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?

You'll be amazed what they'll eat when they're hungry and there's is no choice today, no choice tomorrow and no prospect of any choice for months. Not saying that you should actively seek to put them in that position, but 99% of kids will eat almost anything if it's a choice bw that and starvation.

I think it’s important to mention here ASD and other special needs kids won’t do this. Obviously that’s not everyone’s circumstances.

My asd son would die first. Seriously, he dropped some dolmio on the floor last night and was dry heaving when clearing it up. The others you have a point.
In britain we dont experience proper hunger to this level, often.

Nike I have a son with asd, too. He’s SO set in what he’ll eat I fear he’d waste away if there were shortages of his staple/restricted diet. And no, he won’t eat and drink when he’s hungry/thirsty. He passed out earlier on in the year as he didn’t eat properly for about a week. He’s 17 and weights 7 stone. I HATE it when people say “if he was......he’d eat”

My asd son would die first.

Ah, yeah - I know someone who is like this as an adult too.

For some kids there will be ways around it like the methods of introducing stuff slowly in small amounts alongside other foods mentioned in that other thread. But some people there seems to be no moving them.

I guess it depends on the feasibility of buying his stuff in bulk alongside cheaper food for other family members.

I have ASD and as a child, I’d have starved rather than eat things that I deemed unsuitable. Marginally better as an adult.

It’s the real reason I can cook to be honest. Too many ready meals have unsuitable foods in that mean they’re inaccessible for me. It’s easier to cook my own lol.

Yes some children would starve (not saying that's a good thing). 99% wouldn't - humans have undergone strong evolutionary pressure to adapt in times of scarcity. If most people with asd were incapable of modifying their diet in times of hunger I doubt asd would be so strongly represented in the population.

If most people with asd were incapable of modifying their diet in times of hunger I doubt asd would be so strongly represented in the population.

What an offensive post.

I find sainsburys best at the moment and with nectar card they target me with food I actually buy eg 80 points of I buy cheese which was going to anyway.

I find a few prices have gone down over arrange of different products. Eg their soup is 40p a can and tastes same as branded version.

Apologies, didn't mean any offense. But - with my evolutionary biologist hat on - an ability to survive hunger is pretty strongly selected for in the human animal. You really wouldn't see such a neurodiverse population if the two were incompatable.

But again, apologies.

BarbarianMum You seem to be assuming some kind of simple pattern of genetic inheritance, which isn't the case with ASD.

Secondly, a very good point that was made on another thread on here a few years ago was that in times past, some of the small children who died of 'failure to thrive' were probably this way.

I don’t think she’s being offensive, she’s speaking purely rationally. Lactose intolerance is rarer in European people because our diet centered heavily on dairy at one point (can’t remember the exact time period) whereas its more common in people of colour because they were less dairy reliant.

I don’t think she’s suggesting culling ASD people.

(Exceptions exist. I am lactose intolerant whereas my Indian DP loves cheese. Go figure )

More severe ASD may also be prevalent now because of assortative mating, made possible by the extent to which people can travel and find others like themselves, e.g. via online dating. Consider the high incidences in Silicon Valley and similar areas where large numbers of workers with these traits have clustered.

"Aldi and Lidl are your friends."

For now. You do know they are European discount stores?

Yes I agree. Many things we survive now couldn't have been survived in the past. But asd isn't a disease (not saying you were implying it was) or even, necessarily, delaterious. Certain traits possessed by certain people in certain situations can be positively beneficial, certainly survivable and positively selected for down the generations.

It will be incredibly tough as a few generations have had far to much for far to long

I meant that after the war when rationing stopped, the availability of food and crap has increased to the point that you can find whole isle full of the same product, i.e. not just one make of beans, chocolate bar, coffee, cereals etc. we may have to get used to less choice.

I never said that everyone is capable of growing their own food.

Sainsburys cheap???!

I avoid sainsbury most of the time because its not cheap. And its fresh produce is shite. Our local one always has far too much thats really short dated, so you can't do a weekly shop there, unless you are really careful. Its only good for top ups. The larger one in town is better for that, but if i'm going to go to town, I'd rather go elsewhere. (Not least because it suffers from a need for a refurb cos its so dark and dingy.) There is no good reason to go to Sainsburys except if you are right next to one and short on time!

Tesco is crap generally too for produce, but good for kitchen cupboard staples and household goods. Its own brand processed stuff isn't bad. And pampers generally always decently priced.

Asda comes up cheapest of the big three. Its a bit of a compromise option though. Does things average but consistent. When it has good deals on, its worth bulk buying on branded stuff.

Morrisons produce and meat is better than all three.

I tend to only stray into Aldi / Lidl at Christmas time. I hate their processed ready meals but otherwise they are good for food but the selection is limited and thats the big thing that puts me off. I know thats a plus for other people though. Love them at Christmas. I should do Aldi / Lidl more but the aisle of tat is a particular weakness of mine so it never ends up as cheap as it should anyway.

Co-op do the best pizzas. Bar none. And the co-op sausage rolls are food of the gods. But expensive. Good otherwise only for emergency bread and milk.

M&S food. For service stations and train stations only. Or how to spend unwanted M&S gift vouchers.

Waitrose? Just fuck off Heston. I'll never forgive after what you did to mince pies. If I really want posh, i'll do a long run out to Booths instead. Beeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrr and chhhhhhhheeeeesssseeeeee.

I may be a sad case, who has considered my options too much.

I have been thinking food seems pretty cheap right now.

Food in the UK is cheap compared to most of Europe. But other things like housing are not and there seem to be too many ways to be working all hours and still be short of money.

I am vegetarian and food shopping is much cheaper without meat products. I have also managed to lose a bit of weight (I was slim anyway) and consistently maintain it as I’m eating less food, and more healthier meals now.

The most annoying aspect is fresh fruit/veg going off before I can use it, but if you’re cooking for your whole household then you probably won’t run into this problem!

Sainsbury's seem to offer best quality for price, of own brand.
My sp mum friends on benefits shop here, usually online and rave about it.

Also and Lidl aren’t going to stop trading in the UK because of Brexit. They are making far too much money.

Co-op is very expensive but they pay their farmers fairly.

Perhaps it depends where you are, but I find there's little difference in price over all. Certain items are cheapest at different large supermarkets (and that can be right across the spectrum from Waitrose to Asda) so if you are able to go round / get deliveries from several, that's great, but it's not cost effective or possible for everyone. I agree that Co-ops are expensive for a lot of things though, just like corner shops.

I don’t like Asda because the food is poor quality and I believe they don’t treat their farmers properly. They got worse after they were bought out by the Americans (Walmart).

I love Co-op and don’t find it too bad.. and more of an ethical supermarket than the rest