Why is Lamb so expensive?!

Yeah, its so unfair, all meat is expensive, although I was able to get 2 small roasts the other day on special for around $8 to $9 each but they were only half legs, just enough for 2 people for dinner and a sandwich the next day, or 2 adults and 2 small children, we are exporting the best quality of meat and we are getting whats left and that sucks, its not just lamb either, one size 20 chicken frozen is nearly $9 now and a cooked size 16 (which is what they class as family sized) is around $11 to buy, beef, we had a look just yesterday to buy a topside roast, the lowest priced one was $17, yes it was lean but honestly who can afford to pay that for just one meal, you might as well go pick up a pizza or fish and chips, it would cost less thats for sure, I'm a really strict shopper, write my list before I go, swap between supermarkets to get the best value and meat is pretty much out of the question for pensions, I absolutely love lamb and dont know any woman who doesnt, a lot of men can take it or leave it, but I absolutely love a roast lamb dinner, feels like back when we were kids and it was affordable, maybe we should make a protest to the government of something, the farmers arent getting the money that the supermarket is, thats for sure, same with the dairy farmers, they get stuff all, but cheese has gone up so much that you have to make it last twice as long, good question! :)Www@FoodAQ@Com

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All meat is expensive at the moment!. I think it's all got to do with higher expenses for the farmers, eg!. petrol and also droughts and higher feed costs!. Or maybe there is just more money to be made from adult sheep, wool etc!. so fewer lambs are getting slaughtered!. Or maybe most of it is getting exported and there isn't much left for us, so the prices go up!.
It's probably a combination of all of the above!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

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1 the supermakets are allowed by government to be completey greedy pr!.cks and charge what they like 2 government allows a supermarket duopoly(coles and woolworths)to exist without any competition and 3 we sell meat to other nations so it's those who can afford the prices the most that will be the ones it's sold to!.so we here won't be buying it no way near as much in future as there will be affluent people in other nations who will outpay us for it!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

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i am hearing you !.!. my 5 year old ONLY eats lamb cutlets and nothing else !.!. never had a happy meal, lollies, chips !.!. nothing but lamb cutlets !.!.!. he is autistic and has only eaten lamb since he was 15 months old, we are trying hypnotherapy at the moment to get him to eat something else !.!.!.!. IT IS SO F***ING DEAR !.!.!. we don't eat lamb !.!.!. plus the smell of lamb cutlets is too much for me now as i cook them so much !.!.!.!.!.

i even thought of buying some live ones as have a friend who is a butcher !.!. but couldn't cope with that !.!.!.!.

so i just have to put up with MINCE!!!Www@FoodAQ@Com

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hows about the drought that we have just come out of or the price of petrol to deliver it or simply like the others is the supermarkets having the hold over the small butchers and driving them out of businessWww@FoodAQ@Com

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probably because its one of the only healthy meats left and anything healthy is expensive!.

I think its a conspiracy!.!.!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

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if our good clean food wasn't exported ,we'd have good quality food at reasonable prices ,Www@FoodAQ@Com

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because we gotta fight the kiwis for itWww@FoodAQ@Com

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