, is that who your on about here ? Greg > >>> > There was no need to look it up, as I KNOW FOR A FACT that there > >>> > is no Australian principality surrounded by Western Australia. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > ago ? even made his own currency if i remember correctly, is that who > your on about here ? That would be what he's referring to, yes. However, what the moron doesn't realise, is that the principality is NOT an *Australian* principality. As usual, he only half read the article. >> >>> > There was no need to look it up, as I KNOW FOR A FACT that there >> >>> > is no Australian principality surrounded by Western Australia. [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > doesn't realise, is that the principality is NOT an *Australian* > principality. As usual, he only half read the article. Who said anything about "Australian" principality? Are you desperately trying to rewrite what was said so you don't look so ignorant? (Waaaaay too late!) -- Knob > >> >>> > There was no need to look it up, as I KNOW FOR A FACT that there > >> >>> > is no Australian principality surrounded by Western Australia. [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > Are you desperately trying to rewrite what was said so you don't look so > ignorant? "Who said anything about "Australian" pricipality"? Er, just for you, moron, I'll paste the part of this thread where it was first brought up. Firstly, here's the part I typed..... > >I'm not sure where you get your information from, but according to the > >Australian Banana Growers' Council, 80% of Australia's commercial > >bananas are grown in Queensland. Of that, approximately 50% are in the > >Tully, Innisfail and Tablelands area, and about one third of that crop > >is destroyed. Now, to that, Percival Download asked the following Question... > Is the Hutt River Province included in those stats? Do you know? Now, I'll speak slowly so you might understand - We ARE DISCUSSING *AUSTRALIAN COMMERCIAL BANANAS. For the Hutt River Province to be included in those stats, it would have to be PART OF AUSTRALIA - which (as I know) it is NOT. You then argued until you were blue in the face that it was. In fairness to you, you probably didn't understand what you were arguing about, because you failed to read (and comprehend) a simple, yet perfectly constructed, sentence. Once again, you are waaaaaaaaaay out of your league. I suggest you go back to skool and learn how to read. <shakes heads> > Now, I'll speak slowly so you might understand - We ARE DISCUSSING > *AUSTRALIAN COMMERCIAL BANANAS. For the Hutt River Province to be [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > waaaaaaaaaay out of your league. I suggest you go back to skool and > learn how to read. <shakes heads> Hah hah; do you realise just how pathetic you're making yourself look trying to weasel out of this? Just bite the bullet; admit you've been a dick and apologise. You'll feel better in the long run. -- Knob > > Now, I'll speak slowly so you might understand - We ARE DISCUSSING > > *AUSTRALIAN COMMERCIAL BANANAS. For the Hutt River Province to be [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Just bite the bullet; admit you've been a dick and apologise. > You'll feel better in the long run. Nice snip, moron. How about you re-read my last post - especially the bit you just snipped in your reply. Read it twice if you need to - or ask your mummy to help. Notice it's only YOU that doesn't understand all this? <shakes heads> >> > Now, I'll speak slowly so you might understand - We ARE DISCUSSING >> > *AUSTRALIAN COMMERCIAL BANANAS. For the Hutt River Province to be [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > ask your mummy to help. Notice it's only YOU that doesn't understand > all this? <shakes heads> I didn't read it the first time. Some rubbish about Australian bananas therefor that means Australian principality? Obviously you're trying some silly denial (just like I said you would 10 posts ago). C'mon kiddy; here's your chance to be an adult. Repeat after me; "I apologise for being so up-myself that I was too stupid to read what was given to me...." -- Knob > I didn't read it the first time. Some rubbish about Australian bananas > therefor that means Australian principality? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Repeat after me; "I apologise for being so up-myself that I was too stupid > to read what was given to me...." C'mon kiddy, here's *YOUR* chance to realise that you've been quite successfully baited by a troll. >> I didn't read it the first time. Some rubbish about Australian bananas >> therefor that means Australian principality? