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Anyone else noticing a drastic increase in their food shop costs already this year?

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user11290 · 15/01/2025 13:04

Hi,

Has anyone else noticed a drastic difference in the cost of their food shop already this year?

I certainly have noticed a difference.

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HoraceCope · 18/01/2025 12:56

suki1964 · 18/01/2025 09:51

When you count every penny, believe me you check the price of everything

Im glad you aren't at that stage

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no but what i am saying is we pay attention to the price once it is weighed, so per head, rather than per kilo

midgetastic · 18/01/2025 11:48

If farmers were United they would be in a better position to fight the pressure from the big supermarkets , which could improve their profitability and long term stability

At the moment they are effectively fighting each other to get the contracts - a race to the bottom

Being United against as tax that won't actually affect the vast majority seems weird

Gfre654 · 18/01/2025 09:57

Betchyaby · 18/01/2025 09:32

Farmers are very united on this issue, I think we will find they won't so easily sell out. Even the 'best price' will be more than they are now. Many are going to be impacted.

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Hmmm no many are not. They don’t seem to have been united over anything thus far.

suki1964 · 18/01/2025 09:56

Gfre654 · 18/01/2025 09:28

But supermarkets will just pick the farmers with the best price. Most aren’t going to be impacted by inheritance laws, those that will will be spread out and need to compete with other farmers.

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Supermarkets don't look for farmers with the best price, supermarkets dictate the price along with the size and quantity

Which is why there is so much food waste - before it even leaves the farms

Tesco and co say this is what we need, this is the price point - can you deliver? Then the crop isn't as good as Tesco wants - carrots are too wee or too big - they are plowed back into the ground

At the moment farmers are getting £6 a kilo for beef - that's live on the hoof price. Then ad the production costs of putting that beef into a shop, you know why prices are hight

suki1964 · 18/01/2025 09:51

HoraceCope · 18/01/2025 08:24

i dont think many of us pay attention to price per kilo for a broccoli

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When you count every penny, believe me you check the price of everything

Im glad you aren't at that stage

EasternStandard · 18/01/2025 09:35

Gfre654 · 18/01/2025 09:28

But supermarkets will just pick the farmers with the best price. Most aren’t going to be impacted by inheritance laws, those that will will be spread out and need to compete with other farmers.

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Besides taking out farms through competition as seems wanted will just drive down supply, that means higher prices

Betchyaby · 18/01/2025 09:32

Gfre654 · 18/01/2025 09:28

But supermarkets will just pick the farmers with the best price. Most aren’t going to be impacted by inheritance laws, those that will will be spread out and need to compete with other farmers.

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Farmers are very united on this issue, I think we will find they won't so easily sell out. Even the 'best price' will be more than they are now. Many are going to be impacted.

Gfre654 · 18/01/2025 09:29

Canada has horrendous food price issues

Gfre654 · 18/01/2025 09:28

Betchyaby · 18/01/2025 09:26

Because farmers will have to claw their money back one way or another.

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But supermarkets will just pick the farmers with the best price. Most aren’t going to be impacted by inheritance laws, those that will will be spread out and need to compete with other farmers.

Betchyaby · 18/01/2025 09:26

Gfre654 · 17/01/2025 10:48

Why?

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Because farmers will have to claw their money back one way or another.

thestudio · 18/01/2025 09:22

LazyArsedMagician · 17/01/2025 14:55

I mean juices and any yoghurts. I personally do not consider those UPF.

Other things crisps, chocolate bars, biscuits - yes I consider them UPF but I also don't think I'm seeing the biggest increases.

Also forgot - agree toothpaste and shampoos etc. are massively increasing in price. I buy Head and Shoulders for my teens - a FIVER small bottle!

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Anything with thickeners, emulsifiers, preservatives, artificial flavourings or 'modified' anything is definitely a UPF - so juices probably no, but many yoghurts have thickeners, usually gums, which have a negative impact on the microbiome.

