What have you stopped buying?

[Rockthecasbah1]

Just like the title says. What have you stopped buying because it's become too expensive?
I'll go first.

Takeaways
Hair appointments
Lamb

Takeaways, eating out, alcohol, non-essentials

Meals out, clothes, holidays

It’s getting to the point where extra virgin olive oil is like, “Erm, you what…?!”

Fabric softener … don’t miss it .

Bananas. In fact any shop fruit other than apples. Luckily have plenty of fruit stored from last year. But went to buy bananas last week and couldn’t do it.

@ChocAuVin that's another one I shop around for, the prices are ridiculous

Branded tomato sauce
Branded butter

Smoked salmon
Posh crisps
Cashews
Varieties of cheese - just cheddar now
Branded washing powder

Partly due to life style changes post covid - hairdressers and clothes

Due to COL eating out and takeaways are a rare treat.

Yes OP, all branded sauces- now own brand ketchup/ mayo/ bbq sauce. Only one I still buy is HP.

Topside beef joints from Morrisons because in one week the price has jumped from £12 to nearly £20.

Heinz sauce . Olive oil ( horrendous) . beef and branded crisps fruit is pricey too , it's all quite miserable !

Nout

Organic veg. We are vegetarians so meat and fish isn’t a problem. My husband is a sober alcohol and I have little interest in drinking so these things haven’t been an issue for us. Not to sound too boring, but we haven’t really done takeaways either. DH is a fabulous cook, so no real temptation.

Not much. We just pay more.

I nearly fainted at the price of olive oil. My bread recipe made do with sunflower oil. Would've been very expensive bread!

Meat and fish! I only buy lamb a few times per year now. Rarely buy beef other than mince. It falls me handing over £4 for two small salmon fillets that would have been £2.50 a couple of years ago. We have also cut back on eating out and takeaways, buy the takeaway bags from Sainsbury’s/M&S instead.

Biscuits. Chocolate bars. Crisps. Sweets. Don't have them in the house anymore.

Organic whole chicken
Olive oil
Branded ice cream
Branded detergent
Fewer take aways and restaurants.

Meat
Olive oil
Salmon
Takeaways

It's basically pasta/chilli/salad/jacket potatoes here unless my mum buys me some shopping (she lives with me)

Having first hair cut in a year over this half term with DC
Clothes
Fabric conditioner
Super Unleaded
Different types of teabags
New shampoos and body wash etc - using up testers from hotels instead

Eating out. Takeaways. Taxis (don't go out much anyway) don't buy much new clothes.

Brands of cereal, who the hell buys proper a Wheetabix now??

I now also buy the cheapest toothpaste, again who affords the fancy toothpaste?

Hair appointments definitely. I've gone down to a once a year haircut and I box dye every 6 weeks. Just going out in general. We were meant to go out tomorrow for a meal to celebrate our anniversary but both decided we would rather stay in due to expense.

Holidays. Gym. Takeaways clothes (already have enough) no longer go shopping just for fun. No longer buy furniture or stuff for the home. Have realised that I have more than enough of everything and just make use of what I have

Due to a new health issue, I can no longer have takeaways, eat out at most places, buy chocolate or cheese, or anything spicy.

Stopped buying takesway coffees for like £4 a pop.

For my hair to be blow dried at hair appts. Dreading when I have to start colouring over the ever-increasing greys.

In fact, most nice things. No life with little kids.