Frozen fruit

AG47
AG47 Posts: 1,618 Forumite
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Frozen fruit has really gone up a hell of a lot, not long ago I always bought the Tesco value 90p for 500g.

Then similar mixed frozen fruit in Sainsbury's and the other supermarkets were about £1.50-£1.80 per kilo.

Now I struggle to find any under £2 per kilo. The value ranges are all over £2kg even as high as £2.99kg

I even see some frozen fruit about £4 per kilo, £4 a kilo are you serious.

Where has all this inflation come from?

Can anybody find the cheapest frozen fruit in the UK, no matter what it is or how much I need to buy?

Are there any companies that deal with frozen fruit that can still offer under £2 per kilo?
Nothing has been fixed since 2008, it was just pushed into the future
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  • PLRFD
    PLRFD Posts: 1,124 Forumite
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    Had a flyer through the door yesterday and binned it but do remember Farmfoods have some kind of special on frozen fruit just now.
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    The inflation has probably come from two sources:

    - changes in the exchange rate between the Euro and the £.
    - because many websites/food bloggers have been telling people "it's good/OK to use frozen fruit", so there's a bigger demand.
  • AG47
    AG47 Posts: 1,618 Forumite
    PasturesNew wrote: »
    The inflation has probably come from two sources:

    - changes in the exchange rate between the Euro and the £.
    - because many websites/food bloggers have been telling people "it's good/OK to use frozen fruit", so there's a bigger demand.

    Larger demand should bring larger supply.

    Because fruit are infinite and cheap to produce in quantity, these big greenhouses in Spain and other places full of cheap labour can produce thanks of tons every day.

    The pound sterling has gone up lately so we should see cheaper prices for these frozen fruits?
    Nothing has been fixed since 2008, it was just pushed into the future
  • AG47
    AG47 Posts: 1,618 Forumite
    edited 7 July 2017 at 10:30AM
    PLRFD wrote: »
    Had a flyer through the door yesterday and binned it but do remember Farmfoods have some kind of special on frozen fruit just now.

    From what I make out it's £5 for three half kilo bags

    http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/frozen-fruit-deal-3-for-5-farmfoods-2686730

    That's About the same asthe supermarkets
    Nothing has been fixed since 2008, it was just pushed into the future
  • AG47
    AG47 Posts: 1,618 Forumite
    Iceland have a great selection usually about £3 kg

    http://groceries.iceland.co.uk/frozen-fruit-and-smoothies

    That's about the same as Tesco and Sainsbury's

    I wonder if anybody can find frozen fruit cheaper than 30p 100g

    Even if it's huge bulk buy
    Nothing has been fixed since 2008, it was just pushed into the future
  • Loanranger
    Loanranger Posts: 2,439 Forumite
    Because the growers can't find the people to pick for them so it needs to be imported. In years gone by, students would earn money by working in the fields. They don't want to do that work these days.
  • *~Zephyr~*
    *~Zephyr~* Posts: 612 Forumite
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    I blame all these smoothie drinkers! Pushing up the price of frozen berries, because they're Superfoods now, you know!


    All I know is that its getting more expensive for me to make jam :mad: :mad:
  • AG47
    AG47 Posts: 1,618 Forumite
    More demand and higher prices should bring more supply
    Nothing has been fixed since 2008, it was just pushed into the future
  • JAG
    JAG Posts: 1,304 Forumite
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    LIDL DEALS Thursday 13th July - Wednesday 19th July

    Frozen Fruit 400g £1.59 (Blueberries, Mixed Fruits Mango, Pineapple)
    Frozen Fruit 750g-1kg £2.39 (Forest Fruits, Strawberries, Raspberries)
  • gettingtheresometime
    gettingtheresometime Posts: 6,911 Forumite
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    AG47 wrote: »
    More demand and higher prices should bring more supply

    The supply of fruit in inelastic.....i.e just because the demand/price goes up, the suppliers can magic more fruit to supply.

    My economics teacher of years ago would be proud that I remembered that
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