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scott wrote:
> Supermarkets also sell a hell of an amount of stuff each day. Within
> the first few minutes of being open they probably have enough money to
> pay all their staff and rent the building for the day.
Really? As fast as that?
> The rest goes
> towards actually buying the goods that they are then selling.
> Supermarkets only make 3-4% profit, there is no way they could get away
> with a 10x markup on something basic like cheese.
Well, it did seem odd to me.
> Actually I just googled, and it turns out that the 600 GBP/ton figure
> you quote is actually the *increase* in cheese price.
Ah. That would be something completely different...
Any ideas what the *actual* price is then?
>> Plus, as I say, I have no idea whether this figure includes transport,
>> which can't be cheap and is also unavoidable cost...
>
> They manage to sell tins of beans for 19p so it can't be that much.
Mmm, that's true.
>> This amuses me. Given that cheese *is* fat,
>
> Even full-fat cheese is usually only 40-60% fat.
Really? So what's the rest of it then?
> Low fat cheese is
> often around 20% fat. Still a lot of fat when compared to other
> products.
I still remember buying a packet of Dairylee cheese and looking at the
ingredients: "Cheese (22%)". Uh... so this "cheese" is only 22% cheese?
WTF is the rest of it?!! o_O
(It turns out the rest is actually just margerine, which isn't so bad.)
> IIRC you should aim to be eating around 100g of fat per day
> max. Check the labels.
Probably.
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