Not really surprising seeing some countries at the bottom, they all produce at themselves. Iceland however dose seem to being doing well having more imports.
This is going to upset two key demographics that make up 78% of the people on this sub.
1. Weird environmentalists that want all the farmland sowed down to “natural” woodland where food prices are something for the far away poors to worry about.
2. Sinn Fein tankies who want Ireland painted as a total dystopia so they can get their Mary Lou Marx into power.
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Fuckin OECD!
What if you count creamy pints as food?
It’s my main source of iron.
Ireland has always done food well. Excellent quality for money
Food is genuinely super cheap in Ireland relative to wages. You know that “food security” index Ireland always tops? That’s primarily measuring affordability and availability of food to consumers, not our own ability to produce food (we tend to do quite badly on these metrics because we don’t produce much grains – viewed as the most basic staple).
Buying groceries in Lidl/Aldi in particular you can really get a lot of healthy/decent food for good value – you see people saying that eating healthy is expensive here but I think that more so applies to places like the US.
Hungary – Username checks out.
Our bread doesn’t get enough kudos.
The quality and price of fruit and veg and staples in Aldi, Lidl, Tesco etc is excellent. I’ve always been very impressed with it.
Variety and quality of food really is one of our strengths.
* Post about how this must be wrong / laughable because Ireland has everything the worst. It’s r/ireland afterall.
Because all our money is already gone on rent
We produce a lot of good stuff. Every garden in the country can cultivate good food which is quiet unique. We don’t do half enough of home grown vegetables. It would get a handle on inflation even more if people bought into the idea. I got 3 crops of potatoes from a polytunnel this year because of the mild weather and humidity. The potatoes take care of themselves if you get them down early too. I only sprayed each crop once for blight.
Haha fuck you Denmark!!!
I miss being able to do a full weekly shop in Ireland (for myself) for less than €30. Here in Australia you’d easily spend double that amount on food, so I’m not sure how it’s so low on this list!
Irish food quality is truly second to none also!
Is that because it was already the most expensive?
Makes sense. Food prices in Ireland were already well above the European average. Tourists get shafted as it is with food prices here, it would be unaffordable if food inflation sky rocketed.
As a Polish person I can confirm that. I visited Poland in the summer and the prices of food skyrocketed since the last time I was there. Here in Ireland I spend maybe €10 more now than last year for the usual groceries which is really relatively not that much. And food has always been so much cheaper relative to salary here.
Poor, poor Turkey.
And damn, the Swiss are doing something right!
A little misleading. I’m living in Spain and the cost of food and drinks are so much cheaper than in Ireland. Perhaps inflation in the last year has been greater here, but the overall cost remains much much lower. For example, I got a can of Diet Coke yesterday for 80 cent. Not even a deal, that was just the price.
Yet r/ireland hates farmers
r/ireland users on their way to cry in the comments about how the country is still a horrible place:
News Flash, compared to the rest of the world, Ireland is top 20 at the minimum in my opinion.
More reason to protect the national herd and agribusiness in general.
I feel like there’s been a huge spike since July, which is the point of comparison of this graphic
Because it was always a ripoff, so comparatively, it’s not as big of a surprise as in other countries.
That’s because it’s already expensive WAHEY!
No good news is when prices are stable linked to wages. The rate may be low in comparison to others but that’s not to say that people ability to afford food is better 😐
You would indeed hope we’d get _something_ from our astrornomical carbon emissions per capita.
We have the best cattle and always have done
This is actually pretty accurate. I know people in a couple of the top #10 in this list and they have a huge fear of what is going to happen next week and the week after and so on so on….. prices keep climbing there almost daily even…. But, we can also see prices climb daily in ireland, but not by much relatively, so we are doing better food price wise…
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However, pay attention to some of the foods. Some are not being restocked due to the war in ukraine… Sunflower brined tuna for example, and sunflower oil is in shortage, buckwheat has risen from 200g( 1e-1.5e) to 200g(5e-7e) the price gap variation is dependant on the label etc. but , this war putin has created, is crazy and causing a lot of hardship for many….
“more good news” Honestly , is the page run by YFG or something??
For all the feckin moaning you do here the price of groceries is actually pretty good. I’m always depressed when I visit from Eastern Europe and see how much more variety at a higher quality for less cost you have.
What was the first good news? I missed it.
We’re the best in the world. Stay away from those overpriced brands. 5euro for a medium bag of malteasers. Super valu and my girlfriend can fuck off if they think that exchange is going to happen
It’s still awful though
That’s BS. I’d like to see the food list they’re comparing. Price of butter is up by 55% and so are prices of other whole foods.
Good news in some ways but I’m sad to say it’s just that we are on a delayed curve. I’m a farmer and I’m exiting the industry and I am not alone. There is an ageing farmer population with margins too fine to make a living. Cost of inputs through the roof but they have been absorbed by farmers who cannot afford to absorb them.
