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MeinKraft · 2023-02-01T21:55:46+00:00

I've really fancied trying these Bueno eggs, finally saw them in Tesco and nearly collapsed in shock at the price. £2.75!! For a few tiny little eggs. I think not. The delights of the Bueno egg will remain a mystery to me. What have you seen lately that's ridiculously overpriced? I know *everything* but maybe like the little treats you might have bought that are now so out of budget that you won't buy them even if you can afford too.

Imtryingnottobother · 05/02/2023 01:22

www.rspca.org.uk/adviceandwelfare/costofliving/foodbank

Everyonehasavoice · 05/02/2023 01:43

To cheapen pet food
Dogs can eat vegetables, in fact mine loves carrots, good for their teeth too.
So it’s possible to add vegetables and left overs in their bowl along with their usual bowl…..the vet says he has amazing teeth probably because of the crunchy carrots
When I was a student we had lots of stray cats and we’d mix rice in with their food to stretch it. I still do this with our cats food.

kateandme · 05/02/2023 03:50

but when you cant even buy the mince for yourself?
when your cant even afford that veg for yourself.
we are all coming up with still extra to buy. this woman and many i assume like her couldnt afford the hike of her food and the pets.buying it to make fresh still wouldnt help with the level of inflation.
this lady literally put half her trolley back. and im talking meals. this was meals she would actively go without.
some arent choosing that.
rescue centres are over run.
people arent buying pet insurance.
more and more pet food banks are being needed.
i think peoples ideas are great.sorry if i seemed to shit on it.
but when the foods we mention are now up in price themselves. even tinned and frozen veg.even cheap rice isnt cheap rice. how can people manage it.
and how to choose their pets over themsleves or their kidss?
its just so sad.
everything at the moemnt. there isnt a break from it. there is not one thing that isnt making people need more money. so people just cant get a break or a breather.

beguilingeyes · 05/02/2023 08:21

I'll be 62 this summer and thought I'd be happily retired now (I have a company pension that kicked in at 60). But I'm still working because the COL frightens me and I can't see where it will end. £800 for six months electricity. It's insane.

MarvellousMonsters · 05/02/2023 08:22

icclemunchy · 01/02/2023 22:21

Genius gluten free bread. £4.50 and its not even half the size of a normal loaf.

Yay for coeliacs 🙄

Morrisons own brand is cheaper and just as good. But, I just stopped eating bread, all the gf stuff is more expensive.

Also, all the 'cheap' foods seem to have unnecessary wheat in them, meaning I have to buy premium or cook everything from scratch.

Yay for coeliacs indeed.

Lunaballoon · 05/02/2023 08:32

£44 for a whole salmon in Morrisons.I used to buy these occasionally for the freezer when on offer but fresh fish prices have gone through the roof!

BittenontheBum · 05/02/2023 10:16

What concerns me most is whether these ridiculous prices will ever come down??
If a huge amount of ordinary people cannot afford to shop as they were many smaller businesses will suffer.
Many peoples health is already suffering 😪
Our children and grandchildren will be suffering a lack of nutrition, especially during school holidays etc (we all saw what the government were offering as meal replacements for kids during the pandemic)
People are abandoning their pets as they cannot afford to feed them and most rescue centres are full to capacity (with a lot of those being lockdown pets)
The world has gone mad 😪
IF you can afford to buy porridge oats you can add them dry to wet dog food to bulk it out or soak overnight and mix with dry food.

Kirs7y · 05/02/2023 11:34

Rosalindisafuckingnightmare · 02/02/2023 00:09

Someone is trying to sell a 4 bedroom house near me for £595,000 and the 4th bedroom
is 6 foot by 6 foot.

Someone else is trying to sell a house for £535,000 on a “quiet cul-de-sac”. I’ll grant you the house is on a cul-de-sac but it backs directly onto a hospital with a helipad.

May have slightly missed the point here…

What area do you live in? I live in BCP and recently been looking at other areas and I’ve realised you can get so much more for your money.

ancientgran · 05/02/2023 12:20

BittenontheBum · 05/02/2023 10:16

What concerns me most is whether these ridiculous prices will ever come down??
If a huge amount of ordinary people cannot afford to shop as they were many smaller businesses will suffer.
Many peoples health is already suffering 😪
Our children and grandchildren will be suffering a lack of nutrition, especially during school holidays etc (we all saw what the government were offering as meal replacements for kids during the pandemic)
People are abandoning their pets as they cannot afford to feed them and most rescue centres are full to capacity (with a lot of those being lockdown pets)
The world has gone mad 😪
IF you can afford to buy porridge oats you can add them dry to wet dog food to bulk it out or soak overnight and mix with dry food.

My memory of the 70s is that it doesn't come down. They start going on about inflation going down and hoping people are too thick to realise that 5% this year on top of 10% last year (just as an example) still means prices are up on last year and the year before.

greenacrylicpaint · 05/02/2023 13:27

inflation by definition mean prices going up.

a slowing of inflation just means prices not going up that much - not prices going down.

Rosscameasdoody · 05/02/2023 13:48

ancientgran · 05/02/2023 12:20

My memory of the 70s is that it doesn't come down. They start going on about inflation going down and hoping people are too thick to realise that 5% this year on top of 10% last year (just as an example) still means prices are up on last year and the year before.

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Do you remember in the early 80’s when the price of potatoes shot up because of failed crops ? The price of a portion of chip shop chips went up massively and never came down. No reason to think that the CoL price rises will come down again now retailers know we’re prepared to pay them.

justasking111 · 05/02/2023 14:22

OH had a cold which morphed into sinusitis he bought Halls mentholyptus sweets in the co-op the other week. Today we stopped at a local independent newsagent near us. They're a lot cheaper there.

