I know prices are rising, but this is crazy

[Zenana]

I saw this post (paraphrased) below on a Facebook page of someone I know from a hobby group. I don't know what they ordered or where from, or the size of the order. Is this anyone's experience? I don't have a delivery or do a massive shop so can't compare. This price rise is in three weeks!

I've just ordered exactly the same food shop order that I ordered on the 21st April 2023 - the same food shop order has gone up £20 what a joke.

It really depends what the total cost of the shop was, and what she was ordering in the shop (special offers etc).

Heinz are asking £3.99 for a bottle of ketchup. Nuts! Morrisons savers, 43p. No-one noticed.

It's widely known that the price increases predominately affect those buying budget range groceries. "Premium" items or those from more expensive stores haven't increased by anywhere near the same rates.

I have quite a strict budget (on state pension) shop in Waitrose and have no problem keeping to budget, so this is nonsense.

@Booklover40 we are a family of six, also two teens and two younger snack fiends. We have a reasonable household income, so not having to scrimp on groceries overly but our weekly total is around £100 including dog food. I can't imagine spending £300!

It's not just inflation it's the fact that it is often highest on basics.
I happened to be in an M&S the other day. I noticed their Tarte au Citron (which I used to love) is now around £4.75 (£2.50 doesn't seem that long ago...). Fine. We can live without TauC. We can all add lentils, bulk out with root veg etc.
But cheap cheddar from Asda is now £5.75 for a large block. Norpak is up.
Bread, milk, cereal. Pasta. Value canned tomatoes. Canned tuna. Cheap mince.
Salad items. Apples. Fresh items don't last. Shrinkflation. It's all made it so hard.

I batch cook from scratch because my stbex doesn't pay me any maintenance.
He 'generously' gave me £100 as a one off towards the expenses of his 2 teens t'other day. Like Croseus, he was. I explained that might cover a standard week at Aldi now. Not an 'all the Christmas treats' like it used to. He was surprised. Knob.

The same top up basket I buy from Aldi midweek has gone up from about £30 to £43. Things like brie, which used to be about £1 but is now £1.89; grana padana, £1.20/£2.20; coffee, £1.99/£2.49; sunflower oil, £1.25/£2.25 and so on. This is in the space of a few months. They're not pennies-worth of increases - 50p or a pound on most of the items I buy adds up really quickly.

Marks and Spencer is the worst for this. A jar of pasta sauce that was £1 is now £2.50, for example.

Contrary to what PPs have said, I've found that for staples Waitrose is actually cheaper than a lot of other supermarkets. Their pasta sauces are still £1 and their basics are much nicer than Asda/Lidl and are the same price. Plus you get vouchers regularly if you have a loyalty card.

I did a repeat delivery of what I ordered in February ( only do a big shop online) and it was £30 more than the £100 it was last time

I have definitely noticed this.

I normally do online shops as I have no willpower in the actual shop - what was £80-90 weekly is now coming in at £120-odd. That's WITH a staff discount of 10%.

It's hard to say without knowing the details of the original shop eg. Brands, offers, how much was the total cost?

Of course but £20 in three weeks???

I can definitely agree with a ££ on a like for like shop. Most of the items I buy have gone up by at least 20p each, or the item has been removed so I'm stuck buying a more expensive alternative.

Tesco is fucking extortionate I know that. Two bags of shopping last night - £88!!! Nothing exciting in there at all. The cheapest brand of everything. Good with reduced stickers. Just madness.

*Food

Yep. The lower end goods just disappeared completely.

I’ve just looked at my Ocado account to do a comparison. I made an order in early March which came to £119.98. I’ve just added everything from that order to my basket and it now costs £137.50. If my maths is correct, that’s a 14.6% rise, in two months. Coincidentally, the offers I used back in March are the same offers now, although prices have changed - eg 2 packs for £6 is now 2 packs for £7. Loads of things in my basket have risen by 15p - orange juice, courgettes, onions etc.

Not shopping there as much as I used to, doing lots of smaller shops at Aldi or the local market instead.

No Waitrose near me so I can't comment on their specific prices but it doesn't seem be possible that they haven't increased the prices of the things you buy as just about everything has been going up in recent months.

Maybe it's the way you've phrased it but greed in a child isn't a very attactive quality, do they really not know how to eat in moderation?

We shop at Ocado or Waitrose.

Weekly shop (two adults, one 6yo) was 90-100.
Now it's 110-130 (depending on whether we buy meat).

We don't buy alcohol very often, and the cost includes all household/cleaning stuff.

I used to spend £60 at Sainsburys for a really decent shop with treats/branded stuff
Now I spend £60 at Aldi for pretty much the same shop. So I'm not spending more but I'm shopping in a much cheaper supermarket and not buying branded

£20 more means nothing if it included alcohol on special offer no longer reduced (eg my favourite gin was £8 off this week) ditto branded goods that tend to vary more

Why do some posters care so much about someone spending £300 a week on groceries?

It's their money, they can spend it on what they want if they can afford it, they might have a large family and/ or buy premium quality items because that's what they want to prioritise spending their money on. They might be very wealthy. It's up to them and it's really none of your business - who cares?!

This thread is about price rises, not judging the baseline amount people spend.

I haven't noticed such increase in the last few weeks. £20 increase in the past few months, yes.

@shammalammadingdong

That's the truth, in the U.K. we have had very cheap food prices for so long, only france is close in price - I paid far more in Spain for basic groceries. Obviously there's certain products that are cheaper (wine basically) but otherwise we had it good in the U.K. in larger places at least. I shop at Lidl and it is very reasonable

I tend to buy different things all the time so am not always keeping track.

But the other day I went into the Tesco app to take some items out of my delivery basket.

Decided a few hrs later that I wanted them after all so went back into the app. A Poussin had gone up 20p to £4.20, supernoodles up 20p to £1 a packet and Febreze up 50p to £2.50!

Lol at this thread.

Food inflation is at 18% and half the thread tying to find excuses for this not being a price rise.

Yes the price of food is going up quickly, yes that disproportionately affects the poor who spend a greater % of their income on food so feel the overall inflation rate of 10% more and no the government aren’t planning on doing anything about it.
If you haven’t noticed price rises, then that’s probably just because you aren’t paying attention. Presumably because you are well off enough not to need to.