Worried about food prices going up

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Is anyone else worrying about the cost of food shopping from January?

The newspapers today are reporting increase of between 15-50% on some food items

Most people are struggling enough as it is after this year.

Will it be as bad as the papers are saying?

I can’t afford to bulk buy and no space to stockpile cheaper foods to cushion the blow

I’m expecting an increase. I used to ge able to shop really well for me and DH on £45-50 a week back in 2007. Food was so cheap and then it changed, I spent £102 this week and I only got 2 or 3 things for Christmas .

I’m very lucky to have been able to stock up slowly but I am worried for other people. Food prices have already shot up due to Covid so another increase will be very hard for a lot of people.

I can afford an increase in food prices myself but I'm incredibly worried for society as a whole, there are many barely getting by as it is. YANBU.

Personally I will probably be ok, I’m mostly vegetarian and don’t eat a lot anyway. My ds has asd though and has a very fussy diet so that’s maybe not so easy.

But yes I’m very worried that large numbers of people will be pushed into poverty, and that I find very sad.

We certainly can't afford to pay more so will have to reduce on quality. This will probably have a long term effect on our health and definitely make thing a bit miserable, but blue passports and "control".

Prices will go up but definitely not for everything. One news report was saying cheddar will go up by x% without saying that 90%+ of cheddar is domestic. If we can sell less to the EU then there will be over supplies of other stuff so that will drop, lamb and fish for instance. Things like rice and tea come from Asia. I imagine if you show no flexibility your shop will go up a bit and the FBPE lot will delight and tell the world. If you are flexible it will go up less, for some who are really savvy and flexible it could even fall.

I shop for bargains and am careful about what we spend on our weekly shop but we can afford to pay significantly more than we do.

Right now we spend about £75-£80 per week on food/domestic items (higher than usual as I’m pregnant and DH has been living on ready meals so I don’t have to cook. Have also been buying Ella pouches to supplement DS’s fresh meals).

We could double that and not suffer, I worry about others though, especially those with picky children/dietary requirements for who ‘just eating the cheap stuff’ isn’t as much of an option.