Washingupdone · 18/01/2025 08:59

About 8 euros per lb

Washingupdone · 18/01/2025 08:57

Momtotwokids · 18/01/2025 03:04

It is bad here. 1 lb of ground beef or mince is $4.99 and that is lean or 85/15 % fat.

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France, in the market I shop for food, fresh mince meat 16 euros 1 kilo but you watch while the meat goes in the mincer so it isn’t mixed with anything else.

HoraceCope · 18/01/2025 08:24

suki1964 · 17/01/2025 22:58

Because it's not that price per head. The price the op gave was PER KILO

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i dont think many of us pay attention to price per kilo for a broccoli

InDogweRust · 18/01/2025 08:07

I cook a lot from scratch and i don't find it too bad. I try to buy food that's in season. In the uk not much is in january, so its not surprising things cost more, it all has to be brought in from warmer countries.

Food in the uk has long been cheaper than many places, we're just catching up with everywhere else now.

Gfre654 · 18/01/2025 05:25

RandomButtons · 17/01/2025 21:52

£5 for a tub of options hot chocolate.

Who can afford that!?

Who needs Options hot chocolate?

Momtotwokids · 18/01/2025 03:04

QuimCarrey · 16/01/2025 20:25

I heard it's been bad in the US.

It is bad here. 1 lb of ground beef or mince is $4.99 and that is lean or 85/15 % fat.

suki1964 · 17/01/2025 22:58

Overthebow · 17/01/2025 21:49

Even in M&S broccoli is only £1.20, why is Sainsburys broccoli so expensive?

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Because it's not that price per head. The price the op gave was PER KILO

RandomButtons · 17/01/2025 22:25

Lonelycrab · 17/01/2025 22:21

It was actually £2.8bn last year.

Its a staggering amount of profit per customer.

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My point exactly. They can easily afford to pay the national insurance increase and not pass that onto consumers.

Lonelycrab · 17/01/2025 22:21

RandomButtons · 17/01/2025 21:55

The people getting ripped off are consumers, or did you Miss Tesco’s £1,600,000,000
profits?

Don’t believe the lies these companies are feeding you.

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It was actually £2.8bn last year.

Its a staggering amount of profit per customer.

RandomButtons · 17/01/2025 22:19

BrightYellowDaffodil · 17/01/2025 22:18

Well quite, but then don’t pay it. Shop around. Half price in Waitrose, plus there are alternatives that are cheaper. Why would anyone buy the more expensive one?

https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/shop/search?ct=Hot%2CChocolate&searchTerm=hot%20chocolate&sortBy=PRICE_LOW_2_HIGH

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I don’t pay it - I shop around, but presumably some people must pay that.

BrightYellowDaffodil · 17/01/2025 22:18

RandomButtons · 17/01/2025 21:52

£5 for a tub of options hot chocolate.

Who can afford that!?

Well quite, but then don’t pay it. Shop around. Half price in Waitrose, plus there are alternatives that are cheaper. Why would anyone buy the more expensive one?

https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/shop/search?ct=Hot%2CChocolate&searchTerm=hot%20chocolate&sortBy=PRICE_LOW_2_HIGH

BronwenFrideswide · 17/01/2025 21:56

Redshoeblueshoe · 15/01/2025 13:30

Some items have absolutely shocked me. £7.50 for a bottle of olive oil, and that's in Aldi.

I've read reports that the olive harvest was very poor this year and that prices of olive oil will rocket as a result.

RandomButtons · 17/01/2025 21:55

midgetastic · 17/01/2025 13:29

Food in the uk is still amongst the cheapest compared to equivalent countries

The people getting ripped off are taxpayers who end up paying UC to top up the wages of the employees

The people getting ripped off are consumers, or did you Miss Tesco’s £1,600,000,000
profits?

Don’t believe the lies these companies are feeding you.

RandomButtons · 17/01/2025 21:52

£5 for a tub of options hot chocolate.

Who can afford that!?

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