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Not really surprising seeing some countries at the bottom, they all produce at themselves. Iceland however dose seem to being doing well having more imports.
This is going to upset two key demographics that make up 78% of the people on this sub.
1. Weird environmentalists that want all the farmland sowed down to “natural” woodland where food prices are something for the far away poors to worry about.
2. Sinn Fein tankies who want Ireland painted as a total dystopia so they can get their Mary Lou Marx into power.
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Fuckin OECD!
What if you count creamy pints as food?
It’s my main source of iron.
Ireland has always done food well. Excellent quality for money
Food is genuinely super cheap in Ireland relative to wages. You know that “food security” index Ireland always tops? That’s primarily measuring affordability and availability of food to consumers, not our own ability to produce food (we tend to do quite badly on these metrics because we don’t produce much grains – viewed as the most basic staple).
Buying groceries in Lidl/Aldi in particular you can really get a lot of healthy/decent food for good value – you see people saying that eating healthy is expensive here but I think that more so applies to places like the US.
Hungary – Username checks out.
Our bread doesn’t get enough kudos.
The quality and price of fruit and veg and staples in Aldi, Lidl, Tesco etc is excellent. I’ve always been very impressed with it.
Variety and quality of food really is one of our strengths.
* Post about how this must be wrong / laughable because Ireland has everything the worst. It’s r/ireland afterall.
Because all our money is already gone on rent
We produce a lot of good stuff. Every garden in the country can cultivate good food which is quiet unique. We don’t do half enough of home grown vegetables. It would get a handle on inflation even more if people bought into the idea. I got 3 crops of potatoes from a polytunnel this year because of the mild weather and humidity. The potatoes take care of themselves if you get them down early too. I only sprayed each crop once for blight.
Haha fuck you Denmark!!!
I miss being able to do a full weekly shop in Ireland (for myself) for less than €30. Here in Australia you’d easily spend double that amount on food, so I’m not sure how it’s so low on this list!
Irish food quality is truly second to none also!
Is that because it was already the most expensive?
Makes sense. Food prices in Ireland were already well above the European average. Tourists get shafted as it is with food prices here, it would be unaffordable if food inflation sky rocketed.
As a Polish person I can confirm that. I visited Poland in the summer and the prices of food skyrocketed since the last time I was there. Here in Ireland I spend maybe €10 more now than last year for the usual groceries which is really relatively not that much. And food has always been so much cheaper relative to salary here.
Poor, poor Turkey.
And damn, the Swiss are doing something right!
A little misleading. I’m living in Spain and the cost of food and drinks are so much cheaper than in Ireland. Perhaps inflation in the last year has been greater here, but the overall cost remains much much lower. For example, I got a can of Diet Coke yesterday for 80 cent. Not even a deal, that was just the price.
Yet r/ireland hates farmers
r/ireland users on their way to cry in the comments about how the country is still a horrible place:
News Flash, compared to the rest of the world, Ireland is top 20 at the minimum in my opinion.
More reason to protect the national herd and agribusiness in general.
I feel like there’s been a huge spike since July, which is the point of comparison of this graphic
Because it was always a ripoff, so comparatively, it’s not as big of a surprise as in other countries.
That’s because it’s already expensive WAHEY!
No good news is when prices are stable linked to wages. The rate may be low in comparison to others but that’s not to say that people ability to afford food is better 😐
You would indeed hope we’d get _something_ from our astrornomical carbon emissions per capita.
We have the best cattle and always have done
This is actually pretty accurate. I know people in a couple of the top #10 in this list and they have a huge fear of what is going to happen next week and the week after and so on so on….. prices keep climbing there almost daily even…. But, we can also see prices climb daily in ireland, but not by much relatively, so we are doing better food price wise…
​
However, pay attention to some of the foods. Some are not being restocked due to the war in ukraine… Sunflower brined tuna for example, and sunflower oil is in shortage, buckwheat has risen from 200g( 1e-1.5e) to 200g(5e-7e) the price gap variation is dependant on the label etc. but , this war putin has created, is crazy and causing a lot of hardship for many….
“more good news” Honestly , is the page run by YFG or something??
For all the feckin moaning you do here the price of groceries is actually pretty good. I’m always depressed when I visit from Eastern Europe and see how much more variety at a higher quality for less cost you have.
What was the first good news? I missed it.
We’re the best in the world. Stay away from those overpriced brands. 5euro for a medium bag of malteasers. Super valu and my girlfriend can fuck off if they think that exchange is going to happen
It’s still awful though
That’s BS. I’d like to see the food list they’re comparing. Price of butter is up by 55% and so are prices of other whole foods.
Good news in some ways but I’m sad to say it’s just that we are on a delayed curve. I’m a farmer and I’m exiting the industry and I am not alone. There is an ageing farmer population with margins too fine to make a living. Cost of inputs through the roof but they have been absorbed by farmers who cannot afford to absorb them.