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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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hellywelly3 · 30/01/2025 07:33

Definitely rising, I spent £175 yesterday (135 in Aldi and 40 in Tesco) this is the most I’ve spent on a weekly shop. Always used to be able to do it for under £100.
I do agree that we had cheap food for a long time but I think the speed it’s increasing by is scary.

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 30/01/2025 07:32

JRSKSSBH · 30/01/2025 07:28

They have had to do it because of RR’s NI hike. Maybe inform yourself before spouting ideological nonsense.

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I don’t understand how saying that supermarkets are after a profit is ideological nonsense?

Tbh I think alot of these price hikes are just profit grubbing from supermarkets.

ThighsYouCantControl · 30/01/2025 07:32

shockeditellyou · 30/01/2025 07:23

The supermarkets in the UK are some of the most competitive businesses in the world, and operate on razor thin margins. Their profit margins are very small (IIRC 3%), which would be intolerable in many other businesses.

Ultra competitive supermarkets is one reason our food prices are really quite cheap compared to most of the EU.

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I’m just bitter because I work for one of them and they treat their store staff like crap and don’t seem to care much about their customers either.

JRSKSSBH · 30/01/2025 07:28

ThighsYouCantControl · 30/01/2025 06:45

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.

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They have had to do it because of RR’s NI hike. Maybe inform yourself before spouting ideological nonsense.

Maximusdecimus · 30/01/2025 07:26

I saw this on the Asda website the other day erm what?

Food prices skyrocketing again!
shockeditellyou · 30/01/2025 07:23

ThighsYouCantControl · 30/01/2025 06:45

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.

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The supermarkets in the UK are some of the most competitive businesses in the world, and operate on razor thin margins. Their profit margins are very small (IIRC 3%), which would be intolerable in many other businesses.

Ultra competitive supermarkets is one reason our food prices are really quite cheap compared to most of the EU.

TipsyPlumAnt · 30/01/2025 07:11

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Bryonyberries · 30/01/2025 07:06

Lots of stuff I buy regularly has jumped up after Xmas.

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cookingthebooks · 30/01/2025 07:04

@TipsyPlumAnt
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cookingthebooks · 30/01/2025 07:03

@TipsyPlumAnt

if definitely wasn’t an offer I’ve been buying the same bar for years and I pay attention to prices/offers. It was originally 45p then went to 65p in covid fair enough but to jump to £1.10 is insane it’s almost double!

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KeepinOn · 30/01/2025 07:02

Anything with eggs in, as well as eggs themselves, is going to go up in price; a huge egg farm has had to cull 1.5m birds due to avian flu in recent days. Also egg shortages, so brace yourself for that.

RedRiverShore5 · 30/01/2025 07:02

Chocolate has gone up a lot but that is because of cocoa and the weather rather than inflation

WinterFoxes · 30/01/2025 07:00

Theunamedcat · 30/01/2025 06:52

The price of chicken thighs are through the roof used to be 3.99 I paid over six quid for them this week this was a cheep meal at one point

They became so popular as a budget alternative to chicken breast that they now cot more. These days I look for chicken breast on offer or just buy a whole chicken and cut it up myself. It's much cheaper and you can use the carcass to make bone broth which is a great base for soups and casseroles and then strip the meat off it to put in a biriyani or paella.

DreamSpaceships · 30/01/2025 06:57

I’ve noticed it too. It’s a few pence here and there but adds up. Supermarket own brand butter was £1.80 before Christmas (not on offer), since new year it has been £2. Whole chickens have gone up by £1. Diced stewing steak has gone up by £1 for the pack. Grapes have gone up by 10p. The small apples I buy for the kids have gone up by 6p. Bagels have gone up by 10p. Plus smaller increases on other stuff

RabbitsEatPancakes · 30/01/2025 06:57

We are still so lucky compared to most of the world with our prices. Aus, USA, Canada are 3 or 4 times what we pur groceries are- yes they earn more. But then look at Europe, eg Portugal, average salary is less than €1k and groceries there are easily double the cost of ours, even the fresh stuff they grow vs the stuff we ship in.

I think our stuff has been artificially cheap for decades and we've relied far too much on products from outside the country.

TipsyPlumAnt · 30/01/2025 06:54

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DustyLee123 · 30/01/2025 06:54

I’ve not noticed food prices rising, but both my gas/electric and water bills have gone up massively this month.

Itsalwaysfools · 30/01/2025 06:53

Macrodatarefiner · 30/01/2025 06:47

The price of cocoa is going off the scale though

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The price of chocolate has gone through the roof. It's helping me to really dial down the addiction!!

Theunamedcat · 30/01/2025 06:52

The price of chicken thighs are through the roof used to be 3.99 I paid over six quid for them this week this was a cheep meal at one point

ScupperedbytheSea · 30/01/2025 06:49

Totally agree. Last week, I went to my local Co-op and bought a tin of Heinz Big Soup and some Heinz Beans with sausages, and it came to £4.50. Couldn't believe it.

I do my regular shop at Lidl, and find the prices there better. But not everyone has one near them. I see people do their full shop in the little Co-op because I guess it's close and they are generally people who can't travel far. It must cost a bloody fortune.

ThighsYouCantControl · 30/01/2025 06:47

And yes OP, I feel like prices seem to steadily creep up and then at times suddenly sharply increase. My weekly shopping has gone up since Christmas too. I scan as I shop so I see it as go around, just to depress me that little bit more.

Macrodatarefiner · 30/01/2025 06:47

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The price of cocoa is going off the scale though

YourFriendlyGhost · 30/01/2025 06:47

I did our Tesco order this week and I’ve noticed:

Lurpak up £1
Single chocolate bars up 15p

but then Clubcard whole chickens for £4. Mental

HoraceCope · 30/01/2025 06:46

£19 in Lidl yesterday when i normally spent £12 on a top up

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