Stuff thsts ridiculously cheap

[BigDahliaFan]

Porridge oats, bought a bag for a couple of quid and it's going to last me 3 weeks of breakfasts...and I really like it and it's good for you.

This.
And flights.
And meat.
And milk.
And imported fresh produce.
And clothing.
And pretty much all manufactured consumer articles.
I look at stuff in my home and think that in a not too distant future, the scarcity and cost of extraction of resources will make new manufacturing prohibitively expensive, so yes, things which are made will carry pricetags which more accurately reflect the value of the resource and energy which has gone into the process of making things.
It's kind of gross how we have come to expect to be able to buy these things for so little. A coach ticket for £1. A flight for £14. A chicken for £4.99. A t-shirt for £1.69. A banana, from the other side of the world, for 80p. It makes me feel ashamed of how massive our collective blind spot is as far as our impact on the planet is.
We shouldn't want to buy stuff this cheaply. There's no integrity in a system which enables it.

@Iwasjustasking and @Sepoctnov, c'mon, it's an animal's life. What's with the compassion-shaming?
It's not snobbery to want decent living conditions for farmed animals destined for the supermarket shelves. We're not universally entitled to consume the bodies of other living beings. We take that upon ourselves, endow ourselves with that privilege. Fair enough. And if we decide that "Yeah, my desire for a roast trumps this animal's right to life," we should be honest about the crassness of our prioritisation and, where possible, afford said animal some dignity in life. It's not snobbery. We could just decide not to eat them quite so often, thus saving up to buy 'happier' versions less frequently, deriving protein from plants being a feasible alternative.

DVDs in charity shops, 2 or 3 for a pound.
When I think of what I spent to buy all those Disney films for my kids!

Electronic communication.

Lidl dried spaghetti 28p.

Plain yogurt, frozen fish, frozen veg, couscous, potatoes, bread, baked beans, own brand honey, pasta, pitta breads.

Look up switcel if you like ginger it's lush

Aldi shampoo and conditioner
I love their volume one (blue bottle)

It is pitiful how cheap cheap chickens are, and reflects how horribly they are treated.

Totally agree.

It's not having your nose in the air to care about animal welfare, including the welfare of animals we eat. Do you not care?

O2 pay-as-you-go mobile, £10 a month. No contract, and you can pay several months in advance or whenever. Not huge data but I don't need huge data.

Giffgaff- can be as cheap £6 a month

Compared to stuff you can spray on your hair, rub in your skin and paint on your nails, yes it is

All food in the UK is cheap. Where I live a chicken is around 17 euros. And its local from the island. Cheese is 20-25 euros a kg.

I was astonished at the prices this summer in the UK.

Bag of radishes.59p - Tesco. & often on special at 36p. Bargain!!

Look in the world foods aisle in the supermarket for cheaper flour, spices, pulses, oils, rice. Buy in bulk is always cheaper. My kitchen is too small I have to buy the little bottles and jars etc sadly

Agree world food aisle huge bottle of tamarind sauce £2.35

I agree that a lot of chicken is far too cheap, lots of other animal products too. It's their life yet apparently worth hardly anything. 😔

Lots of healthy foods are cheap. Veg, lots of fruits, lentils, tinned tomatoes (although expensive ones are nicer), oats, rice.

Things at places like Primark and Shein are too cheap.

I think very cheap versions of most things are available, it's always at the expense of someone/something though. Even if people had more money, I'm not sure they'd care.

Jars of basic olives in supermarkets recently surprised me, around a pound and great for a healthy snack with a bit of lemon juice.

Used to buy small individual cartons for roughly the same price and you get about 4 portions in the jars.

Following for the bread recipe 😊

pasta / rice

Chickens have a really really shit life and I won’t buy chicken however cheap o mr any cheap meat because it literally means the animal has had a terrible life. Not to mention cheap food, cheap living conditions, and then things like antibiotics to keep them alive long enough because normally they’d die in those conditions. GRIM. I can’t understand who wants to eat them based on that!

Agree porridge oats are fabulous especially this time of year!!!!

It's not food snobbery to think that an animal which is going to be eaten should have a decent life before it's killed. Instead of having a £5 chicken each week, have a £15 free range one every 3 weeks. It'll taste better than the cheap one and would have had a much better life.
Also I simply don't believe that people who insist they can only afford a £5 chicken don't make other food or life choices where they spend more money, so could actually cut back on those to be able to spend more on free range meat. How much is a pint of beer these days, or a netflix subscription or a manicure? Certainly more than the extra tenner to buy a free range chicken, I bet those who say they can't afford it have at least one unnecessary thing they could save on.
Or eat less meat full stop. Much cheaper and healthier to have a couple of days a week of meat free meals and have decent meat on your meat eating days.

Theatre tickets on seat filler sites like www.centraltickets.co.uk especially if you go alone. I went for Swan Lake at the Royal Albert Hall for £15 a couple of months ago in Row 2. Numerous other bargains.

I know! I thought I must have been charged for one single one. I don't really pay attention to the individual prices of things but this jumped out at me at the checkout and I had to ask.

I agree wholeheartedly. We're not vegetarians but do try to eat meat less and buy higher welfare meat. We have pet chickens and I feel sad that you can buy one for around £3 if you're not fussy about how it was treated.