Wexford strawberrys?

gozunda · 07-07-2019 11:03PM

Harry Palmr wrote: »

I've never understood why Waterford doesn't "go big" with Strawberry's - the climate is virtually the same in the east of the county. The yield per plant where they are grown outside is huge for about 6 weeks.

Theres a number of fair size strawberry producers in Waterford afaik.

https://www.goldenpages.ie/fruit-growers/

blinding · 07-07-2019 11:06PM

PsychoPete wrote: »

I do like my strawberries tasting like michelins and diesel fumes

Your probably saving the planet;)

Thank you for your service .

Burial or Cremation .

Vita nova · 07-07-2019 11:46PM

They've been selling Wexford strawberries on the roads of Ireland since Moses was a child. It's a nice tradition.

Interesting fact, a strawberry is not technically a berry because its seeds are on the outside.

Anyway, strawberry sellers forever!

blinding · 08-07-2019 08:49AM

They will take our road side strawberries from our cold dead hands .......and eat them !

suicide_circus · 08-07-2019 08:54AM

they are nicer than the ones you get in super market but the price is too steep. Youre not paying for transport, distribution, marketing, lots of staff, lighting, insurance....why are they more expensive?

blinding · 08-07-2019 08:58AM

suicide_circus wrote: »

they are nicer than the ones you get in super market but the price is too steep. Youre not paying for transport, distribution, marketing, lots of staff, lighting, insurance....why are they more expensive?

High Kings of Wexford are High Maintenance !

I suppose you’d want to be doing well sitting there on the side of the road .

Maybe if more people bought from the side of the road the price would come down . Thats what I was taught about Capitalism anyway .;)

suicide_circus · 08-07-2019 09:02AM

maybe more people would buy them if they brought the prices down.....

blinding · 08-07-2019 09:11AM

suicide_circus wrote: »

maybe more people would buy them if they brought the prices down.....

Capitalism says that if more people buy them , then the Price may also come down , By producing more suppliers .

Capitalisms also says that a lower price may also lead to more people buying them .

Capitalism can be slippery !

Guy:Incognito · 08-07-2019 09:30AM

blinding wrote: »

Capitalism says that if more people buy them , then the Price may also come down , By producing more suppliers .

!

We should open a 2nd Wexford.

kneemos · 08-07-2019 09:30AM

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

We should open a 2nd Wexford.

A BOGOF.

murpho999 · 08-07-2019 09:39AM

suicide_circus wrote: »

they are nicer than the ones you get in super market but the price is too steep. Youre not paying for transport, distribution, marketing, lots of staff, lighting, insurance....why are they more expensive?

Well you say they are nicer so does not make them worth more?

Price/Quality ratios etc.

pure.conya · 08-07-2019 09:40AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

So they can charge inflated prices for higher return. And pay the teenage vendor with acne a pittance.

while said teenager makes up extra trays by skimming off the top, pockets money, sorted

pure.conya · 08-07-2019 09:42AM

blinding wrote: »

High Kings of Wexford are High Maintenance !

I suppose you’d want to be doing well sitting there on the side of the road .

Maybe if more people bought from the side of the road the price would come down . Thats what I was taught about Capitalism anyway .;)

demand drive prices up

blinding · 08-07-2019 09:58AM

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

We should open a 2nd Wexford.

Ya can’t get enough Yellow Belly as An Old Chinese Saying Once Said .:eek:

Badly Drunk Boy · 08-07-2019 09:58AM

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

We should open a 2nd Wexford.

Well, Waterford already starts with a 'W' and ends with 'ford', and has the same climate (being next door), so it really just needs to be rebranded and repurposed.

blinding · 08-07-2019 10:02AM

pure.conya wrote: »

demand drive prices up

But More and More demand can produce More and More Suppliers thereby bringing prices down .

Never Forget the Tulip oversupply / price crash way back in history .

We can only hope that Wexford strawberries don’t go the same way .

Wexford strawberries should have a yellow belly to prove they are from Wexford . Sure these strawberries could be from Mayo or Donegal:eek:;);)

topper75 · 08-07-2019 10:02AM

whisky_galore wrote: »

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Other countries have roadside stalls with heaps of veg, here it's just strawberries and maybe spuds and that's it.

Indeed they do. But in proximity to the farm. The 100 mile radius here though makes me suspicious. How can it be viable in terms of distrib costs and the costs of paying countless stallholders who are spending more time reading and topping up a tan than shifting product? Something does not add up.

beggars_bush · 08-07-2019 10:58AM

most strawberries aren't even grown in Wexford

Ishmael · 08-07-2019 11:40AM

whisky_galore wrote: »

What's the deal with all this selling at the side of the road out of vans?
Is it some kind of racket? Why don't they sell them to the supermarkets?

A lot of them do sell to local supermarkets and sell by the side of the road too. Supermarkets will only take as much as they think they can sell. The Farmers might have more than the supermarkets can take in so they need to sell them some other way as they don't have a long shelf life.

