memorystick wrote: » New Zealand I’d say. Frozen I assume
Akesh wrote: » It's fresh, from Ireland. Pretty sure it's Inisvale.
Dunedin wrote: » Have to say I find the Lidl meat very good.
richie123 wrote: » Yes especially the rib eye steaks.. Just highlighting the loss the supermarket is willing to take to draw people in to its higher margin products. Last week hoggets were 7 30 ...factory margin is surly 50 cent at least ?? Add in a margin for wholesalers too Its a big loss for supermarket. Really makes little of an excellent product
kk.man wrote: » Factories don't make much on lambing. I was told the net margin onse and it was very poor. The supermarkets will take a hit on lamb now but they will make up for it when product becomes more plentiful.
blue5000 wrote: » The profit on Easter eggs probably makes up for the loss on the lamb.
richie123 wrote: » What is the margin ? If you take Kildale chilling they might kill about 3000 lambs these days or less. But if it was a euro a kilo that's 3 grand i mean would it be worth even opening the factory at that rate ? The costs of running those factories would be outrageous id say.
whelan2 wrote: » My bets are there will be none in stock when you go to get them.
893bet wrote: » 3000 lambs a day at 60 kilo each? 180,000 kilos of lamb per day? Sounds a lot!
893bet wrote: » At 5 for a 5er it is hard to see money in them.
downtown3858 wrote: » A euro a kg isn’t 3000 if they kill 3000. A euro a kg at 20 kg deadweight is 20 euro x 3000 is 60000 in the week if it’s euro kg. There isn’t to many factories losing money ! Don’t believe everything they say. They showed millions in profit when it was printed last year
TooOldBoots wrote: » With regard to easter eggs Considering that since Cadbury was taken over by the Yanks theres now f-all chocolate in the chocolate. It now tastes like very sweet gunk. So 5 for 5 euro is a bit pricey You'd be better off giving your money towards one of the. small independent chocolate makers like O’Briens or Wilde Irish Chocolates. Nicer chocolate, plus you'd be supporting Irish
Seaswimmer wrote: » Agree fully. But if any Easter egg manufacturer managed to do something about reducing the horrendous excess packaging they would get my business before all others
Kat1170 wrote: » Worries on the Farming forum about the meat factories making a profit, never thought I'd see the day
richie123 wrote: » Well the local butcher charges around 40 per lamb So allowing for economies of scale factory could do it for half or less im guessing. So if 1000 killed ina day that's 20 grand. All depends on costs then after that which is the million dollar question.
Bass Reeves wrote: » I have never been in a lamb slaughtering plant. I have been in the beef one's. However sheep would be very fast to butcher and skin out compared to a bullock. You would not need the plant to be anywhere as complex. Do you have a couple of assembly lines on the go or are lambs going along the line in batches. Like beef plants the majority working would be in the minimum wage. That a wage of 85/ day add employer PRSI and holidays lads working are costing 13-14/ hour at most 105-120/ day. On an automated line would you be slaughtering 20/ hour/ labour unit.
Bass Reeves wrote: » I have never been in a lamb slaughtering plant. ...... On an automated line would you be slaughtering 20/ hour/ labour unit.
