For those who did not notice, the price of one piece of garlic at Migros has gone up again. It is now CHF 1.50, up 7% from CHF 1.40 just weeks ago. Just last year, it was only CHF 1.20 (16% lesser).

Sometime back, Migros tried to sell by per kilogram and an average sized garlic costs only about CHF 0.60.

A few centimes here, a few centimes there, is this a global trend that must finally hit us all? What others have you seen that cause one to tighten the belt a bit more than usual?

Fyi, look out for milk price increase from July this year as already announced by Migros.

This is why i go to the local Farmers Market

Rice and flour have also gone up 20 rappen per kilo in Migros. I wouldn't have noticed, but it is written on the packet and I still had a pack from before. Milk is always cheaper at Denner or Spar and unlike Migros you can grab some beers/champaine in the same shop.

Garlic here isn't at all tasty. Give me the French garlic any day!

The last time I visited one the selling price was also per piece (was at CHF 1.20). Where do you get yours and the price of each?

Any other good grocery deals to share

At the Farmers Market in Lausanne i buy two large bulbs of Garlic for 1.70. Its much fresher and lasts for weeks...if i havent used it by then.I also tend to haggle if i am buying alot of fruit and veggies from one stall.

What is the share of garlic in your monthly consumption basket?

Even though i agree with your question, not sure that a groan was fair??

Basic food prices are rising worldwide (on a much larger scale than your statistics) but I doubt a few rappen on a luxury food item for us (generally well off) folks is anything compared to millions who might starve over the next few years.

Think yourself lucky.

Try Aldi, it sells in pack (500g) CHF1.79 [I bought mid of last month] - there is around 6 in a pack. Nowadays stuff in Migros is getting more and more expensive, for example the Sirup Himbeer (my kids love it) from end of last year CHF3.80 to CHF4.20 in Feb and now CHF4.80, it just going up 'quietly'.

There is an up side to this.. fewer people will have garlic breath.

It is very true: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%E2...d_price_crisis

However few rappen spent here and there add to the CHF... and few CHF spent decrease one's savings...

yeah, famine will become more serious problem. We should appreciate the fact that we are not affected by starvation...

Since when is garlic a luxury food item?

Cheers,
Nick

For a PhD-holding person you sure seem to know your wikipedia.

You don't sound convinced there're heaps of good information and regularly updated... common it cannot be that bad

But I do not wanna go off-topic... we discuss garlic isn't it?

Have we run out of things to discuss? The price of garlic?

No one wants to farm mate.... The global farm population declines by about 1.5% a year. So today we have farmers who send their kids to college to become lawyers, doctors, electiricians etc etc... No one wants their children to farm because the wages of farmers have gone down so much in the last 100 years.

So we are at an inflection point where supply doesnt reach demand. It started a couple years ago with sugar and olives. Now its grains and dairy. Next will be veggies and meat.

in 1960 30 raps of every 1CHF you made went to feeding your-self. Today we spend about 7raps out of every 1CHF.... Thus farmers have been making dick-shet. Now that these 3rd world countries have improved job markets and better educations, no one wants their children to farm....

So until farmers incomes rise to attract more farm workers, prices will continue to rise.

Get used to it...... If you want cheap food, grow it in your own garden.

I suspect that snowdiver applies garlic to the mouthpiece
of his buddy's diving gear ! To give them a Tasty suprise !!!!
Now he's just complaining because playing pranks should be cheap.

I've actually been invited to a dinner this weekend and the host is making 40 garlic chicken. That's going to break the ****ing bank!

The wealthy will always show off like that.... Gold-plated lexus, diamond studded skull, 40 Garlic chicken...... I feel so trashy

Actually, many Swiss do grow their own veggies in the garden, at least they do it where I live outside the city. My folks on the block have designated plots of few square meters which are packed pretty tight one next to another. They are easy to identify by flags sticking out from something I would call a ''shed''. From time to time I see my neighbours proudly carrying bags of such goodies... I must find out if they also plant a garlic... Sounds like it's very economical from point of view savings few Rappens...