World food prices hit 10-year peak

Re:World food prices hit 10-year peak – FAO by kleiba on Monday October 11, 2021 @01:57AM (#28825197)

And let's not forget differences in package sizes. For instance, I could buy shampoo, burger buns, ground coffee, and a chocolate bar for under 7 Euros at Aldi, but that would mean:

  - Shampoo: ~8oz
  - Pack of burger buns: 6 pieces
  - Ground coffee: bag of 2 pounds
  - Chocolate bar: probably the same as everywhere

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Re:World food prices hit 10-year peak – FAO by carlob on Monday October 11, 2021 @04:30AM (#28826084)

I highly doubt you can buy 2 pounds (900 g) of coffee, which is a month supply for 7 euros. The cheapest coffee I've seen in Italy is about 2 euros for 250 g.

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Re:World food prices hit 10-year peak – FAO by soylentnewsorg on Monday October 11, 2021 @05:33AM (#28826457)

I used to live in France. Here's coffee at the largest euro grocery store chain for 3EUR a kilo.

https://www.carrefour.fr/s?sort=productSimpleView.pricePerUn...

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Re:World food prices hit 10-year peak – FAO by kleiba on Monday October 11, 2021 @10:32AM (#28828750)

You actually can, but I still made a mistake in my calculation above: the correct sum for all the products is more around 10 Euros rather than 7.

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Re:World food prices hit 10-year peak – FAO by grenoire on Monday October 11, 2021 @05:28AM (#28826421)

I mean, 7 / 2 × 250 = 875. Not far off? There's even filter coffee here in the Netherlands that's about 4 euros a kilo.

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Re:World food prices hit 10-year peak – FAO by drw85 on Monday October 11, 2021 @05:33AM (#28826452)

The store brand coffee at Aldi is 3.99 if i remember correctly and that's 500g.

So that's definitely realistic.

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Re:World food prices hit 10-year peak – FAO by kleiba on Monday October 11, 2021 @10:30AM (#28828720)

https://www.aldi-sued.de/de/p.amaroy-premium-roestkaffee-cla...

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