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Article #8621Re: Antw: Re: Australian cheese
From: Lu Beranek
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 00:00
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 00:00
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martin wijsman (mwijsman@worldaccess.nl) wrote: : Aan 12-01-97 21:36, in bericht <32d9487c.487523@news.mel.aone.net.au>, David : Clayton <dcstar@acslink.aone.net.au> schreef: : > bmiller@pcug.org.au (Brian Miller) contributed the following: : > : > >Can someone explain to me why Aussie cheeses (other than mousetrap) : > >are so much more expensive than their imported equivalents. For : > >example, Australian Gouda is about $15 a kilo while the Dutch variety : > >is about $10. Similarly with Brie and Camembert. And anything with : > >"King Island" on the label seems to be priced around the $30+ mark. Not always the case, some Aust cheeses which have heavily promoted labels may be but have a look at the Roquefort clones by way of example. (Good to see the Dutch have stopped subsidising - does this mean that they have left the EEC? :-) -- luber@guru.apana.org.au...........................meditation in the deep South
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10a0c5,e695c8f84e2604e0 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a0c5,public X-Google-Thread: 11583a,e695c8f84e2604e0 X-Google-Attributes: gid11583a,public From: luber@guru.apana.org.au (Lu Beranek) Subject: Re: Antw: Re: Australian cheese Date: 1997/01/21 Message-ID: <5c1mh6$9nd@guru.apana.org.au> X-Deja-AN: 211280956 references: <32d939e2.737368@newshost.pcug.org.au> <N.011797.181353.43@dev1-3.worldaccess.nl> organization: Guru's Web Public Access followup-to: aus.consumers,aus.foodtech newsgroups: aus.consumers,aus.foodtech