To be shocked at the rising price of food?

[AbsentmindedWoman]

I do a fair bit of my grocery shopping at Aldi and Lidl, but dip into all the big stores very regularly as well for certain items I like when they are on offer to stock up, and also for yellow sticker bargains.

My bill has gone up by about a quarter in the last six months or so for the same products. Aldi and Lidl don't seem all that cheap anymore - although to be fair I don't know what doing my 'main' shop at Sainsbury's or Tesco or Morrisons.

I'm a little shocked at just how quickly the prices are going up. I knew they were going to rise but kind of expected a much more gradual increase. Silly me.

Has anyone else felt like this? Or does anyone else feel alarmed at not knowing when prices will level out and slow down?

Most people in the UK don't pay anywhere near £15 for a chicken. A standard supermarket one will be about £6. One that costs £15 will be from a small scale organic producer.

barbara
Yup, £15 is the true price for a properly produced chicken.
I do not begrudge paying it
2 meals for 4 people : its still affrdable

Yes YABU - the rise in the price of food should not be a shock (however it does seem to be getting a lot worse - today something I buy weekly has halved in size so has doubled in price in a week!!)

YANBU

Wait around 18 months. You ain't seen nothing yet.

Bloody Hell!

That link posted by theworldisfullofidiots at 7.14 needs to be shared far and wide.

Has anyone else come across Legatum?

The cost of food is one thing. The complete destruction of consumer and workers rights another entirely.

Legatum are advising theresa may

THe Economist has been watching and listening to Legatum for a while
www.economist.com/news/britain/21716083-world-opportunity-will-open-upbut-seizing-those-chances-may-be-harder-it-looks-where

Product sizing/weights etc are much smaller too.

You know that everywhere in the U.K. Aside from London
Has a legal obligation to provide allotments if a certain amount of people apply
Grow your own veg people !
It's a fun thing for families to do
It keeps you fit
More people should do it
And it's rubbish to say you don't have time
You can run anlottment on an hour a week

Worried
^You know that everywhere in the U.K. Aside from London
Has a legal obligation to provide allotments if a certain amount of people apply ^
Um no.
The Allotments Act 1897 with which I'm stupidly familiar
says nothing of the sort

AND
I have a vegetable garden the size of a standard allotment.
There is NO WAY that my family could be self sufficient in vegetables on that little space.

I wasn't saying be self sufficient
But it all helps
If you can grow a third of your veg yourself then it's a good thing
And the benefits are huge

Planning Policy Guidance 17 (PPG17) requires that local authorities make provision for all types of open space that may be of public value. It also requires local authorities to undertake robust assessments of local needs for, and audits of, existing open space, sports and recreational facilities and to establish standards for new provision. It is expected that by implementing the guidance in PPG17, local authorities should make adequate provision for allotments.

Furthermore, if an allotment authority is of the opinion that there is a demand for allotments in its area, it is required under Section 23 of the Small Holdings and Allotments Act 1908, to provide a sufficient number of allotments and to let them to persons residing in its area who want them.

Written representations may be made to the local authority on the need for allotments by any 6 residents on the electoral register or persons liable to pay council tax, and the local authority must take those representations into account (section 23(2) of the Small Holdings and Allotments Act 1908). The Council must assess whether there is a demand for allotments in their area. If the council decides that there is a demand for allotments; they have a statutory duty to provide a sufficient number of plots. In terms of the duty to provide under section 23 of the Small Holdings and Allotments Act 1908 there is no time limit for provision once it has been established that there is a demand.

And I was totally self sufficient on that allotment size. I understand others might not be
But even a tiny amount helps

PPG17 has been withdrawn

and no councils are NOT required to provide allotments
they are required to look into it

I cannot be self sufficient because my soil does not allow me to grow alliums or brassicas ....

Does anyone else shop like me and just buy whatever is reduced? My friend does the same shop week in, week out online. I go to (mainly) Lidl and Tesco and decide what I'm cooking based on what's on offer. Obviously certain things stay the same but the majority is cherry picked from what's been reduced. Keeps things interesting and cheaper that way.

Also so many of us are overweight (myself included) and we could certainly do with eating less each day. I wonder if more expensive food might force us to think more carefully about what we consume 🤔

Ok my apologies
I didn't know it had been revoked
But silently we lose these things that we need to fight for
I'm really not trying to get into a fight with you, I imagine we are actually on the same side, clearly we both love growing our own veg.

I live in London and struggle with the costs. I think it's hugely important that we all try and grow a bit ourselves if we can. Regardless of how much we can manage

Not sure why you want to be so combative with me

An hour a week? I can't see how that would work, and I grow a number of things in the garden myself. DM's seems to take much more work than that.

One of our business is a small shop in most cases we’ve had up 25-30% increases in our stock purchase. And we’ve held prices at the moment but won’t last long. Worrying thing is sales are also down this year so going to be interesting. Our other business has been hit directly as had some work cancelled.

I hate Brexit and our current governments total lack of direction and forethought. They are still under the impression we wil get a good deal come 2019.

I’m still a remainer but if we are going to go out we need to do It now and hard and pick up the pieces. At the moment we’ve got at least 18 months of uncertainty and then the shit hits the fan. And at least with an early hard Brexit we can start picking up the pieces

But at least we will have £350 million for the NHS and our sovereignty back - really think you’ll find we’ve never lost it

And when Borris is quoted as only choosing Brexit to piss off Cameron.

Or shooing has gone up but not by much as we don’t stick to brands and only buy on price/quality

I didn't think that had to provide, they have to consider it.

One thing I find strange about the whole Brexit thing is that Leavers haven't changed their minds. They can see how it's going, they can feel the price rises they can see they were sold a pack of lies and yet they'd vote the same way. I just don't get it.

Sorry you're right
www.allotmoreallotments.org.uk/legislation.htm

Once you get going. And if you've put certain strategies in place.
You could spend an hour on a weekend on it.
You have to chose carefully what you grow. But it can be done

idiots
That page was last updated in March 2012
I deal with allotment campaigns regularly.
Campaigning for more allotments is irrelevant in most city areas as there is no land available.
In rural areas there are often more allotments than people.

Gardenshare is a better bet in cities - and brings communities together
BUT
grow your own will not replace much of what people are used to buying in SAinsburys and Tesco