What have you stopped buying due to a price increase?

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?? Don't buy as many eggs as we normally did or chicken...

Cut out Uber, Amazon Prime, Amazon all together, No virgin cable any more, So no TV, no tv licence. No Able & Cole Veg Boxes, Basically I only have bills, food and mortgage to pay. With the price increase in Oct, I will have to cut back on food ....There is nothing else left. What a miserable existence

Has anyone done anything around the home? Our tumble drier has broke and I’m thinking of going without and investing in a heated clothes airer. Whilst the weather is better we will still need it. Sent DH to the local launderette last week to dry it all and was only £2.

How do so many people afford such massive, new (within the last 3/4 years) cars? I was looking at the other cars when I was driving to work last week. There are hardly any older cars in the road. Why is that?

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If the OP was vegan she wouldn't be buying eggs at all 😃 🥚 🍳

2 gym memberships gone.
we are just buying more basic whole foodstuffs - single ingredients and eating simpler, meals. Eating for nutrition as well as enjoyment.
Not shopping at the corner shop.
we are also growing more salads at home in tubs and buckets.lettuce, pea shoots, kale, herbs. If you have allotments nearby, find out what happens to the surplus. Often they sell the veg on a stall at the gate. Really cheap usually.

Laundrette dryers are brilliant! You’re right, it works out much cheaper!

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I would recommend that the Tony Carvery box for £3 is amazing.

Tony Cavery you say? I think I'll give that one a miss!

I'm buying fewer whole chickens. I buy organic or free range and get a few meals out of them but I don't buy them as often now. Biscuits too as there are fewer offers. I know this is healthier but having biscuits in the cupboard seems so normal. I'm trying to buy whichever block butters are on best offer.

One thing I can't cut are my driving lessons as I am getting closer to being test ready, it would be a massive waste. But I could really do with not having to spend over £70 a week.

Salmon and sea bass fillets - I used to get them on offer anyway, but even the offer price has gone up 20%. I used to cook it with stir fried veg and noodles - I’ve been swapping the salmon fillet for a fried egg recently, much cheaper.

I now buy “mixed size” eggs - I presume they are a bit cheaper because they don’t have to spend time weighing/measuring them rather than for welfare reasons.

I was always quite careful with shopping anyway, so I’ve extended my habits rather than changing them.

Yep pine nuts can fuck off. I'll learn to live without them. Considering pet insurance because £80 a month is just obscene now when every time I have to attend the vet I have to pay anyway.

Yoga class , I now do YouTube yoga at home, saves on fuel getting to a class.
Meat, now virtually vegetarian.
Not sure what to do about pet insurance, have 2 dogs 10 and 11 years. By the time I pay excess and 20% of bill most small claims not worth it but there is always the worry of a major illness.

Hairdressers, now just book when I feel hair is in desperate need of a cut instead of every 6 weeks, also use home hair dye.
Not buying loads of cleaning products, using up what I have then going to try white vinegar for most jobs or bicarbonate.
Cut down on coffees out and definitely not the major chains, would prefer to support small business.

I stopped buying Christmas presents for friends children years ago, it does get out of hand. I also only buy for my nieces and nephews not their parents (amongst the brothers and sisters we agreed this was a sensible plan.)

For your friend to try and make you feel guilty about not buying their kids presents I'd roll my eyes. Reasonable people will understand and probably be relieved themselves!!

Days out - we can’t just go on a whim any more. Fish and chips on the beach cost £40 the other day.

Definitely using the oven less than ever - I’ll use the air fryer wherever possible now.

Making a conscious effort to use energy when our solar panels are generating - I go on a mad rush to get washing on now, so it’s not wasted.

It’s miserable.

Starbucks chilled latte. £2.70 now

Fifi0102 · Today 06:22
Lurpak it's gone too expensive ridiculous“

the Aldi equivalent is very nice and quite a bit cheaper.