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > C'mon kiddy, here's *YOUR* chance to realise that you've been quite > successfully baited by a troll. Bring them on then; If being a Troll is making a complete tool of yourself and then trying to weasel out of it whilst all the time just making yourself look stupider and stupider then I'm happy to have them come. They must be master-baiters eh? -- Knob >>> I didn't read it the first time. Some rubbish about Australian bananas >>> therefor that means Australian principality? [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > and then trying to weasel out of it whilst all the time just making > yourself look stupider and stupider then I'm happy to have them come. If you argue with a troll you just make yourself look like a tool. The best way to treat trolls is to ignore them. >> Bring them on then; If being a Troll is making a complete tool of >> yourself and then trying to weasel out of it whilst all the time just [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > If you argue with a troll you just make yourself look like a tool. The > best way to treat trolls is to ignore them. True but REAL Trolls don't try and argue the point and then slink off when they get beaten do they? If TG'sFM really was trying to troll (which I doubt) then he's very inept. He should Google up some of Pesty's work! -- Knob > If TG'sFM really was trying to troll (which I doubt) then he's very > inept. He should Google up some of Pesty's work! Yeah, but, Pesty's kind-of funny. Signatureant > > If TG'sFM really was trying to troll (which I doubt) then he's very > > inept. He should Google up some of Pesty's work! > > Yeah, but, Pesty's kind-of funny. whoooooooooosshhhhhh. Who, pray tell, do you think is behind Pesty's work? Now THIS, is a keeper. >> I didn't read it the first time. Some rubbish about Australian >> bananas therefor that means Australian principality? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > C'mon kiddy, here's *YOUR* chance to realise that you've been quite > successfully baited by a troll. Not a very good one though. Good trolls at least make an attempt to check the accuracy of the facts they are presenting. This one obviously doesn't. SignatureKwyj >>> I didn't read it the first time. Some rubbish about Australian >>> bananas therefor that means Australian principality? [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >Good trolls at least make an attempt to check the accuracy of the facts they >are presenting. This one obviously doesn't. That's never been a characteristic of a 'good troll', AFAICT. >>> I didn't read it the first time. Some rubbish about Australian >>> bananas therefor that means Australian principality? [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Good trolls at least make an attempt to check the accuracy of the facts > they are presenting. This one obviously doesn't. ROFL. Trolls don't care about facts. > Now, I'll speak slowly so you might understand - We ARE DISCUSSING > *AUSTRALIAN COMMERCIAL BANANAS. For the Hutt River Province to be > included in those stats, it would have to be PART OF AUSTRALIA - which > (as I know) it is NOT. This time you really should refer to your atlas. Do you realise that Australia is a continent as well as a country? The Hutt River Province is located within Australia (the continent) therefore is Australian, in much the same way that the city of Bejing is considered Asian.. > You then argued until you were blue in the > face that it was. It is. > In fairness to you, you probably didn't > understand what you were arguing about, because you failed to read > (and comprehend) a simple, yet perfectly constructed, sentence. And in fairness to you I will take into consideration the fact that you clearly don't undertstand that Australia is also a continent, and will refrain from publically ridiculing you. That doesn't make you right though. SignatureKwyj >> Now, I'll speak slowly so you might understand - We ARE DISCUSSING >> *AUSTRALIAN COMMERCIAL BANANAS. For the Hutt River Province to be >> included in those stats, it would have to be PART OF AUSTRALIA - which >> (as I know) it is NOT. > > (snip) .... I will refrain from publically ridiculing you. You're denying yourself a whole lot of fun, Kwyjibo. -- Knob >>> Now, I'll speak slowly so you might understand - We ARE DISCUSSING >>> *AUSTRALIAN COMMERCIAL BANANAS. For the Hutt River Province to be [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >> > You're denying yourself a whole lot of fun, Kwyjibo. That was the DM. (sorry - I forgot to mention STDM in the previous post) SignatureKwyj > > Now, I'll speak slowly so you might understand - We ARE DISCUSSING > > *AUSTRALIAN COMMERCIAL BANANAS. For the Hutt River Province to be [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > therefore is Australian, in much the same way that the city of Bejing is > considered Asian.. Oh I see now. Thanks for the explanation. So