Co-op have greater buying power than our local guy. We're being conned.

I'm awaiting the results turnover wise of these supermarket chains. Theyl be very interesting

Rosscameasdoody · 05/02/2023 14:29

justasking111 · 05/02/2023 14:22

OH had a cold which morphed into sinusitis he bought Halls mentholyptus sweets in the co-op the other week. Today we stopped at a local independent newsagent near us. They're a lot cheaper there.

Co-op have greater buying power than our local guy. We're being conned.

I'm awaiting the results turnover wise of these supermarket chains. Theyl be very interesting

I think the fact that prices are rising faster in supermarkets like Aldi and Lidl says a lot. Smacks of profiteering.

ancientgran · 05/02/2023 15:06

Rosscameasdoody · 05/02/2023 14:29

I think the fact that prices are rising faster in supermarkets like Aldi and Lidl says a lot. Smacks of profiteering.

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I thought it would be because they had tighter margins so had to pass it on, other supermarkets with bigger profit margins could afford to absorb it.

ancientgran · 05/02/2023 15:07

Rosscameasdoody · 05/02/2023 13:48

Do you remember in the early 80’s when the price of potatoes shot up because of failed crops ? The price of a portion of chip shop chips went up massively and never came down. No reason to think that the CoL price rises will come down again now retailers know we’re prepared to pay them.

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Yes that is true. What goes up must come down doesn't seem to apply to prices.

ancientgran · 05/02/2023 15:10

greenacrylicpaint · 05/02/2023 13:27

inflation by definition mean prices going up.

a slowing of inflation just means prices not going up that much - not prices going down.

Yes but that isn't how they present it, it's smoke and mirrors. Sunak was interviewed last week with questions about nurses and how much pay increase they needed. His immediate response was inflation is going down which is irrelevant as they need the increase for what has already happened plus what is happening now. How many people hear what he says and swallow what he's saying? Not many hopefully but who knows.

Thinkbiglittleone · 05/02/2023 15:12

GoldenCagedBird · 01/02/2023 22:40

Co op fresh pizzas. Nearly £7 near me.

They used to be a nice thing to have in the fridge for when it was just me and I didn’t really want to order a takeaway.

Now I’d much rather order from the amazing local place, support a small business and not have any washing up or the risk of burning it.

I know, with that pizza price and by the time you have used the electricity to cook it, better ordering in from a nice local take away place

kateandme · 05/02/2023 15:36

I just wanted to come on and say and I can't find the people to quote them. but there were a few of us on here especially with those with sensory issues or autism that were finding the tomato soup issue of 1.70! difficult. I just wanted to point out that at Sainsbury's at the moment tins of tomato soup are a pound .now I don't know whether that will last or whether it's just online but I've just seen it in an advert email. I hope this is right. and I hope it help anyone that was particularly concerned earlier up thread goodness and I hope it wasn't just advertising the small tins!!

RozinaBullock · 05/02/2023 20:30

I saw a Kiri Schumacher brooch, very pretty for £10, but it was made of felt and some cheap stones!!!!! The box was prettier

ancientgran · 05/02/2023 21:53

kateandme · 05/02/2023 15:36

I just wanted to come on and say and I can't find the people to quote them. but there were a few of us on here especially with those with sensory issues or autism that were finding the tomato soup issue of 1.70! difficult. I just wanted to point out that at Sainsbury's at the moment tins of tomato soup are a pound .now I don't know whether that will last or whether it's just online but I've just seen it in an advert email. I hope this is right. and I hope it help anyone that was particularly concerned earlier up thread goodness and I hope it wasn't just advertising the small tins!!

You are right, I saw it today at my local Sainsbury's. I don't buy it but stopped to look because of this thread.

kateandme · 05/02/2023 22:39

ancientgran · 05/02/2023 21:53

You are right, I saw it today at my local Sainsbury's. I don't buy it but stopped to look because of this thread.

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ah good hopefully it might help a few people. thats a huge saving for those that buy in bulk

Helendegenerate · 06/02/2023 10:25

Being a tea drinker and my only (instant) coffee is the morning one which wakes up my head I was running low on Nescafe so after seeing the price rise had reached £7 ! I thought no way. A jar of Tesco Classic has now been mixed with my remaining Nescafe and it tastes fine to me.

Decafflatteplease · 06/02/2023 10:33

Re soup....

We always have heinz soup in the house for DC lunches. We buy in bulk from ocado and it's good value. It's 2 X 6 packs of soups for £10 so 12 cans for £10 which is pretty good I think. It uses to be 12 cans for £8 not too long ago!

VickyEadieofThigh · 06/02/2023 10:43

VickyEadieofThigh · 04/02/2023 16:28

Over £40 for ONE tablet for my dog's skin complaint.

Someone mentioned yoghurt. For some years I've had Total Fage Greek yoghurt for my breakfast. In the past few months, not only has the price for the 500g tub gone up from around £2.25 to at least £2.75 (they're £3.60 at the Co-op now) and often £3 at Tesco, Morrisons etc, they've slyly taken 50g out of the tub so you're getting less, too!

Same goes for the 1000g tubs - price up markedly, 50g less in the tub.

And Total Fage yoghurt - in the (now) 450g tubs, had rocketed to £3.50 at Tesco yesterday.

I've decided to change to a cheaper brand - probably Aldi.

postwarbulge · 06/02/2023 12:55

You can still sometimes find 300g jars of Nescafe for £5-6 in Aldi or Lidls so I stock up whenever I seem them.