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Food prices skyrocketing again!

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cookingthebooks · 30/01/2025 06:20

DH disagrees, says it’s all stabilised out now and slowed down but he’s not actually done the shop in forever.

This month I’ve just been walking around the supermarket aghast. The price hikes that are going on, my favourite bar of ‘cheap’ dark chocolate has gone from 65p pre Christmas to £1.10!!! Fishcakes from £1.80 to £1.95 and the kids mini pizzas from 45p to 65p all pretty much overnight. There’s lots more and fruit/fresh food have all risen too. I’m really struggling to do the full week shop for our family of four for less than £150 a week now (everything included, pull ups, all work/school lunches, cleaning and toiletries)
Some weeks it’s closer to £170 and I’m very frugal I hate it!

tell me this isn’t just me?

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HoraceCope · 30/01/2025 06:45

i noticed the expensive mini eggs
i ate far too many last year at £1.49 per packet but less tempted now

ThighsYouCantControl · 30/01/2025 06:45

HoraceCope · 30/01/2025 06:41

and tesco have just rid of many staff, as have sainsbury's, presumably in order to keep food prices lower

They haven’t done that to keep food prices lower, they’ve done it to save a tonne of money equaling more profit for them and their shareholders. If it does somehow have a positive effect on their prices for customers that’s a bonus but no way is that their main objective.

JustMarriedBecca · 30/01/2025 06:44

The mini egg bars of chocolate have gone from £1.35 last year to £2 this year.

I've noticed a difference. Less so in Aldi but the bigger brands I have.

I've started meal planning more and doing top up shops. Don't add up everything in a week as it's so variable but I can spend £60 on the biggest shop and £35-40 on two subsequent shops without realising. Family of four. All meals including school packed lunches.

TipsyPlumAnt · 30/01/2025 06:44

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HoraceCope · 30/01/2025 06:41

and tesco have just rid of many staff, as have sainsbury's, presumably in order to keep food prices lower

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cookingthebooks · 30/01/2025 06:40

@TipsyPlumAnt

It’s just since Christmas. That’s why I’ve noticed it so clearly seems to have jumped really fast. It’s the Sainsbury’s own brand cheapest dark chocolate. Was 65p when I bought a bar in December then £1.10 last week when I went to buy another. I didn’t buy it just left it, can’t justify that.

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user989 · 30/01/2025 06:38

Definitely gone up again. I looked in the reduced cabinet in Tesco the other morning and there was hardly anything in there below £4.00 (as received figure!). I used to regularly pick stuff up reduced for half that.

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Autumn1990 · 30/01/2025 06:35

Yes going up but not as fast as before.
I thought I’d do a click and collect order with Asda but they didn’t seem to include the cheapest range online which they used to. Don’t know if it was down to local availability or not but I will have to go and do the shopping now

IVFmumoftwo · 30/01/2025 06:35

I did think 89p for cadburys creme egg was steep.

Sirzy · 30/01/2025 06:33

I can’t say I have noticed much of an increase in the things in normally buy over the last few months. My weekly online shop is still around the same amount

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Turbo4 · 30/01/2025 06:25

I have noticed this as well. Was having a conversation with a relative the other day who was also saying how expensive their food shop was recently.

Since Christmas we have really had to cut back on our shop. Hardly have meat now and definitely no treats. Had to change to a lot of supermarket brands as the named ones are just way too much for our budget.

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