Hamsterchops · 08-07-2019 11:45AM

Wexford strawberries, expensive strawberries...

BarryD2 · 08-07-2019 11:53AM

Cash crop, summer work for teenagers, cuts out distributors and retailers etc. Loads of reasons to do it.

But no way are all these strawberries grown in Wexford. Have you ever seen a road sign that says 'Westmeath Strawberries' or 'Cork Strawberries' or 'Dublin Strawberries' or any other county you care to mention? Maybe once or twice I've seen it, but it'd be very rare. A lot of strawberries are grown around Wexford alright but it's a general marketing label.

ongarboy · 08-07-2019 11:58AM

Out of interest - what is so special about strawberries that can justify dozens of road side stalls around the country selling them? How come there aren't similar stalls selling other more in demand everyday food or drink staples like cornflakes stalls, fig rolls stalls, Mars bars stalls, 7up stalls? What is it about strawberries - which are also sold in every supermarket in the country as well?

odyssey06 · 08-07-2019 12:00PM

ongarboy wrote: »

Out of interest - what is so special about strawberries that can justify dozens of road side stalls around the country selling them? How come there aren't similar stalls selling other more in demand everyday food or drink staples like cornflakes stalls, fig rolls stalls, Mars bars stalls, 7up stalls? What is it about strawberries - which are also sold in every supermarket in the country as well?

There's a seasonal abundance of them and they don't have a long shelf life.
Plus they're an impulse purchase.

kneemos · 08-07-2019 12:06PM

BarryD2 wrote: »

Cash crop, summer work for teenagers, cuts out distributors and retailers etc. Loads of reasons to do it.

But no way are all these strawberries grown in Wexford. Have you ever seen a road sign that says 'Westmeath Strawberries' or 'Cork Strawberries' or 'Dublin Strawberries' or any other county you care to mention? Maybe once or twice I've seen it, but it'd be very rare. A lot of strawberries are grown around Wexford alright but it's a general marketing label.

They need to establish property rights. Wexford strawberries can only be grown in Wexford.

Say my name · 08-07-2019 12:11PM

Harry Palmr wrote: »

I've never understood why Waterford doesn't "go big" with Strawberry's - the climate is virtually the same in the east of the county. The yield per plant where they are grown outside is huge for about 6 weeks.

It's because the Wexford growers have cornered the market. What with their Strawberry fair in enniscorthy and whatnot.

Ah no it's because the tradition was always in enniscorthy and environs of growing strawberries for Chivers jam factory in the town. Then the teagasc soft fruit advisory centre was located in clonroche a few miles west of the town.
Then when the Chivers plant closed in 2001, growers either went bust or had to look for alternative outlets hence the roadside selling.

So now you have the remaining growers becoming very specialized in strawberry growing with the majority grown under cover in plastic and glass tunnels. With a much extended growing season. It's not uncommon for the remaining growers to have 10 and 20 acres under tunnels for strawberries. With some closed loop selling or secondparty businesses doing the selling.

pure.conya · 08-07-2019 12:56PM

Say my name wrote: »

It's because the Wexford growers have cornered the market. What with their Strawberry fair in enniscorthy and whatnot.

Ah no it's because the tradition was always in enniscorthy and environs of growing strawberries for Chivers jam factory in the town. Then the teagasc soft fruit advisory centre was located in clonroche a few miles west of the town.
Then when the Chivers plant closed in 2001, growers either went bust or had to look for alternative outlets hence the roadside selling.

So now you have the remaining growers becoming very specialized in strawberry growing with the majority grown under cover in plastic and glass tunnels. With a much extended growing season. It's not uncommon for the remaining growers to have 10 and 20 acres under tunnels for strawberries. With some closed loop selling or secondparty businesses doing the selling.

the roadside selling was going on long before 2001

Say my name · 08-07-2019 01:15PM

pure.conya wrote: »

the roadside selling was going on long before 2001

Yea but it's big time now.

Growers grew a small amount of Elsanta for the roadside sellers then.

ednwireland · 08-07-2019 01:29PM

ongarboy wrote: »

Out of interest - what is so special about strawberries that can justify dozens of road side stalls around the country selling them? How come there aren't similar stalls selling other more in demand everyday food or drink staples like cornflakes stalls, fig rolls stalls, Mars bars stalls, 7up stalls? What is it about strawberries - which are also sold in every supermarket in the country as well?

if you go to Scotland you will find raspberries on sale the same way. drive round cognac country in France and they have cognac stalls at the side of the road or at least they did 10 years ago

topper75 · 08-07-2019 02:27PM

ednwireland wrote: »

... drive round cognac country in France and they have cognac stalls at the side of the road ...

Nice. Nice. Can't see our Revenue folks letting that slide here.:pac:

tayto lover · 08-07-2019 02:32PM

wexandproud wrote: »

quality is never cheap . The're very good this year

They’re the same quality in the supermarket and sometimes cheaper.

Wexford strawberrys?

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