by that theory, because the ACT is surrounded by NSW on all sides, it is part of NSW. Mmm, there goes YOUR explanation up in smoke. I've told you before, and I'll probably have to tell you again - think BEFORE you post. >> > Now, I'll speak slowly so you might understand - We ARE DISCUSSING >> > *AUSTRALIAN COMMERCIAL BANANAS. For the Hutt River Province to be [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > there goes YOUR explanation up in smoke. I've told you before, and > I'll probably have to tell you again - think BEFORE you post. humm technically i suppose it is. Never thought of it that way b4. > >> > Now, I'll speak slowly so you might understand - We ARE DISCUSSING > >> > *AUSTRALIAN COMMERCIAL BANANAS. For the Hutt River Province to be [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > humm technically i suppose it is. Never thought of it that way b4. And here's something else to think about. The Antartic territory which Australia owns, is surrounded by the USA territory. So by our non-thinking friends theory, Australia now is classified as part of America. >> ... So by that theory, because >> the ACT is surrounded by NSW on all sides, it is part of NSW..... > > humm technically i suppose it is. Never thought of it that way b4. ~ NSWRL certainly seem to think so at State of Origin time!! -- Knob >> > Now, I'll speak slowly so you might understand - We ARE DISCUSSING >> > *AUSTRALIAN COMMERCIAL BANANAS. For the Hutt River Province to be [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > there goes YOUR explanation up in smoke. I've told you before, and > I'll probably have to tell you again - think BEFORE you post. So you've gone from insisting that The Hutt River Province didn't exist (and couldn't POSSIBLY be entirely surrounded by Western Australia) to now insisting it's not a part of Australia have you? (Because it doesn't grow bananas apparently!) Oh well; any desperate thing to keep from admitting you're wrong I suppose... -- Knob >>> Now, I'll speak slowly so you might understand - We ARE DISCUSSING >>> *AUSTRALIAN COMMERCIAL BANANAS. For the Hutt River Province to be [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Oh I see now. Thanks for the explanation. You are most welcome. > So by that theory, because > the ACT is surrounded by NSW on all sides, it is part of NSW. Incorrect, unless you are silly enough to think that NSW is a continent. Please check your atlas. SignatureKwyj > >> > There was no need to look it up, as I KNOW FOR A FACT that there is no > >> > Australian principality surrounded by Western Australia. Only a moron [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Just remember to come back and apologise when you've gotten your head out > of your arse, OK? OK, but wouldn't it just be easier for you to show the group where exactly, I'm wrong? Can't? >> Just remember to come back and apologise when you've gotten your head >> out >> of your arse, OK? > > OK, but wouldn't it just be easier for you to show the group where > exactly, I'm wrong? Can't? The link was at the bottom of the very first post on the matter. How stupid are you? -- Knob >>>>>>> I was at the Bonnyrigg Aldi today, and they were selling new season Fuji >>>>>>> apples for $12.00 per kilo, with a sign saying inflated price is due to [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > http://www.hutt-river-province.com/ Lucky me. I met Prince Leonard and Princess Shirley in 1976 and had my passport stamped. It's the strangest place, out in the middle of nowhere with a chapel of (was it?) Nain and post office (the stamps won't shift your letters). I was lucky to escape. ;-) Anyone know if they've had to pay tax since the secession? >>>>>>>> I was at the Bonnyrigg Aldi today, and they were selling new >>>>>>>> season Fuji [quoted text clipped - 46 lines] > I was lucky to escape. ;-) > Anyone know if they've had to pay tax since the secession? ~ I never met any of the royal family but I do know a Knight of Hutt. (Bestowed apon him by Prince Leonard). -- Knob >> Is the Hutt River Province included in those stats? Do you know? > > What, pray tell, is Hutt River Province? Not only is it a bad troll but its an uniformed and stupid o troll > Is the Hutt River Province included in those stats? Do you know? it is not being a principality . >> Is the Hutt River Province included in those stats? Do you know? >it is not being a principality . Actually, it IS being a principality. It was a kingdom for a short period, but is now back to being a principality. >>> Is the Hutt River Province included in those stats? Do you know? >>it is not being a principality . > > Actually, it IS being a principality. It was a kingdom for a short > period, but is now back to being a principality. Did Leonard become King before he died? Good on him! -- Knob >>> I was at the Bonnyrigg Aldi today, and they were selling new season >>> Fuji [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Bananas need a warm client. It's not warm enough in NSW for bananas to > grow adequetally. ~ Gawd the people who have been growing bananas for generations around Coff's Harbour and up to Tweed Heads are gonna' be disappointed to hear that.... -- Knob (Where's the Big Banana again?) >>>> I was at the Bonnyrigg Aldi today, and they were selling new season >>>> Fuji [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >Gawd the people who have been growing bananas for generations around Coff's >Harbour and up to Tweed Heads are gonna' be disappointed to hear that.... I didn't say they didn't grow bananas. I said North QLD grows the vast majority of bananas. > >>>> I was at the Bonnyrigg Aldi today, and they were selling new season > >>>> Fuji [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > I didn't say they didn't grow bananas. I said North QLD grows the vast > majority of bananas. You can say it as many times as you want, but it doens't make it any more true. Learn some facts BEFORE you post. >>>>> I was at the Bonnyrigg Aldi today, and they were selling new season >>>>> Fuji [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > I didn't say they didn't grow bananas. I said North QLD grows the vast > majority of bananas. ~ Yep; and according to Rod Speed's link you're 100% correct about the " 95% of Australia's bananas " too! Wrong about the "It's not warm enough in NSW for bananas ..." though. (I should've snipped) -- Knob >>>>>> I was at the Bonnyrigg Aldi today, and they were selling new season >>>>>> Fuji [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] >Wrong about the "It's not warm enough in NSW for bananas ..." though. >(I should've snipped) I should OF snipped. > >>>>>> I was at the Bonnyrigg Aldi today, and they were selling new season > >>>>>> Fuji [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > I should OF snipped. Actually, *HE* should of snipped - not you. Hope that helps. That is all. > <knobdoodle@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >(I should've snipped) [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Actually, *HE* should of snipped - not you. Hope that helps. That is > all. [shakes head in despair] -- Knob "Knobdoodle" <knobdoodle@hotmail.com> wrote in news:fQ5Vf.15785$dy4.7799 @news-server.bigpond.net.au: >> <knobdoodle@hotmail.com> wrote: >>> >(I should've snipped) [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > -- > Knob Hope it falls off.... SignatureNewsGuy.Com 30Gb $9.95 Carry Forward and On Demand Bandwidth > <knobdoodle@hotmail.com> wrote: >>(I should've snipped) > > I should OF snipped. ~ Only if you're using some sort of Bogan-English! The rest of us would say "I should have snipped" or shortened it to "I should've snipped". -- Knob (...and finally, I DID!) >>> I was at the Bonnyrigg Aldi today, and they were selling new season Fuji >>> apples for $12.00 per kilo, with a sign saying inflated price is due to [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > No they don't. 95% of Australia's bananas comes from Innisfail. Wrong. North Queensland, of which Innisfail is only one part, produces 95% of Australia's banana crop.(Source: Australian Banana Growers Council @ abcg.org.au) > Bananas need a warm client. It's not warm enough in NSW for bananas to > grow adequetally. Also untrue. NSW has a thriving crop but has generally been pushed out of the market by the sheer volume grown in QLD. In 1993 NSW was growing 25% of Australia's crop. QLD's market dominance has affected sales of NT and WA bananas as well. >>>> I was at the Bonnyrigg Aldi today, and they were selling new season Fuji >>>> apples for $12.00 per kilo, with a sign saying inflated price is due to [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > Australia's crop. QLD's market dominance has affected sales of NT and WA > bananas as well. Not a bad lurk, actually - what is it, 10 months from planting to bunches of the bastards? Evidently Bananas must be some sort of weed like cotton, or sugar cane. Come to think of it... what needs shitloads of water. heheh. All this must fair give the olive growers the sh.ts? SignatureToby. quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur no_name@all.tk says... > > Bananas need a warm client. It's not warm enough in NSW for bananas to > > grow adequetally. