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

I don't think that is available at the moment - if you search 'unsalted butter' on Tesco website only 5 choices come up, of which one is a vegan butter, one is a spreadable (both fine, but not what I wanted to buy) and one is out of stock. That leaves Tesco butter at £3 for 250g or Lurpak £2.15 for 200g.
If you're seeing more options, maybe it depends where you are as to what the stores have in stock, but I can't find butter for anything like £1.79/250g around here.

What a privileged, shortsighted comment! In the past 2 years my wage has risen by around 5%. Meanwhile I notice the prices of some items have gone up by over 100%! We are constantly being gaslighted by the media and the supermarkets into believing that food prices have only gone up by around 10 to 20% - every time I walk around Aldi I see things that maybe used to be 39p, now 99p. Used to be £1.29 now £2.69 etc.
My wages compared to the cost of living mean that I'm far worse off in real terms than I was a few years ago.
I could honestly cry when I walk into a supermarket and see this week's prices!

I haven’t bought heinz for years, there is often a fancy ketchup brand on offer for cheaper than theirs. Also haven’t bought kitchen roll for years - I can’t say I’ve really missed it 😁

I think the cost hikes on basics are despicable - basic healthy food, utilities, public transport and I am so sad that we all (including myself) make our lives smaller and less enjoyable to accommodate this rather than downing tools and demanding better pay. I understand the shareholders who apparently need all this money can be pension providers, but we all need to live now. It isn’t enough that some of us will not be on the breadline at retirement when it is at the expense of everyone, everywhere up until that time. Also companies should pay their tax so there is enough coming in for us to pay public sector workers a decent wage!

Been lining all my bins and recycling bins with newspapers for years. All wet stuff goes in compost caddy. Everything else goes straight in big bin that gets directly inverted into the waste lorry. Save ££££

Asda basic kitchen roll is 1.19 and the best I can find for the money. I've moved to microfibre cloths as much as I can for the environment, innit.

Never had a problem with Aldi and Lidl veg -it lasts far longer than Asda's. Although I do stalk the Asda reduced veg aisle for long lasters like broccoli, cauliflower, beans etc or stuff that I can make easily into soup.

My Morrisons local the other night reduced everything down to 10p (including packs of mince!) so I stocked the freezer up for about 1.50

I don't think this thread is for people in the top 1%of earners to get 😁.

https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/24/plant-apocalypse-how-deadly-imported-diseases-are-destroying-eu-trees-and-crops-aoe

Its killed 1/3 of trees in the space of a year

No there was a particular disease on olive trees that wiped out most the harvest.

Options hot chocolate £5.50 😬

I don't know what you do for a living but, believe me, your experience isn't shared by most. The majority of people don't earn anywhere near what you do, nor have they had such astronomical pay rises over the last 5 years.

Most people are finding the relentless cost of living rises very hard to manage.

We are in Channel Islands and those meals are around 10.80. Do it occasionally on a Friday as cheaper than take out. Dip wraps in the curries to make it go further!

Aware our tax over here is lower (though they are looking to put that up and everyone going mental) but our food is 25-40% more expensive than uk. We don’t have Lidl, Aldi, sainos or Tesco here. It’s a 209 return flight to mainland and average house price similar to London.

Weve really really noticed the prices jumping up. It’s just so bloody expensive to live I think. I keep saying to my husband how on earth can we be spending so much on food?! We cook from scratch a lot and grow a lot of produce. We don’t eat particularly extravagantly and the amounts are just insane.

Sorry, know the specific question was about an insanely priced thing.

Christ, bit of self awareness maybe?

Thats nice for you.. the rest of us minions get far less than that... and we have not had a pay rise for over 10 years.. all my increases have been below inflation so my wages have taken a 34% cut in reality...

I think I'd better guard my small olive tree with my life and put it in the greenhouse for the winter, it has a few olives on at the moment. At this rate I'll be able to sell them for a quid each!

Sainsbury's. Small tub of Cadbury's instant hot chocolate powder. £4 !
(£2.25 in B+M)

He’s only paying his cleaner more, due to that’s the minimum rate for a hourly clean And yes agree, it isn’t a true representation, due to it not being comparative, to his salary.

It hasn’t gone ‘hand in hand’ though. There wouldn’t be a COL crisis if it had.

And I don’t think your cleaner is very representative. Sounds like they’ve put their rate up because they know the likes of you can afford it!

i dont bother with binbags. i take black bin rubbish straight out to the bins. cant stand having rubbish in the house

I saw a Charlie Brigham lasagne ready meal for £9.50 today in Sainsburys. I couldn’t believe it! I only looked like it would feed one person too! I was gobsmacked.

£5.50 for local honey is very good value for money though. For that price, you usually get a product with the origin described as "European and non-European countries".

I buy their herbal teabags directly from them. Much more reasonably priced than the supermarkets and free delivery is easily reached. For proper tea I buy Yorkshire from B&M.

Plant based eco Sellotape £4 in M&S.
Almost bought it but then changed my mind.
Got the exact same thing in Home Bargains for 99p.

Haha! I've seen some stealth boasts on here in my time but that deserves some kind of award! 😁

I always shop at Home Bargains first. Kitchen roll and loo roll much cheaper.

Work for the NHS, (admin/reception) £11.44/hr☹️ all these price increases are definitely having an impact on me.