Imported potatoes threaten Tasmanian growers, as companies look for cost savings overseas

For $5, a hungry punter can get their hands on a bucket of large fries from a fast-food outlet in north-west Tasmania.

It’s a record-high price for a popular multinational.

Mere kilometres down the road, the farmer who grew those potatoes will get $0.11.

At the supermarket, it would be a similar…