coozer
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 posted on 10/4/08 at 08:08 AM |
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Cheapest veggie oil?
Went to the tesco's last night to fill up with Pura veg oil which has been 56p/Litre, the buggers have put it up to £1.07! Hows that for
inflation?
Where is the cheapest place now? Macro or supermarkets? Indian haldi shops?
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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graememk
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| posted on 10/4/08 at 08:17 AM |
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i noticed it had doubled in price over the last few weeks.... i'm going to have to use BP again.
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DarrenW
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| posted on 10/4/08 at 08:23 AM |
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Cheapest place has got to be wholesale suppliers. I wonder how much chip shop owners pay for theirs or where they get it from?
Ive seen vans deliverying fish etc around here - seem to recall seeing 'Collins' on the side as a name - i wonder if they sell it.
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DarrenW
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| posted on 10/4/08 at 08:27 AM |
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Some here, scroll down. Pura is listed. Might have to buy a pallet full and get it delivered to local shop though!
http://www.federationoffishfriers.co.uk/pages/suppliers-145.htm
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 10/4/08 at 08:28 AM |
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simple go to the local chippy and ask them where they get the drums from. I can see sales of Tesco’s oil kind on plummeting and if Asda has any sense
they should reduce the price of theirs 
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02GF74
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| posted on 10/4/08 at 08:37 AM |
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all you swines running your gas guzzlin' rangies on chip fat means that my fish n'n cips are going up in price!!
obvious it was going to happen - supply and demand.
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indykid
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| posted on 10/4/08 at 08:41 AM |
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i think pricing fish and chip shops using oil out of the market can only be a good thing.
dripping ftw!
tom
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 10/4/08 at 08:44 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
all you swines running your gas guzzlin' rangies on chip fat means that my fish n'n cips are going up in price!!
obvious it was going to happen - supply and demand.
not me, I seriously looking at going electric got quite a lot of info now
My volvo's too heavy but the Bluebird looks ideal
[Edited on 10/4/08 by Mr Whippy]
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woodster
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| posted on 10/4/08 at 09:25 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by DarrenW
Some here, scroll down. Pura is listed. Might have to buy a pallet full and get it delivered to local shop though!
http://www.federationoffishfriers.co.uk/pages/suppliers-145.htm
looks like you veggie oil lads are getting BATTERED............ I'll get my coat
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 10/4/08 at 09:37 AM |
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lard -
http://www.federationoffishfriers.co.uk/pages/superior-frying-fat-261.htm
yummy I bet the real customers have long since passes away...
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britishtrident
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| posted on 10/4/08 at 09:46 AM |
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Not inflation world wide shortage --- partly due to speculative buyers manipulating the markets.
Also look out for a big hike in the price of indian and chinese meals --- price of rice has went through the roof due to poor harvests, rat plagues
destroying crops and massive growth in demand in china.
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hobbsy
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| posted on 10/4/08 at 11:08 AM |
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Last time I looked it was about 70p/litre at Costco in 20litre cubees.
Also Bookers had 1litre bottles in 15 bottle boxes that worked out about the same as Pura (but without the funny looks at the checkouts in Tesco) so
~56p/litre
To be honest though it was just too much of a faff and mess with the one litre bottles (and loads of plastic to get rid of and sore fingers from
opening the lids) and the nearest Costco to be would realistically take 1.5hrs to get 20litre cubees.
There was a closer place that did it for 82.5p/litre in the same 20litre cubess.
But on a Merc that did ~35mpg vs a far quicker BMW that does ~50mpg it just wasn't worthwhile.
So my veg experience only lasted a month.
I would consider going back if I can buy big containers locally for <70p litre. Or filtered WVO for cheap.
What car are you running Coozer?
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 10/4/08 at 11:26 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
Not inflation world wide shortage --- partly due to speculative buyers manipulating the markets.
Also look out for a big hike in the price of indian and chinese meals --- price of rice has went through the roof due to poor harvests, RAT plagues
destroying crops and massive growth in demand in china.
just make sure you know exactly what meat that is in your chinese...
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woodster
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| posted on 10/4/08 at 12:13 PM |
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we have a rat plague here its called
Gordon Clown and the Labour party ........ everything is going up^^ .... apart from wages
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paulf
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| posted on 10/4/08 at 02:58 PM |
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I looked on Ebay and used oil is about 60p a litre, last year i was buying new oil for that.Morrisons is now about 95 p a litre in 3 litre bottles and
so not worth using.Im considering changing to a petrol car with LPG but the price of that seems to be on the up as well.
Paul.
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hobbsy
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| posted on 10/4/08 at 03:19 PM |
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Plus you've got the expense and hassle of a conversion where with the veg (veg oil price feasibility permitting) if you pick the right car you
just whack it in and go with no real difference in MPG or performance.
I definitely had a drop in MPG with LPG from about 35mpg to mid 20's. This was with a VAG 1.8T lump. At the time LPG was more than 1/2 price
so a VAG 1.9TDI engined car doing 50mpg was a better option and to be honest it was nicer to drive (similar BHP figures but a shed load more torque so
you didn't need to rev the nuts off it).
I once saw a Clio 172 with an LPG conversion. If that did 35mpg on gas it would be good  But not that comfortable or well built and very expensive
to insure.
If this year is loads better for crops etc and price heads back down towards 50p/litre for new SVO and diesel stays high (or higher) I'd be
seriously tempted to give veg another go.
But I can't be bothered twin tanking so you'll still back to either a late 90's Merc (heavy and mostly auto) or a PSA 1.9XUDT
engined beast with a Bosch pump so a 306 or similar.
Not my ideal choice of car.
Still you can't have it both ways.
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ChrisW
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| posted on 10/4/08 at 06:50 PM |
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I've got about 300 litres of (used) chip oil if anyone wants to make an offer on it??
Chris
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Danozeman
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| posted on 17/4/08 at 05:48 AM |
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Chris is it very dirty? Whats it in?
Dan
Built the purple peril!! Let the modifications begin!!
http://www.eastangliankitcars.co.uk
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