Topic: Worlds most expensive Tomatoes !!

[vegmandan]

Well,now that my toms have all finished I have had to resort to buying some from our local shop. :'( :'(

Have a look at the price of 'em though  :o :o

Should have been £1.99 for 7-8 very small ones that don't even weigh half a pound with all the pack and stalks. :o :o

At that rate a single one of my tom plants this year would have had about £50 worth of fruit on it !!

Rip off Britain !! (I only paid 38p though and thought that was dear   :P )

Roll on next years growing season  so I don't have to pay a bomb for rubbish. ::) ::)

[carolinej]

....and have you seen the price on lettuce :o

cj :)

[saddad]

We still have some ripening... gave four good sized ones away to a friend of my sons who was here this evening and made another 2lb of tomato slop... have two freezer drawers full...  :-X

[OllieC]

Guildford farmers market today... £3.50 for half a pound!!!


ACE may or may not be interested to know that "the killer of the Isle" grows them...

[vegmandan]

Guildford farmers market today... £3.50 for half a pound!!!

And farmers are crying poverty.!! ::) ::) ::)

[Hyacinth]

"the killer of the Isle" grows them...

 ;D ;D ;D

[GrannieAnnie]

They've been very pricey here even during the summer!  It makes me sorry I didn't weigh all our tomatoes and tally how much we saved from our small patch.
<note to self for next yr>

[thegreatgardener]

 at £3.50 .5 basically come down to fact that least £1.50 is petrol cost over whole season.
another £1.00 taxes,£.75 other growing costs and labor   at end day farmer gets to keep .25 for him self if he is lucky.
there is book by a guy in the usa  he calculated that each home grown tomato cost him $64.
( £40.20 )each

[OllieC]

I think your guy should've bought a more efficient tractor, TGG!!

In this particular case, he has to pay 2 Polish guys £5 an hour and supply a van to drive an 80 mile round trip. Plus ferry crossing from the Isle of Wight which I think is pretty cheap for season ticket holders? The day itself costs £100. Obviously there's growing & harvesting costs too, but...

say he sells 400 punnets, that's £1,400 minus £100, £1,300 should just about pay for the growing!

I don't know where you get the tax figure from? There's no VAT on "essential" food and you pay tax on your profit, not your takings.

So I think this particular farmer is doing rather well if he does one of these a week. Plus he's got his garlic which he earns a fortune from.

[dtw]

The price does include their air fare.  ;D

[Barnowl]

Like Campari F1, Aranca F1 is a 'heated greenhouse' variety - so I expect there are heating costs as well

[thegreatgardener]

olliec there may not be vat tax food  bet there is on  all the supplies he needs, including petrol.
Plus electric fee

[OllieC]

olliec there may not be vat tax food  bet there is on  all the supplies he needs, including petrol.
Plus electric fee

He can claim back the VAT on what he spends...

[tim]

What annoys me is the Save label - which was printed on before the pack hit the shelves. Never was at the higher price?