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I've just found an 11 year old Asda groceries order email. The price of BUTTER!

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How11yearsfly · 08/01/2026 14:10

It's not the most detailed order because there's no volumes weights etc. But butter is butter. £1.76 for 2 packs.

Jeepers

4th August 2015

I've just found an 11 year old Asda groceries order email. The price of BUTTER!
I've just found an 11 year old Asda groceries order email. The price of BUTTER!
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Blinkblanky · 08/01/2026 17:54

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LiveToTell · 08/01/2026 17:53

Irememberwhenitwasallfieldsroundhere · 08/01/2026 14:29

A pack of butter from Ocado was £2.85 in 2023, it's now £3.65 for the same butter

I'm going to go back further though

It was £2.00 in 2020 and 2019

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That’s what I pay for M&S’s own 500g block.

HamptonPlace · 08/01/2026 17:53

Bjorkdidit · 08/01/2026 14:50

500 g butter at Asda for 85 p? I don’t believe it.

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not butter though...

PickAChew · 08/01/2026 17:52

I managed to check Sainsburys as far back as 2016, when I was paying £1.70 for a 250g pack of their Taste the difference salted butter. I used their bog standard own brand for baking and remember it being about half the price.

DustyMaiden · 08/01/2026 17:50

I remember DM refusing to buy Anchor butter in 1965 because it was a shilling. DF earned £14 per wk . Rent was £1 per week London.

SerendipityJane · 08/01/2026 17:45

fanci · 08/01/2026 17:43

From what I understand, Germany CLOSED some nuclear plants and starting burning coal instead. Makes me mad

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Yes. Because "Green" is a near synonym for "thick" in too many places around the world.

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unmp · 08/01/2026 17:44

I’m more shocked about the price of 3 packs of sausages at £11! They must be some amazing delux sausages

fanci · 08/01/2026 17:43

SerendipityJane · 08/01/2026 17:40

I agree. We should have loaded up on nuclear 40 years ago.

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From what I understand, Germany CLOSED some nuclear plants and starting burning coal instead. Makes me mad

modernminimalist · 08/01/2026 17:42

Tesco, 2014

I've just found an 11 year old Asda groceries order email. The price of BUTTER!
I've just found an 11 year old Asda groceries order email. The price of BUTTER!
SerendipityJane · 08/01/2026 17:40

fanci · 08/01/2026 17:39

Makes me furious that we pay so much for power in this country. All because of environmental bullshit reasons.

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I agree. We should have loaded up on nuclear 40 years ago.

fanci · 08/01/2026 17:39

Bjorkdidit · 08/01/2026 14:17

In August 2015, NMW was £6.50 an hour, it's now £12.21

Electricity is also nearly double what it was 10 years ago.

These costs will both heavily impact the price of groceries.

Makes me furious that we pay so much for power in this country. All because of environmental bullshit reasons.

SerendipityJane · 08/01/2026 17:37

It's not just the prices of things though. It's range and availability. Which has dramatically reduced since Brexit.

Zov · 08/01/2026 17:35

rainforestalliance · 08/01/2026 15:45

10 years ago was 1999 or something, not 2015 😅

😆 And the 1970s was 25 years ago!

Zov · 08/01/2026 17:33

This thread is like Swiss cheese! 🧀 😬

Wonder how much that was in 2015??? Grin

Yes @How11yearsfly everything has gone up quite a bit - some stuff has doubled, but as a pp said, the NMW is practically double what it was 10 years ago. £6.50 per hour to £12.21 I think it is now....... So it balances out - a bit.

Honestly, DH and I don't struggle, and we're not minted. Average salaries. Both part time - him 28 hours a week, me 16. We cope fine. We have no mortgage, but apart from that, we have to pay for everything else.

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purser25 · 08/01/2026 17:26

Remember when butter got to be £1 think it was just before Covid now at leat £2 funnily enough M&S is one of the cheapest at £2

HellerHighWater · 08/01/2026 17:11

SummerHouse · 08/01/2026 14:17

Wowsers. I think butter has probably increased the most of all (along with Heinz products).

Yeah Heinz products are american which means that, along with other factors, Heinz is a "strong brand power allowing them to pass high costs onto consumers in the UK, sometimes more aggressively than rivals, leading to significant price hikes noted by shoppers and watchdogs"

This from Google.

In this case, and as with other american products, think twice about buying them.
Try to look for a comparable substitute, why help their economy when all else is so expensive on the shelves?

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 08/01/2026 17:10

Mymanyellow · 08/01/2026 16:04

Lurpak butter is £1.95 for 200g in Tesco with a club card. Definitely used to be 250g.

I never quite understand why anyone buys Danish butter, rather than supporting our own farmers, who goodness knows are screwed enough by the supermarkets.

Heylittlesongbird · 08/01/2026 17:08

Thats really interesting. The BoE inflation calculator says inflation between 2014 and Nov 25 was c 40%.

A block of Asda butter today is £1.99, so that’s an increase of 126%.

I really hope farmers are seeing some of the extra as I seem to recall dairy was running on ridiculous margins back then.

Womaninhouse17 · 08/01/2026 17:00

Thirstycarrot · 08/01/2026 14:25

Country life butter
£1.50 Asda. Today.

This inflation example doesn’t seem at all bad to me

That is only 200g. Butter is usually 250g but I've noticed a few of these smaller packs sneaking in to fool us. Watch out!

sweetpickle2 · 08/01/2026 16:56

Why are people falling over themselves to defend inflation/pretend it doesn't exist? Weird hill to die on.

AInightingale · 08/01/2026 16:35

Olive oil is the worst. I think molten gold is probably cheaper.

Thedogscollar · 08/01/2026 16:31

Those were the days my friend we thought they'd never end........

But they did and it's all so expensive now😣

SapphireSeptember · 08/01/2026 16:25

Mysa74 · 08/01/2026 16:05

In contrast, my top of band 5 NHS rate was £14.41 in 2015 and is now £19.33...

Edited to add, in 2005 it was £12.40. Which is both fascinating and quite depressing...

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That is bloody depressing. 🥺

PurpleBane · 08/01/2026 16:20

And yet my teaching salary hasn’t gone up at all. No wonder I’m broke. Has minimum wage really doubled in a decade?