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Australia's crop. QLD's market dominance has affected sales of NT and WA > bananas as well. In NSW you get one crop of bananas per year. In north QLD you can get two. Same with sugar cane, in QLD you harvest annually, in NSW every two years. And smaller bananas (of the same variety) will nearly always be superior to the larger ones. GM > And smaller bananas (of the same variety) will nearly always be superior > to the larger ones. Size doesn't matter? Bullshit, Bro. SignatureToby. quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur >> I was at the Bonnyrigg Aldi today, and they were selling new season >> Fuji apples for $12.00 per kilo, with a sign saying inflated price is [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > NSW grows a sh.t-load of Bananas - so the prices should be well > moderated by this Not so very much. Why would you sell NSW grown bananas in NSW at a price that gives you less income than would transporting them to QLD, and selling them there? In an effecient market the difference in price should be equal to the transport costs. Sylvia. > I was at the Bonnyrigg Aldi today, and they were selling new season Fuji > apples for $12.00 per kilo, with a sign saying inflated price is due to [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Does this sound correct? No , profiteering . local shop here at $4.99 >> I was at the Bonnyrigg Aldi today, and they were selling new season >> Fuji apples for $12.00 per kilo, with a sign saying inflated price is [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >> > No , profiteering . local shop here at $4.99 Likewise in Brisbane..... Gotta watch the buggers. E.G. - Shredded cheese appeared to be cheaper than another outlet - only the packs were 500g and 650g respectively. When it was reduced to price per gramme, Aldi was more expensive.... >>> I was at the Bonnyrigg Aldi today, and they were selling new season >>> Fuji apples for $12.00 per kilo, with a sign saying inflated price is [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >Gotta watch the buggers. E.G. - Shredded cheese appeared to be cheaper than another outlet - only the packs were 500g >and 650g respectively. When it was reduced to price per gramme, Aldi was more expensive.... But if you buy the bigger size, it's always cheaper. Buy bulk, and save. > >>> I was at the Bonnyrigg Aldi today, and they were selling new season > >>> Fuji apples for $12.00 per kilo, with a sign saying inflated price is [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > But if you buy the bigger size, it's always cheaper. Buy bulk, and > save. Always? I filled up my Landcruiser tanks with 150 ltrs of fuel, and payed the same price per litre as the bloke next to me who was only filling up his mower can. So much for your blanket claim that it is ALWAYS cheaper to buy in bulk. Please learn to think BEFORE you post in future. That is all. >> >>> I was at the Bonnyrigg Aldi today, and they were selling new season >> >>> Fuji apples for $12.00 per kilo, with a sign saying inflated price [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > filling up his mower can. So much for your blanket claim that it is > ALWAYS cheaper to buy in bulk. Perhaps because 150l isn't considered 'bulk' in the world of petrol. Try buying 50000 litres in one go and see what discount you get. >Please learn to think BEFORE you post > in future. That is all. If only you listened to your own advice. > >> >>> I was at the Bonnyrigg Aldi today, and they were selling new season > >> >>> Fuji apples for $12.00 per kilo, with a sign saying inflated price [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > Perhaps because 150l isn't considered 'bulk' in the world of petrol. > Try buying 50000 litres in one go and see what discount you get. The OP didn't say bulk. He said 'if you buy the bigger size, it's ALWAYS cheaper'. Are you seriously suggesting that 150 ltrs ISN'T bigger than 4 litres? Back to school for you sonny. Obviously the 4 years you spent in grade 7 wasn't enough. Hope that helps. >> "TG'sFM" <suvvdj@yahoo.fr> wrote in message >> >> But if you buy the bigger size, it's always cheaper. Buy bulk, and >> >> save. >> > Always? I filled up my Landcruiser tanks with 150 ltrs of fuel, and >> > payed the same price per litre as the bloke next to me who was only >> > filling up his mower can. So much for your blanket claim that it is >> > ALWAYS cheaper to buy in bulk. >> Perhaps because 150l isn't considered 'bulk' in the world of petrol. >> Try buying 50000 litres in one go and see what discount you get. >The OP didn't say bulk. He said 'if you buy the bigger size, it's >ALWAYS cheaper'. Are you seriously suggesting that 150 ltrs ISN'T >bigger than 4 litres? Back to school for you sonny. Obviously the 4 >years you spent in grade 7 wasn't enough. Hope that helps. They do "basic literacy and numeracy" in high school years 8 and 9 nowadays. That's right; start teaching the important stuff when the hormones are starting to make them more stupid. Signature/"\ Bernd Felsche - Innovative Reckoning, Perth, Western Australia \ / ASCII ribbon campaign | "Laws do not persuade just