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To ask the most insanely priced supermarket item you’ve seen lately? Bet you can’t beat this

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Greenlabelss · 26/09/2024 19:56

Co-op, bin bags £5.90

i know co op is notoriously a piss take but seriously?

another was Tesco, cooking oil, £9

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IsItWickedNotToCare · 26/09/2024 21:04

Bought some jelly babies for 39p at home Bargains yesterday, very tasty too...

PeggyMitchellsCameo · 26/09/2024 21:03

£7.50 for a tub of Lurpak.
I can remember butter going up to a £1 for a small block…. in the 70’s. To compare, a Mars Bar cost about 3p at the time, so it’s always been expensive.
Everyone started using margarine it was absolutely putrid.
Now price inflation is just added to with retailer greed.
What shocks me is the reduction in sizes. Opened an oblong M&S pizza the other day and it was much smaller than the cardboard backing.
And NOTHING tastes as it used to.
I can remember when Cadbury’s chocolate fingers were just gorgeous. They now taste like wax.
I am showing my age, aren’t I?
DP grabbed a tiny piece of steak for himself the other night in M&S never looks at prices.
£15.60!

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Ah, the mighty Dave Spikey. Any mention of bin bags has me singing the same 😄

2024riot · 26/09/2024 21:02

Phen0menon · 26/09/2024 20:21

Yes stuff has gone up. But a hell of a lot of wages have too.5 years ago my cleaner charged £11 an hour.... now she charged £17. 5 years ago I earned £95k now I earn £150k.

Wage inflation goes hand in hand with rising prices. I don't really get why people are surprised.

You sound insufferably smug

Meanwhile my nurse sister can't put the heating on

ohthejoys21 · 26/09/2024 21:01

OhshutupSimonyounobhead · 26/09/2024 20:04

Yeah the price of olive oil makes me gasp these days.

Yup... £16 for cold pressed large extra virgin

Leverpool · 26/09/2024 21:01

StolenChanel · 26/09/2024 20:57

You have to be trolling…

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I was never a big Rishi fan but when he was suggesting everyone needed to do Maths to A-Levels, I can see why. Apparently not everyone can comprehend basic principles like wage and price inflation are not the same thing.

AutumnTimeForCosy24 · 26/09/2024 21:00

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@Extrathpecial

sorry crystal ball failure (must be on Virgin wifi!!) but your post is somewhat lacking in useful information 😂😂

Covidwoes · 26/09/2024 21:00

Some toilet roll seems really expensive. I saw 9 rolls the other day for £11! It was at a convenience store, but so expensive!

Onlyonekenobe · 26/09/2024 21:00

I'm fortunate enough not to have to worry about the price of groceries. However, I refuse to pay for certain things now on principle. Teapigs teabags are an example: this has gone from somethingI always used to have in the cupboard just in case I fancied a nice herbal tea of an evening, to a stocking filler for MIL. A Christmas-only treat.

In the case of teapigs, it's not a big deal. Hardly a staple. But eggs, milk, cheese, bread. It's literally not fair.

TheTwirlyPoos · 26/09/2024 20:59

notprincehamlet · 26/09/2024 20:51

But a hell of a lot of wages have too
Yeah I feel so spoilt with my 1% pay rise - I might blow the lot on a litre of olive oil

This is one of those rare comments on MN that actually made me snort

Blarn · 26/09/2024 20:58

DonnaBanana · 26/09/2024 20:28

Tray of Ferrero Rocher was £11.50 the other day at Co Op

Ferrero Rocher are at Ambassadors prices though.

AutumnTimeForCosy24 · 26/09/2024 20:58

HappierTimesAhead · 26/09/2024 20:15

I have come to terms with olive oil being the same price as a bottle of wine with the reasoning that the bottle of wine will only last a couple of days but the oil will last for ages. I acknowledge this is very first world, privileged reasoning.

@HappierTimesAhead

I'll keep that in mind too (not that I buy wine, but I'll exchange it for 'coffee' in my head!!

I spend enough on coffee (beans for home & drinking it out) & I really need good quality olive oil for my very restricted eating (for health reasons), so I try not to begrudge the expense.

Nana4 · 26/09/2024 20:57

LoobyDoop2 · 26/09/2024 20:01

Must be to balance out the fact that everyone uses their carrier bags to line the compost bin, so the 5p charge does absolutely nothing to deter people from using them. I actually go to the Co-op specially to stock up on carrier bags for the compost bin.

The “5p” bag charge is now 30p

ShamblesRock · 26/09/2024 20:57

A 3 pack of Yorkie bars have gone from £1.35 to £1.85 almost overnight, even in the likes of B&M.

StolenChanel · 26/09/2024 20:57

Phen0menon · 26/09/2024 20:21

Yes stuff has gone up. But a hell of a lot of wages have too.5 years ago my cleaner charged £11 an hour.... now she charged £17. 5 years ago I earned £95k now I earn £150k.

Wage inflation goes hand in hand with rising prices. I don't really get why people are surprised.

You have to be trolling…

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 26/09/2024 20:56

Tomatina · 26/09/2024 20:54

Teapigs have always had stupid prices. What I can't understand is who the hell buys them?

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I bought them a few years back. Wasn’t that impressed with them so didn’t repurchase them.

Noodlesmumm · 26/09/2024 20:55

Livinginaclock · 26/09/2024 20:18

Probably knits her own from chickpeas.

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😂😂😂

Cardboardeaux · 26/09/2024 20:55

I saw a 2023 diary for sale in WH Smith the other day, full price!

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Greenlabelss · 26/09/2024 20:55

Tomatina · 26/09/2024 20:54

Teapigs have always had stupid prices. What I can't understand is who the hell buys them?

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@Tomatina they are amazing! But not 9 quid amazing

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StolenChanel · 26/09/2024 20:55

llamali · 26/09/2024 20:01

Was it a little co-op? In which case it's more of a convenience supermarket? And also bin bags are super shit for the environment.

What do you do instead?

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Greenlabelss · 26/09/2024 20:54

AutumnTimeForCosy24 · 26/09/2024 20:53

@Greenbanana7

anything in particular or do we just guess a random item ? 😂😂😂

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@AutumnTimeForCosy24 could really be anything… nothing is less than a fiver these days 😂

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Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 26/09/2024 20:54

Fgfgfg · 26/09/2024 20:51

In 5 years my wages have gone up £5k and half of that was due to reaching the top of my pay scale, nothing to do with wage inflation.

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My salary has decreased. And even then, if they expect me in the office then public transport costs have increased.

A lot of firms want you to do 2 jobs for the price of one, legal secretary/marketing assistant was one I interviewed for.

AngelinaFibres · 26/09/2024 20:54

Livinginaclock · 26/09/2024 20:18

Probably knits her own from chickpeas.

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You could probably use a biodegradable flour based glue to stick individual lentils into chains to create bin bags. So much better for the world.

Tomatina · 26/09/2024 20:54

FreeSausages · 26/09/2024 20:02

Teapigs teabags £9.15!!!

Teapigs have always had stupid prices. What I can't understand is who the hell buys them?