Price of food

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This has probably already been done and I'm not brave enough for AIBU although I know I'm not but I went to Asda earlier and whilst I know things have gone up I was shocked -£4.25 for 20 packets of crisps, £3.40 for mayo (all cheap own brand was gone), £1.80 for a tin of soup, £5.00 for oil and almost £5 for two packs of pukka tea. I found myself putting stuff back. I'm sure I saw the price of food globally was going down so aren't we just getting ripped off?

It's getting so frequent around here that I'm starting to suspect astroturfing.

Please feel free to opt out of the services provided by those 'greedy, selfish' public servants, who've seen their incomes stagnate to the point of becoming pay cuts over the last decade.

Stupid, selfish public sector workers should just be grateful for food banks.

OP, try Sainsbury's. I'm spending no more there than I was last year. I'm not remotely suprised by the Which? report, I've been telling people Aldi/Lidl aren't cheap anymore for some time.

Yes the supermarket prices are getting out of hand. For me and DP it’s got to be around £100 a week. That’s us buying mostly the budget stuff and things on special offers (although we try to eat healthy too so lots of fruit and veg which is expensive now). I honestly don’t know how people cope who have big families. I have noticed prices increasing sometimes on a weekly basis. It’s ridiculous.

I think the government needs to set some sort of limit for inflation of food because it’s a human need. Supermarkets need to stop being so fucking greedy.

You're not allowed to say this. It's the fault of Brexit alone, we can't possibly point out that food is still cheaper in the UK than almost the entirety of the rest of Europe & the U.S.

Most of us eat too much and I’ve seen mumsnet moan about food being too cheap for the decade I’ve been here. So many people used to be DISGUSTED that you could buy a chicken for a couple of quid.

So here we are. Food is expensive just how we wanted it.

@CaramelicedLatte that's so true.

I go to France every Summer and food is more expensive there too.

Struggling to get Tesco red box tea. Think everyone that normally buys brands have been switching.

Asda always seems expensive. Have you tried aldi, lidl or even sainaburys and tesco own brand?
(Prices are going up though).

I've been in mainland Spain recently and was staying near two large supermarkets. Food was markedly cheaper in both than it is here. Eating, and drinking, out and in the hotel was cheaper than here.

It’s crazy, I don’t often clock what things cost but the yogurt I buy was £1.50 for a big pot and often on offer for £1. Then it went to £1.90 and is £1.50 when it’s on offer (which seems to be less frequent than it used to be), 2 weeks ago it went up to £2.10!! I nearly died when I saw the price of branded weetabix recently! It’s not something I buy and was getting it in for visitors who got Aldi own brand whether they liked it or not I’m sure they’d never actually know the difference if it wasn’t for the box

I accidentally added a box of walkers crisps to the shopping order. Husband checked the order through but didn't think to comment on the two Morrisons own packs and the box.
I felt a bit sick seeing how much they are.

You're not making me jealous of your tinned peas/spam/pink salmon/sardines as they all sound pretty revolting. Plus I don't like baked beans - Heinz or otherwise!

Nice that you're pleased with yourself though.

You’re being slightly rediclious.

It's definitely easier to absorb prices rises if you have free cash to bulk buy. I was so skint in April. Now payday has come and we spent £200 in lidl buying next months essentials to get the 10% off so saved £20 on a £230 shop. We did not buy one single luxury either.

Agree about Sainsburys, we used to joke about Sainsburys tax, but now I think they are more competitive than Morrisons with so.e good offers

Really noticed it the past few weeks - the little shops at Lidl which I'd be chucking things in the trolley without thinking and Jr being 20/30 quid js now double that and I'm thinking about everything. Sainsburys is a lot more reasonable I think Lidl was still the cheapest last time I checked Which but some items are weirdly expensive in there like for eg wafer thin ham which is 3x the cost of sainsburys cheap one.

Aside from that this thread is weird and we've got several factors brexit energy prices Ukraine etc.

I realise this would involve doing a bit of shopping about, but have noticed that M&S is actually cheaper these days than some of the discount supermarkets for some basics/essentials.

Waitrose is too , if you stick to what you need, sainsbury is really expensive as you can rarely get their own brands now

My Asda shop has gone up 30% since covid. I’ve found that the product sizes/weights have also reduced.

With prices so high and continuing to rise, plus shrinkflation, I recommend using supermarket price comparison sites to make sure you are getting the most for your money doing a weekly shop. I've tried https://mysupermarket.info and quite like it. Anyone else tried it or any others?