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Losing taste for organic food? | 67 comments (61 topical, 6 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Losing taste for organic food? (4.00 / 3)

How much of the organic price is cashing in on the trend though? Will a drop in sales (as nanne suggests) bring about a drop to more realistic prices for organic food?

the article points to how the most common organic foods are also seeing a drop in sales, including eggs - stuff like £4 cereal can hardly be surprised to be seeing a drop in sales.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 08:17:21 AM EST
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Re: Losing taste for organic food? (4.00 / 4)

The problem is, a lot of people seem to be in real financial difficulty. I guess not having a mortgage means I'm not seeing it so far, but if you have less money you don't have a lot of choice, you have to spend less. And a lot of things are hard to change immediately, so the ones that can (like choice of food) tend to be the ones that change.

by Metatone (metatone [a|t] gmail (dot) com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 08:32:04 AM EST
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Re: Losing taste for organic food? (none / 1)

Good points. My food bills have soared but I don't have a mortgage to worry about either, nor do I have gas bills so I have been able to absorb the extra costs so far.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 09:05:02 AM EST
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Re: Losing taste for organic food? (4.00 / 4)

I think prices have risen significantly. I remember £2.50 to £3 for organic cereal - £4 seems new to me. But I don't buy a lot of muesli, so I may not have been paying attention.

I don't think £4 is sustainable, even for the Waitrose market.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 08:58:04 AM EST
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Re: Losing taste for organic food? (none / 1)

True; however, all food prices have risen over the last year or so.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 12:27:57 PM EST
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Re: Losing taste for organic food? (none / 1)

I think this may be a Waitrose special.

Morrisons are selling Jordan's organic muesli for £2.50-ish, which is much closer to the price I remembered.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 07:14:56 PM EST
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