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Price of food in France
There is tremendous concern here over the rising price of basic food ingredients, like wheat. The impact will be most on those who can least afford it. Increases could be in the double digits this year.
Of equally great concern is a story on French television last night, reporting that food producers are looking at ways to change the ingredients in their products to reduce cost. Inevitably, this will lead to some reduction in nutritional value, and I worry that people will not understand the changes, and assume that they are getting the nutritional value out of some foods that they had come to expect. It is a regular problem with foods that are created with someone else's "hands". It is hard to read and compare labels all the time, and much of that time, it is impossible - or nearly - to really know what is in these foods.
Of equally great concern is a story on French television last night, reporting that food producers are looking at ways to change the ingredients in their products to reduce cost. Inevitably, this will lead to some reduction in nutritional value, and I worry that people will not understand the changes, and assume that they are getting the nutritional value out of some foods that they had come to expect. It is a regular problem with foods that are created with someone else's "hands". It is hard to read and compare labels all the time, and much of that time, it is impossible - or nearly - to really know what is in these foods.
Le printemps du guide Michelin - Les offres restaurateurs
I have the "pass" but cannot seem to find anything more than the promise, presented on this page. No information.
Ok, I guess this is an example of what you get, but nothing here about other events.
Ok, I guess this is an example of what you get, but nothing here about other events.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Free gas with groceries
In Nice, as perhaps Kroger does in NC, Inter Marche offers a coupon at grocery checkout of 2 euros for each 70 euros of groceries, 5 euroes for 100 euros in groceries and 8 euros for 150.
Milk, sweet potatoes, chicken, olive oil, bananas, raspberry tart, apricot danish, and tilapia in Nice
Yesterday, I bought a couple of liters of milk - ecreme or skimmed (but I need to understand better what this means as it is surely richer than the watery skim milk we see in North Carolina - at Inter Marche, Nice. They were the cheapest I could find of their type. French milk is generally not sold anywhere in containers larger than a litter or about one pint. The cost was 1.39 euros. That's about 7 USD/gal! The price of that milk seems high to me and I will look at other prices paid.
Bought US sweet potatoes for 3.40 euros at Carrefour Nice TNL.
And skinless chicken breasts at the same place - but labeled Carrefour Discount - for 7.83 euros.
Carrefour-labeled olive oil was 3.39 euros/liter, or about $17 USD/gal. It had some milky stuff in the bottom as did other olive oil, less expensive, that I found at Leader Price and did not buy. I am not sure if that stuff is a sign of anything bad or not. I will research it.
Bananas at Carrefour (Discount) were 1.29 euros/kg or about .85 USD/lb. They came from Cameroon and were treated with thiabendrazole whatever that is.
I bought two raspberry tartes at Carrefour and they cost about $2 USD each, or 3 euros for the two of them. Interestingly, the label says that they were 35% raspberries, 24% pastry, and not entirely clear what the other 40% was, but it was water and sugar for sure). Recommended time in which to eat - two days. No calories noted. Keep between 32F and 38F in the fridge.
Also bought two apricot "danishes" at Carrefour. They were about $1.50 USD each or 2.20 euros for the pair. What is notable about the labeling is that it shows only 18% apricot (high by my estimation!) and 15% butter! The rest is a bunch of stuff that I am not sure anyone would recommend we eat very often. Three days recommended time in which to eat them. Keep this one at room temperature which I failed to do; kept it in the fridge.
At Leader Price, frozen tilapia for 4.85 euros.
Remember one important point about prices and that is the prices in France all include the taxes; the purchase price at the checkout is exactly what it says on the shelf. In NC, the taxes get added at the end, and so everything is a little more expensive than it appears.
Bought US sweet potatoes for 3.40 euros at Carrefour Nice TNL.
And skinless chicken breasts at the same place - but labeled Carrefour Discount - for 7.83 euros.
Carrefour-labeled olive oil was 3.39 euros/liter, or about $17 USD/gal. It had some milky stuff in the bottom as did other olive oil, less expensive, that I found at Leader Price and did not buy. I am not sure if that stuff is a sign of anything bad or not. I will research it.
Bananas at Carrefour (Discount) were 1.29 euros/kg or about .85 USD/lb. They came from Cameroon and were treated with thiabendrazole whatever that is.
I bought two raspberry tartes at Carrefour and they cost about $2 USD each, or 3 euros for the two of them. Interestingly, the label says that they were 35% raspberries, 24% pastry, and not entirely clear what the other 40% was, but it was water and sugar for sure). Recommended time in which to eat - two days. No calories noted. Keep between 32F and 38F in the fridge.
Also bought two apricot "danishes" at Carrefour. They were about $1.50 USD each or 2.20 euros for the pair. What is notable about the labeling is that it shows only 18% apricot (high by my estimation!) and 15% butter! The rest is a bunch of stuff that I am not sure anyone would recommend we eat very often. Three days recommended time in which to eat them. Keep this one at room temperature which I failed to do; kept it in the fridge.
At Leader Price, frozen tilapia for 4.85 euros.
Remember one important point about prices and that is the prices in France all include the taxes; the purchase price at the checkout is exactly what it says on the shelf. In NC, the taxes get added at the end, and so everything is a little more expensive than it appears.
Tomatoes in Nice
I bought tomatoes on the vine at Carrefour Nice TNL for 1.29 euros/kg. I think they came from Morocco, but this informaiton is not contained on the label that printed with the weight and price. That's about .90 USD/pound. They look very nice.
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