because X against HTML mail | they threaten." / \ and postings | Lucius Annaeus Seneca, c. 4BC - 65AD. > >> "TG'sFM" <suvvdj@yahoo.fr> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > That's right; start teaching the important stuff when the hormones > are starting to make them more stupid. Things sure have changed over the years. I left skool during grade 5 to work with my father in the fields, and I'm about as clever as they come - maybe even more cleverer than most. >>>>I was at the Bonnyrigg Aldi today, and they were selling new season >>>>Fuji apples for $12.00 per kilo, with a sign saying inflated price is [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > But if you buy the bigger size, it's always cheaper. Buy bulk, and > save. That's not even true either. You need to watch that. Sometimes the larger size costs more pro-rata. They know you don't carry a calculator, and that you won't bother to check. Sylvia. >>>>>I was at the Bonnyrigg Aldi today, and they were selling new season >>>>>Fuji apples for $12.00 per kilo, with a sign saying inflated price is [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >larger size costs more pro-rata. They know you don't carry a calculator, > and that you won't bother to check. I can assure you that some of us wear calculator watches and DO in fact check, Sylvia. >>> But if you buy the bigger size, it's always cheaper. Buy bulk, and >>> save. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > I can assure you that some of us wear calculator watches and DO in > fact check, Sylvia. ~ Some of use learnt arithmetic in primary school and don't need the calculator.... -- Knob >>>> But if you buy the bigger size, it's always cheaper. Buy bulk, and >>>> save. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >Some of use learnt arithmetic in primary school and don't need the >calculator.... Some of us are purchasing pork belly futures. And primary school arithmetic just doesn't cut it in the real world. > <knobdoodle@hotmail.com> wrote: >>Some of use learnt arithmetic in primary school and don't need the >>calculator.... > > Some of us are purchasing pork belly futures. And primary school > arithmetic just doesn't cut it in the real world. ~ You can make that pretence but it's not true. You have to have a knowledge of arithmetic to spot when you've bumped the wrong key. Anyone who REALLY traded ANYTHING would know that.... -- Knob >> <knobdoodle@hotmail.com> wrote: >>>Some of use learnt arithmetic in primary school and don't need the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >You have to have a knowledge of arithmetic to spot when you've bumped the >wrong key. Some of us DON'T have Parkinson's disease, Knobdoodle. Please don't forget that. That is all. >..... That is all. ~ That is all ....you can come up with? -- Knob >>..... That is all. >~ >That is all ....you can come up with? That is all..... I have to say to you until you make the effort and take the time to get a basic education. There are enough morons in the group for me to keep an eye on already without unnecessarily adding yet another to my list. >>>..... That is all. >>~ [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > the group for me to keep an eye on already without unnecessarily > adding yet another to my list. ~ Tee hee; gotcha! That was all was it? -- Knob > >That's not even true either. You need to watch that. Sometimes the > >larger size costs more pro-rata. They know you don't carry a calculator, > > and that you won't bother to check. > > I can assure you that some of us wear calculator watches and DO in > fact check, Sylvia. And some of us have both our calculator and shopping list in a Palm! SignatureChookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) "... if *I* was buying a baby I'd jolly well make sure it was at least a two-tooth!" Mary Grant Bruce, The Houses of the Eagle. >>>>>I was at the Bonnyrigg Aldi today, and they were selling new season >>>>>Fuji apples for $12.00 per kilo, with a sign saying inflated price is [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >larger size costs more pro-rata. They know you don't carry a calculator, > and that you won't bother to check. It always is the case for standard stock Some products where a certain size(mainly larger sizes) is exclusive to one particular outlet, it will be more expensive. But the products that are commonly available. Ex. Allens lollies. The special pack which is 50% bigger costs 100% more. But the special bigger pack is exclusive to Woolworths. Big W, Coles, Target, K-Mart, etc. also have exlusive deals for some sizes for products. go back to the store and advise them that you are making a written complaint to the ACCC and could you have the persons name so that you can put in your letter that you spoke to such and such and he