Price increase at Aldi?

[onlyslightlyinterested]

I did my weekly shop in Aldi today, and was gobsmacked when I got to the checkout. About£12 more than normal! No special buys. The only difference was, I had to get frozen veggies, as there were hardly any fresh. I was going to buy fresh salmon, but it was£4.99! Has anyone else noticed a steady increase in the price?

[maggiecate]

The supermarkets have been swallowing the price increases caused by the exchange rate and various other issues up until now, but it's becoming unsustainable. Costs are increasing across the board for retailers and the rise in the minimum wage is starting to bite - and they're now at the point where they're having to pass it on.
Food price inflation is about to become a very big issue. Stuff like the spanish veg shortage and the problems with salmon will calm down in a couple of months once other countries growing season kicks in, but overall everyone is going to be feeling the pain.

[Ta1kinPeace]

just wait till customs clearance comes back : choice in the shops will fall away

and if the UK market gardeners can no longer use East Europeans to pick their veg they will either

• put up prices
  
• relocate to mainland Europe and put up prices and take the jobs with them

[dementedma]

My elderly mother used to buy the salmon fillets for herself - she lives alone - but I saw her putting it back the other day when I took her shopping as it's now too expensive. I will have to "over buy" and drop some in to stop it going to waste....

I will soon have a new green passport!

[Ta1kinPeace]

where is that from ?
Irish ones are purple after all

[RebootYourEngine]

I was talking about this earlier, the checkout person who served me today said that everything is going up and its not by 1 or 2p its 20 or 30p minimum. I think this could be the same for all supermarkets so no matter where you shop the price will increase.

[MixedUpConfusion]

Grapes were £1.50 in Asda last week, now £2.

[NarkyMcDinkyChops]

Irish ones are purple after all

No they aren't! They are the exact same colour as UK ones, that maroony colour.

RE food prices, food in the UK has been very cheap for a long time, much cheaper than most other places in Europe. I'm always amazed at how little people spend on food in the UK. It might go up to a more usual level now?

[AwkwardSquad]

I've noticed this in my Sainsbo shop. 10, 20, 30 pence on everything. Bloody annoying. Especially when I didn't sodding well vote for it. However, as op have said, there are various factors at play.

Not overly affected by veg shortage yet as tend to eat mostly seasonably tho not entirely (when is kiwifruit season? I have no idea, I realise...) but there are still price rises on onions and carrots and so forth. The salmon price increase is due to an infestation of sealice. Milk prices have been unsustainably low for years so a rise is overdue.

Not looking forward to seeing how all of this plays out.

[addictedtorunning]

Narky that might well be true but going up so suddenly and sharply is going to be a shock for a lot of people .

[AwkwardSquad]

*as pp have said

Everythign is going up in price. My salary, on the other hand, is not.

[NarkyMcDinkyChops]

Narky that might well be true but going up so suddenly and sharply is going to be a shock for a lot of people

There will be an even bigger shock when Brexit actually happens and prices will increase even more suddenly and sharply!

[HumphryCushion]

I echo what was said earlier-this is the impact of Brexit and the devaluation of sterling

Imported goods cost more

When we have exited the customs union it could be a lot more expensive given tariff charges

[Ta1kinPeace]

The standard EU external tariff on Lettuce is 10.4%

so that is another 10% rise on the cost of stuff over and above any currency fluctuations and increased haulage costs due to clearing customs and demurrage charges

[FlouncingInAWinterWonderland]

But maybe, just maybe, if we're having to pay the extra external tariff and the haulage costs etc then it will become viable for our own producers to supply our lettuce at a rate that is cheaper than the imported lettuce.

[addictedtorunning]

I wanted to buy some UK produced honey the other day and the honey from Wales was £6 per jar and the honey from New Zealand was £3 per jar. Can anyone explain why this would be? I bought the Welsh honey because of the food mile issue but I couldn't sustain buying all British if it all cost that much.

This makes me worry a lot that all the buying British, which yes in theory is great, will just bankrupt us all!

[HumphryCushion]

Let's hope so

[Scribblegirl]

Definitely thinking that we need to eat more seasonal in this house - we eat very Mediterranean and I'm concerned that our winter dependency on that sort of veg and fruit is a bad idea as we approach Brexit. Does anyone have a good guide on eating seasonally? Have to confess I know what veg is grown in the uk but not what seasons.

[addictedtorunning]

Flouncing there won't be anyone to pick it though after all those pesky immigrants have been sent home so UK won't be able to produce it.

[Ta1kinPeace]

Only if they can get the cheap European labour

oh wait ....

In terms of energy costs, heating glasshouses in the UK in December costs more than trucking in lettuce from Spain.
Lettuce will become seasonal again

[specialsubject]

can't see a difference here and I assure you I do notice.

if this stops the British buying crap out of season stuff, and thus encourages Uk supermarkets to stock things that taste good rather than look good, it will all have been worth it. I lived in a Med country for a while - the veg was all different shapes, didn't look good and wasn't always available but it tasted wonderful. Not available here unless you grow your own.

[NarkyMcDinkyChops]

then it will become viable for our own producers to supply our lettuce at a rate that is cheaper than the imported lettuce

They won't have anyone to pick them though!

[addictedtorunning]

It will be swedes and leeks all the way from Oct to April

[Ta1kinPeace]

From my veg garden today I can pick
leeks, kale, broccoli, carrots, beets and parsnips.
In storage I have spuds and squash
In the freezer I have beans and tomatoes

[abbsisspartacus]

Ffs they have to pay the immigrants minimum wage so yes people will do there jobs in the UK

[Ta1kinPeace]

Ffs they have to pay the immigrants minimum wage so yes people will do there jobs in the UK
But Brits wont.
The UK has imported labour to pick veg for over 70 years.