Is food suddenly loads more expensive? Why?

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Ok. Panicking if it continues.
Just been to the local shop for tinned tuna and couldnt get it below 2 pounds. Corned beef 2. 50.
These were once cheap options for sandwiches. Now i see them as protein to be saved for an evening meal, and for sandwiches to be made from paste, marmite, soft cheese etc.
I have noticed my usual bread rolls go from 90p to 1.10.
Milk stayed the same. Squash much more money.
Is it just me? Yes i could have gone to aldi and not the corner shop but even so.
I honestly dont see how places like tesco are going to stay open if this continues, nor how anyone could afford to fill a trolley for the weeks shop.
Is it just me or is food becoming too expensive? Thats before tv license, water, petrol getting dearer each year.
How are we supposed to manage when wages dont rise at the rate of inflation?

Most people can eat healthily on a budget if they have the motivation. Lets face it, a lot of people in Britain eat crap food (and lots of it in some cases) because they prefer it.I know people on mumsnet hate to admit it, but thats the truth of it. Instead they come up with a myriad of 'reasons' why they can't cook the simplest of meals.
It's no different than the BF/FF debates on here. Some posters simply are unable to accept that many women FF because they find it easier and more convenient, no matter how many times they're told that. No, they have to come out with a whole list of reasons, the latest one being shills for Aptamil.

It would make more sense if informed regular posters had a sort of checklist to ask when this sort of thing comes up:
e.g.
budget
time
how much freezer space do you have?
what cooking facilities do you have?
which shops are nearby? (and how much are fares, if relevant)
any special diets in household
disabilities that may affect travel to shops / carrying stuff / cooking
and tailor advice accordingly

Rather than everyone arguing about different impressions of the extent to which people on lower incomes have / do x, y and z.

“Tanith The reason why they don’t last long is because the supermarkets cram too many seeds into a pot and grow them under intensive conditions. ”

No, it’s because they use weak offshoots that don’t grow as well. Really poor value to buy herbs from a supermarket, whether growing or prepacked.

You are wrong Tanith.

Read this Tanith

www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/grow-plants/how-to-divide-supermarket-herbs/

LARLARLAND is right - I split and repotted basil at the beginning of the summer and have about 10 pots that are going great still. I've potted them on too.

Works with chives really well too.

I have split supermarket basil, coriander, chives, mint and parsley. All going very well and I have masses of plants.

Thanks for the supermarket herb tips, didn't know that and my oregano didn't grow at all as my seeds were presumably too old.

I think there's 2 issues here-

1. People that have no clue how to cook from scratch do exist, my partner is the second generation from one such family and he was fairly clueless, he's better now as he's learnt somewhat for DS. He's still fairly amazed how much flavour spices add which isn't surprising- his parents gave us all the spices they had (bought by me for a recipe) as they don't use things like that. He also really struggles to have a look and cook with just what's in the kitchen rather than buying especially.

His aunts and cousins are all the same and are amazed when we cook whatever from scratch as they imagine it's really tricky, even stuff like crêpes. Their cooking from scratch is from jars or packets.

1. Crap food becomes a treat unfortunately, when you can't afford to go to cinema, theatre, trips, concerts or anything like that then what's left as a treat? This is something I personally really struggle with as whatever else I'd like to do is out of reach.

I once worked in an ex mining village with families and I taught mum's how to cook, they were really chuffed once they could make spag bol using readymade sauce, the idea you could make your own tomato sauce was pretty much unbelievable to them. If we are expecting everyone to cook cheaply from scratch we have a lot of work to do. This group weren't lazy they just had no clue about even the basics of food.

And if they struggle to grasp you can make your own tomato sauce, they're not likely to grow the tomatoes in the first place.

My DP didn't realise the tomatoes grow where the flowers are , which my 3 yo already knew.

Meat and dairy are the worst things you can eat, even worse than sugar. Absolute rubbish

LALALAND I love the idea of splitting my Tesco herbs - I have had success simply growing on the basil and the chives in pots (never the parsley or the coriander) but I've never tried to separate them out.

What's going on in the photos though? Is he using the secateurs to cut most of the top leaves off? I would never have done that. Interesting. I would have thought that would kill the plant (I'm not a very good gardener, as you can probably tell).

Meat and dairy are the worst things you can eat, even worse than sugar. Absolute rubbish

A very quick google would show you it's not absolute rubbish. The internet is at your disposal. If you don't trust the internet ask a good nutritionist.

Lentils and pulses are cheap, Sainsbury's basics peanut butter good for sandwich fillings, or make your own humous with chickpeas, garlic lemon juice and tahini, all you need is a blender. Homemade vegetable soup is filling and very nourishing. Just sweat an onion and garlic. Once they're translucent add veg of choice, water and a stock cube, simmer gently till tender then cool and blend with a stick blender.

make your own humous with chickpeas, garlic lemon juice and tahini

I've priced this up before...shop bought humous works out cheaper.

Brexit. Ask the people who voted to leave if this is what they wanted. If it is not get behind the #peoplesvote for a vote on the final deal.

A very quick google would show you it's not absolute rubbish. The internet is at your disposal. If you don't trust the internet ask a good nutritionist. You're having a laugh.

The additional rules on these threads are the ubiquitous omelettes that everyone loves and can whip up, fucking lasagne, Aldis and Lidls on every corner and lentils.

These then descend into blame, no one can cook, they just don't know the basics, no one knows what normal portions sizes are anymore, everyone is obese.

I went to supermarket today. Four white rolls, 65p, can of tune £1.59 or £4.59 for four, the same as they have been for a while.

Corned beef has always been stupid expensive & very fatty.

Fry a chicken breat and slice that. Or choose a different shop.

Fry a chicken breat and slice that

Since when were chicken breasts good value? I was moaning once about the cost of food shopping and my oh (who has never done the weekly shop) said to just buy a few chicken breasts to make dinners with...he could easily eat 2 by himself. It's not a cheap option. I remember when he did go to the supermarket to get some bits and was completely at the price of a packet of ham!

British Chicken breasts are 90p here. Fry one, slice thinly with salad makes two sandwiches. 45p for protein per sandwich seems fairly inexpensive doesn’t it.

Ah! stop with the blaming bloody brexit! Prices change all the time for all sorts of reasons. What a scapegoat Brexit is. Next thing it will be blamed for the hot summer and global warming

Depends where you shop.I used to got to Tesco,but now go to Aldi or Lidl,Excellent quality,and so much cheaper.

Instead they come up with a myriad of 'reasons' why they can't cook the simplest of meals

You mean they come up with reasons which you don’t accept right? Some people don’t want to try something new and cheaper because there’s a risk that they or the DCs won’t like it then it goes uneaten.

Why is it so difficult to empathise and see that people do genuinely find things harder?