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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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mondaytosunday · 27/09/2024 00:01

50gr of Ibérico ham at Waitrose for £12.95.

EdgeOfSixty · 26/09/2024 23:57

HalloweenGrinch · 26/09/2024 21:28

Olive harvests have been decimated by disease and poor weather conditions, so the increase in price is nothing to do with the blatant profiteering that processed food producers charge.

I am not buying Pukka tea bags at £5 a box much as I love them. They are on sale at at Waitrose currently at £3.50.

Head down to Lidl or Aldi. Lidl green tea is £0.59 for 40 bags. I th8nk lemon and ginger is approx £1.25 for 40 bags.

EdgeOfSixty · 26/09/2024 23:46

Ambrosia rice pudding £1.60.
Before Covid it was £1 and often on offer 2 for £1.50.

PaydayJay · 26/09/2024 23:44

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.

I earn slightly more, but the cliff-edge means that everything over £100k goes into my pension - neither me nor the economy will benefit from the extra for years.
The £60k in tax and NI I pay is the price of living in a civilised society - but I'd prefer it was spent more carefully.

EdgeOfSixty · 26/09/2024 23:44

JC03745 · 26/09/2024 20:00

Tesco- salted butter, own brand- £3. Which is £12 a kilo!

Tesco salted butter is £1.69 online.
Did you go into a Tesco Metro? I think they charge higher prices 8n small stores.

Pearlyb · 26/09/2024 23:33

abbey44 · 26/09/2024 20:51

100g tins £8.15 in Sainsbury’s…. They were £7.50 not that long ago.

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It's probably because they'll put it on Nectar "offer" next week, and then it's back to £7.50!

FreeSausages · 26/09/2024 23:32

ObliviousCoalmine · 26/09/2024 21:33

Where the fuck are you shopping?!

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Tesco.

Chipsintheair · 26/09/2024 23:26

FreeSausages · 26/09/2024 20:02

Teapigs teabags £9.15!!!

Teapigs are terrible teas, completely ridiculous, weak tea and if you squeeze the bag to try in desperation to get something, anything, out of them...they split.

ConstantlyFuriosa · 26/09/2024 23:24

HauntedBungalow · 26/09/2024 23:05

Yes, that's the one. I like the pourer too! I feel like Jamie fucking Oliver drizzling out of my little spout .

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Me too! Without it I’m splashing so much EVO about it’s going all over the walls.

TheDeepLemonHelper · 26/09/2024 23:19

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NigelHarmansNewWife · 26/09/2024 23:16

xboxforlife · 26/09/2024 20:21

co op has always been ridiculously priced for everything might as well get it delivered from Waitrose off Uber eats

The Co op provides convenience stores for communities and does so in circumstances where other retailers wouldn't as the stores are not profitable. For every high priced item there's a ridiculously cheap offer.

Crispynoodle · 26/09/2024 23:16

I saw a tub of lurpak once that was £7.50

Mylittlepea · 26/09/2024 23:08

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.

Are you a train driver?

LegoTherapy · 26/09/2024 23:06

Big Toblerone £7.50 in the Co-Op. £4.50 in Asda. Makes Waitrose look cheap at times.

HauntedBungalow · 26/09/2024 23:05

ConstantlyFuriosa · 26/09/2024 22:56

The one with the pourer on top of the bottle? I love it. It’s the only reason I buy it. I’m sure it does taste gorgeous too but I need that pourer in my life.

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Yes, that's the one. I like the pourer too! I feel like Jamie fucking Oliver drizzling out of my little spout .

DuBoo · 26/09/2024 23:02

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.

Can’t get rid of your rubbish here without them- bin men won’t empty your bin if it has loose rubbish in (which is odd to me because they have no problem emptying the recycling which is all loose items).

ConstantlyFuriosa · 26/09/2024 23:02

DannSindWirHelden · 26/09/2024 22:42

It's just a red bell pepper from a brand called Natoora. In theory their vegetables are meant to be tastier and more nutritious than bog standard supermarket veg, but I don't know anyone who's ever bought them to found out.

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Their reviews on Ocado are generally poor.

SquirrelMadness · 26/09/2024 23:01

Greenlabelss · 26/09/2024 21:20

Baked beans are another. 2 pounds for a tin?!?!

I don't buy heinz beans, soup or sauces etc etc anymore. £2 for a tin of baked beans when most supermarkets do an own brand tin for 55p. Even in M&S I think their own brand baked beans are only something like 55p. Heinz soup is stupidly expensive now too.

strawberryshortcakescat · 26/09/2024 23:00

MorrisZapp · 26/09/2024 22:59

That tipped me over the edge in Waitrose. I grew up believing Weetabix to be an essential building block of life and now it's up there with filet mignon.

I bought the own brand and it's absolutely delicious.

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I couldn't believe it. It's stayed on the shelf and I will have toast instead.

MorrisZapp · 26/09/2024 22:59

strawberryshortcakescat · 26/09/2024 22:16

Weetabix 72 pack £8.
Wtf?

That tipped me over the edge in Waitrose. I grew up believing Weetabix to be an essential building block of life and now it's up there with filet mignon.

I bought the own brand and it's absolutely delicious.

ConstantlyFuriosa · 26/09/2024 22:56

HauntedBungalow · 26/09/2024 22:42

That Spanish EV olive oil was on offer in Waitrose the other week btw, the litre bottle, eight quid, about the same as Lidl is now. The olive oil thing I can just about understand, it's an issue for everyone. Worse for us in the UK though with our brexit bonanza pricing on top.

The one with the pourer on top of the bottle? I love it. It’s the only reason I buy it. I’m sure it does taste gorgeous too but I need that pourer in my life.

LuluBlakey1 · 26/09/2024 22:56

Namechange7364 · 26/09/2024 20:25

That might be true for non-public sector... For the rest of us, not so much...

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My MIL's teacher's pension has increased by £3,500 in 8 years- less than £350 a year after tax. Her insurance payments for house, car, pet, plus council tax have increased by over £1000 a year just in the last 12 months. Now winter fuel allowance has gone too

People who earn large salaries and get large salary increases have no idea how hard many are hit by price rises.

MrsWidgerysLodger · 26/09/2024 22:50

abbey44 · 26/09/2024 20:51

100g tins £8.15 in Sainsbury’s…. They were £7.50 not that long ago.

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We like the Dowe Egberts coffee in the glass jars. I remember buying it a couple of years ago for around £4.50 a jar. It's nearer £8 now!

KnottedTwine · 26/09/2024 22:49

Asda has just put their basics/essential natural fat-free yoghurt up from 35p for 500ml to 55p for 500ml.

Still not expensive, but that is one hell of a rise in % terms.

Flopsy145 · 26/09/2024 22:48

DontBiteTheCat · 26/09/2024 20:00

Azera coffee - £7.45!

I've seen this in a petrol station for £9!