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Saturday 18 April 2009

Finns go and buy Parmigiano directly from Italy (it's cheaper)!

Parmesan Cheese (or more accurately, Parmigian...Image via Wikipedia

Today, first time in 4 years that I dare to buy a piece of Parmigiano Reggiano from Stockmann (supplies finished... :( ).
Price: 43.5 euros/Kg
Well not bad it traveled so many kilometers...
Then I made some raw calculation. I checked the price of a Finnair direct flight from Helsinki to Rome for next weekend: 384 euros going Saturday and coming back on Sunday. In Italy the price for Parmigiano is about 14-15 euros/Kg (maybe in the airport itself it might be a bit more expensive I don't know). I can bring 20 Kgs of luggage and 6 Kg with me in the cabin. To fill it up of Parmigiano I need to spend around 400 euros. 80 euros for a night in an average hotel and 50 euros of taxi to get there and come back. Total expense: around 915 euros. Price per kg: 35.2 euros.

Well of course now you have the problem of eating 26 Kgs of Parmigiano :D

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6 comments:

  1. Arcades11 May 2009 at 11:09

    Haha, that's funny. I believe your calculations, too. Maybe you can start selling the cheese to some shop, and use it to partially finance your trips to Italy, if you are going anyway. I don't know if there are still some intra-EU rules about shipping large amounts of products across borders (probably not?) but if you have 26kg of Parmigiano, you will have a very interesting, smelly conversation with the customs explaning that it's for personaly use.. :D

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  2. stezz11 May 2009 at 17:16

    If I eat that in front of them, do you think I can make my point? eheh :D

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  3. Miki29 May 2009 at 09:17

    Commento qui ma mi riferisco al blog di maisazi e al commento che hai lasciato sull'olio extravergine.
    Proprio per i motivi che hai citato recentemente abbiamo lanciato una iniziativa dedicata alla distribuzione di prodotti alimentari di alta qualità che ha esattamente l'obiettivo di semplificare il processo di scelta dei prodotti; abbiamo passato più di un anno tra frantoi e produttori e ora abbiamo una selezione veramente interessante.
    Se ti interessa potremmo preparare un "sample" da 6 o 12 bottiglie di prodotti eccellenti di diverse regioni, in alternativa puoi anche scrivermi anche solo per un consiglio.
    Ciao,
    Michela

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  4. stezz29 May 2009 at 15:41

    Certo possiamo continuare offline. Puoi contattarmi
    compilando il form qui (sperando che funzioni)

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  5. Unknown30 May 2009 at 15:48

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  6. Miki30 May 2009 at 20:33

    Ti ho scritto tramite il form, spero che abbia funzionato

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