Walkers Sweet Chilli Sensations. They are amazing, but used to be able to get a share bag for £1, now they seem to be £1.99, all the time.

Driving lessons (not sure if this counts?)

Just can't bloody afford it.

I also recommend Giffgaff - DS has a sort of contract with them for £10 a month and it is very generous on data etc.

DH and I pay £11 each with 02 - but get a lot less data than DS does. But we don't really need it.

I am trying not to do too much driving and eg cycle to parkrun and walk into town; but we had a funeral on Friday so that used up half a tank getting there and back; and next weekend we have to do another long journey so it can't really be helped. My car is a hybrid so we use that as much as possible for the shorter "about town" journeys.

A lot of fruit. No more soft fruit, now buying cheap apples and pears but tbh they taste of nothing and texture is awful DH buys frozen soft fruit which is much cheaper and stirs it into granola etc - would that be a reasonable alternative?

I feel a huge amount of people will get themselves into massive debt for xmas presents, feeling guilt tripped by people like your friend, and for keeping up appearances sake.

Re the plenty I'm assuming you mean the large rolls. I buy mine in local chemist for a good price but have just opened a new roll and it is definitely not as thick as before. Have been using rolls from a 3 roll pack these last lot of weeks. Actually got one of the previous sheets from one of the bins to compare. Definitely it's thinner.
Going to try the Regina brand next time.
Bit like keeping the price of a packet of biscuits the same but reducing the weight looking at you McVities though Mark's own brand digestives are 65p compared to McVities £1.09 last I looked. Have also changed from using Persil for Sainsburys own. but not their digestives which are rubbish

We go to Home Bargains or B+M first, before the supermarket shop (Tesco being the usual)
you can get a lot of items way cheaper. Some of the big brand price rises are scandalous!!
I wonder if they’ll ever come back down?🤷‍♀️

Individual yogurts. Used to have a stash of luxury type ones in fridge for picky eldest DD’s lunches but sometimes they’d get eaten/sometimes come back unused and need binned. Can’t justify throwing away £1 each time!

If you drive an elderly car you often have to use the super/premium unleaded, otherwise the car won't work! Mine is 18 years old, and whilst in theory it should be ok on the normal unleaded, it bounced around like a kangaroo when I tried it when petrol changed last year, so I switched to premium and it's been fine ever since.

It's still considerably cheaper to have run a reliable car for 18 years than to have bought new ones in that time.

I cancelled my cats insurance and pet plan, she's getting on and if something did happen I would have to make some difficult decisions but ultimately if the treatment was going to cost ££££ she would be PTS. As with most older cats she hardly leaves the house and lives a very sedate life so hopefully she'll be okay.

I kept my dogs insurance, he's younger and more likely to injure himself imo. That said it's a basic plan and the cheapest one I could find.

I've also had to cut back on the dog walker, that just means I have to get up earlier to make sure he's had a decent walk before work.

There's no way I'd get any more pets in the future, I just can't afford them any more (I'm a senior nurse.)

I dont bother with the train anymore, or the dayrider bus tickets. Just stay local, and walk everywhere, despite using a walking stick and having significant mobility issues. Lucky to live by the sea, it's always nice, even when it's peeing down or cold, country park on my doorstep. Shame on southern water for polluting the shit (pun intended) out of the sea, don't fancy going in tbh.

I can make flatbreads (flour and yogurt - seasoning etc) for next to sod all, I have a non stick dosa pan and a carbon steel tawa pan, flatbread can be made in a flash, pile some protein, veg/ salad on top, there's my dinner. Only bread I really like is Burgen soya and Linseed but you cant always get it.

Cut down on food waste a bit by better planning.

I would have needed to do more but price rises have coincided with decision to cut down on alcohol and drink less rubbish or calories so, apart from coffee and teas (normal/herbal), only drink tap water at home. Means my supermarket bills are probably less than they were before which has offset utilities increases.