3 days ago I paid €0.79/kg in Slovakia.
I've seen 26ct in a lidl in Kosice. For reference an empty potatoe mesh bag costs like 15ct each if you buy them as a private person in a store
4k tons of potatoes to be given away for free in Berlin
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Re: 4k tons of potatoes to be given away for free in Berlin
#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
I guess you're quoting it because it is EXACTLY four million kilograms?
Probably for our freedom unit loving friends, they have a different ton (because why not).
I also like to take potshots at Americans, but come on. It's unlikely that a newspaper called "the berliner" in a article about Berlin included this line specifically thinking about citizens of a far-away foreign country who don't use metric units that often.
Occam's razor says that it's actually one of our noble and enlightened European journalists who made that sloppy remark without realising it.
Re: 4k tons of potatoes to be given away for free in Berlin
#53Ultimately this may just move the wastage somehwere else: people may get those for free instead of buying them, leading to waste in supermarkets/shops. Or they might take more than they need because it's free and end up throwing them away.
It seems that they acknowledge that they are doing thus because there is a supply glut so potatoes will go to waste in any case...
Ultimately this give away is a waste of efforts, too. Sometimes there is just nothing to be done...
Re: 4k tons of potatoes to be given away for free in Berlin
#54When life give you potatoes, make vodka… or?
Akvavit
Re: 4k tons of potatoes to be given away for free in Berlin
#55They should take them to France so they can become… you know the rest, but now I wonder how much weight the oil would add to 4k tons of potatoes.
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#56This is great news to me.
Some farmer probably lost a lot of money over this. Our farmers feed us, and generally have thin margins. I see headlines like this and I generally see it as reason for concern as the market not working like it should, and could be a signal of a larger problem down the road.
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#57this is awesome, potatoes are so good for you
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#58Re: 4k tons of potatoes to be given away for free in Berlin
#59Ultimately this may just move the wastage somehwere else: people may get those for free instead of buying them, leading to waste in supermarkets/shops. Or they might take more than they need because it's free and end up throwing them away. It seems that they acknowledge that they are doing thus because there is a supply glut so potatoes will go to waste in any case... Ultimately this give away is a waste of efforts,…
To be honest it sounds like you (and some other commenters) are just rationalizing because the concept of giving stuff away for free is too much at odds with your world view. Maybe some is going to waste but surely less than would go to waste if they destroyed all of these.
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#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
> a couple years ago It was near the beginning of the pandemic, due to the demand shock of everything shutting down. There were probably practical ways to profit off the low prices (assuming the risk of them not recovering), but I never did figure out something that would work for a retail investor.
The only way to profit was too have a large storage tank.
did it not come with the barrels? I figured you'd just need a warehouse and a truck.
(which is a pretty big ask, of course, and maybe free labor to pick it up up and move it into the truck...(