gave you the reason for the price rise and ask him for his superior's name as well as you feel it is only fair to advise them of the letter you are writing to the ACCC as well then stand back and watch him or her sh.t. Also ask what would be a good time for the current affair film crew to arrive as you don't want to create too much inconvenience. >I was at the Bonnyrigg Aldi today, and they were selling new season Fuji >apples for $12.00 per kilo, with a sign saying inflated price is due to [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Does this sound correct? >go back to the store and advise them that you are making a written complaint >to the ACCC and could you have the persons name so that you can put in your [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >time for the current affair film crew to arrive as you don't want to create >too much inconvenience. <shakes head rapidly at how stupid some people are> > go back to the store and advise them that you are making a written complaint > to the ACCC and could you have the persons name so that you can put in your [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > time for the current affair film crew to arrive as you don't want to create > too much inconvenience. Yeah, that will make them sh.t themselves - NOT. Do you even know what the ACCC is about? Anti-competition. How, pray tell, is raising prices ANTI competition? If anything, it's the reverse. Go back to skool and learn about supply and demand. If demand increases, supply decreased, hence the price rises. It's basic, basic economics. That is all. > go back to the store and advise them that you are making a written > complaint to the ACCC and could you have the persons name so that you can [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > would be a good time for the current affair film crew to arrive as you > don't want to create too much inconvenience. Or you could get a life and not get so worked up over the price of apples. ;-) Michael > Or you could get a life and not get so worked up over the price of apples. > ;-) > > Michael its the principle micky >> Or you could get a life and not get so worked up over the price of >> apples. ;-) >> >> Michael > its the principle micky I agree completely but somehow threatening to write letters to the ACCC etc seems a little trumped up to me. Michael > I was at the Bonnyrigg Aldi today, and they were selling new season Fuji > apples for $12.00 per kilo, with a sign saying inflated price is due to [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Does this sound correct? Yes - but the increased price only applies to crossposters... Why aus.cars? >> I was at the Bonnyrigg Aldi today, and they were selling new season Fuji >> apples for $12.00 per kilo, with a sign saying inflated price is due to [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Yes - but the increased price only applies to crossposters... Why aus.cars? How, pray tell, do you think he got his apples home? >I was at the Bonnyrigg Aldi today, and they were selling new season Fuji >apples for $12.00 per kilo, with a sign saying inflated price is due to >tropical depression Larry. I spoke with the manager and pointed out that >apples aren't a crop of Boganfail, so why should the price be affected. He >said that due to the Banana crop being wiped out, more people are buying >apples which has pushed the market price up. >Does this sound correct? Probably. Went out food shopping yesterday and bananas where $6 per kg. I bet it'll be more than just bananas affected too. Craig. SignatureCraig's Saab C900 Page at | Craig's Classic Saab Workshop - Sydney .au http://lios.apana.org.au/~c900 | http://www.classicsaab.net and other URL's Email: c900@lios.apana.org.au | For Saab 99/C900/9000 Enthusiasts World-Wide! Alternate: saabonaut@gmail.com | Web-forums, galleries, library, links, etc. > Probably. Went out food shopping yesterday and bananas where $6 per > kg. I bet it'll be more than just bananas affected too. Banana Paddle Pops! Signatureant >> Probably. Went out food shopping yesterday and bananas where $6 per >> kg. I bet it'll be more than just bananas affected too. > > Banana Paddle Pops! MacDonalds' banana imitation flavoured muffins >I was at the Bonnyrigg Aldi today, and they were selling new season Fuji >apples for $12.00 per kilo, with a sign saying inflated price is due to [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Does this sound correct? Dunno. I'm not savvy on supply and demand. But I can tell you that all the supermarkets up here are selling apples for $4.99/kg max. Whereas bananas have jumped $2/kg as expected. We are in Cairns, 1 hr from innisfail. So unless it's just because it is the first pick of that variety, I'd be a bit suss. |
Enable EMail Alerts
Start New Thread
Reply to this Message