Ripoff or what?

[expat]

EU study of prices in different countries (2005):

A large 2 litre bottle of Coca Cola
UK £1.13, France 78p
Colgate toothpaste
UK £1.28, Spain 76p
Drinking chocolate
UK £1.02, Germany 52p
A bottle of Evian
UK 99p, France 44p
Ground coffee
UK £1.29, Germany 80p
Butter
UK £1.02, Netherlands 84p
Full fat milk
UK £1.33, Spain 78p

Tell me again how the EU is making prices in Britain so high.

That said, the price of foodstuff varied significantly between countries. For example, cornflakes were cheaper in the UK than in most other EU countries, as were Mars bars and granulated sugar.

[Churchill]

I think our transport costs and tax regimen may have something to do with higher prices.

[Pickle2]

But that was 2005. Just shows how overvalued the pound was. Wait until we hit par with the euro and check again.

[KathyWoolfe]

But that was 2005. Just shows how overvalued the pound was. Wait until we hit par with the euro and check again.

We'll probably be more than twice as expensive by then.

[The Lone Gunman]

EU study of prices in different countries (2005):
<snip>That said, the price of foodstuff varied significantly between countries. For example, cornflakes were cheaper in the UK than in most other EU countries, as were Mars bars and granulated sugar.

Having lived and worked and holiday'd in a great deal of the mainland I have been telling people this for years.
The UK has been consistantly conned by interested parties twisting the facts.
You have partly shown how.
Most things are cheaper in Europe. The things that are more expensive are the branded products or particularly British products.
If you just compare butter or milk then you find out how expensive the UK is, but if you check kellogs cornflakes or branston or haggis then the UK seems cheap.
The shopping basket used by HMG to compare prices contains.........?

[expat]

Having lived and worked and holiday'd in a great deal of the mainland I have been telling people this for years.
The UK has been consistantly conned by interested parties twisting the facts.
You have partly shown how.
Most things are cheaper in Europe. The things that are more expensive are the branded products or particularly British products.
If you just compare butter or milk then you find out how expensive the UK is, but if you check kellogs cornflakes or branston or haggis then the UK seems cheap.
The shopping basket used by HMG to compare prices contains.........?

Humph. I always thought of silverskin pickeld onions as peculiarly British (don't ask me why I want them). They have dropped off the shelf in the UK now, but I just popped into a little Alber Heijn in NL and found 3 different kinds, including the budget line at 0.29c.

[KathyWoolfe]

Humph. I always thought of silverskin pickeld onions as peculiarly British (don't ask me why I want them). They have dropped off the shelf in the UK now, but I just popped into a little Alber Heijn in NL and found 3 different kinds, including the budget line at 0.29c.

I get them all the time from the supermarket........

[expat]

I get them all the time from the supermarket........

Which one? I go to Tesco and Waitrose, and neither have the really tiny silverskin onions any more (except at Christmas, bizarrely), just ordinary pickled onions.

But perhaps we digress from the thread....

[KathyWoolfe]

Which one? I go to Tesco and Waitrose, and neither have the really tiny silverskin onions any more (except at Christmas, bizarrely), just ordinary pickled onions.

But perhaps we digress from the thread....

Morrisons.....I have them with the cheese & bacon loaded potato skins that I have once a week

[PAH]

The things that are more expensive are the branded products or particularly British products.

That's so they can still rip off the expats that buy this stuff out of sentimentality, or because they're accustomed to the taste so think those products are superior.