Grocery bill increase

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Just been reviewing this month's spends and I'm gobsmacked by the price of groceries lately. If anything, we've been cooking more from scratch, so it should surely be cheaper?

I don't know if it's Brexit, Covid, or supermarkets taking the piss. Has anyone else noticed this?

I haven't necessarily noticed prices go up (milk and bread is still the same price as I've been paying for years)
We mainly buy tesco brand and value items and spend between £60-80 per week for 2 adults and 2 children who eat a lot!

We are spending more now though because we are buying more food due to working from home and the kids being home. It's too easy to grab a snack when you are bored.

I think the main difference are the missing offers. My food billd didn't really increase and I haven't spotted some big differences in individual item prices. Maybe few pence there and there, which is an annual thing considering nmw changes every year. I think mine stayed the same because most thing I bought weren't on special offers anyway.

Oh my god the price of fish fingers is rocketing

Definitely noticed this, especially in the big supermarkets. Have started shopping at aldi and m and s again. M and s has actually introduced a basics line which is the same price as tesco etc. Then they seem to have increased their offers and there are some really good value deals. And aldi quality is mostly excellent tho their freezer stuff I find a bit hit and miss. Do a Morrisons shop maybe once a month to stock up on specific things but tbh might even knock that on the head and go to B and M instead.

Spent £57 today in aldi, 4 big bags of shopping including king prawns, mince steak, loads of fruit, salad, cooked meat, cheese etc and a fair amount of biscuits and snacks. Reckon it would have been £80 or so in morrisons.

Mines been the same really, no increase. Expected one too for the meat.

I want to shop at aldi or lidl too, but I don't trust people to be honest as people are still going out infected with covid, so I still do click and collect from Tesco.

Yes, I’ve noticed price increases. Chicken especially.

However, certain food such as Tesco -own Shreddies is now under £1.

Mine's actually gone down, but that's because now that I'm shopping online, it's easier to agree a budget and stick to it. If I go over, I just take some things out of my virtual basket and replace them with cheaper/different items.

Yep aldi has gone up, my shopping was £45 a week £50 max since April last year and the last few weeks has been atleast £55 and was over £60 last week.

Yes! Spending so much on food. Obviously more lunches but thats usually just a sarnie or similar so shouldn't count for the increase.

@waydownwego

Mine's actually gone down, but that's because now that I'm shopping online, it's easier to agree a budget and stick to it. If I go over, I just take some things out of my virtual basket and replace them with cheaper/different items.

Yeah that helps me too. I only buy what I plan to use, rather than going into the shop and buying whatever takes my fancy.

They increased last year as shoemakers stopped doing a lot of offers and people were stocking up so supply reduced, pushing prices up and now we have Brexit as well.

@Ameliablue

They increased last year as shoemakers stopped doing a lot of offers and people were stocking up so supply reduced, pushing prices up and now we have Brexit as well.

Supermarkets not shoemakers

I haven't noticed any difference, but have done most of our shopping in lidl and aldi for years now. We don't really buy any ready made/processed stuff though, and only cook one or two dishes with meat each week, so maybe there are price increases on those items which we haven't noticed.

Most prices that have gone up is because of remoaners talking about price increases so much that supermarkets have had a opportunity to raise prices without taking the blame. If a substantial proportion of your customer base can be fooled into thinking that higher prices are inevitable and therefore will pay them without question you would be remarkedly stupid to not put your prices up.

We're are also eating more being at home all day.

The prices fluctuate.

And missing offers, I agree.

I thought it had gone down a bit!
This time last year it was around £100, then by March/April it had shot up to £150, today's shop was £125. Bearing in mind I do it all online and usually buy the same things on rotation.

Agree, a Tesco shop for me was usually around £45 getting the usual basics, and the same things now come to around £60-65. Started getting fresh food at local small shops before the pandemic for less packaging and to buy local, and kept going through the pandemic as the local shops were great and was keen to support them. They're noticably much better value too now. Although I still have to go to a supermarket for the bleach, coffee, washing up liquid, shampoo etc etc.

Prices have gone up here too.

Yes we probably spend more on supermarket food though I worked from home anyway and DH used to take sandwiches to work. But not eating out at all has some impact and eg no takeaway coffees at all and DS isn't eating at college.

Heating bills will be terrifying I'm sure especially as DH feels the cold much more than I do. But they'd have to be £400ish a month more to cancel out the savings from DH's season ticket.

Supermarket costs have gone up astronomically. They have to spend lots more on cleaning, masks, gloves, wipes, sanitizer. They have to have fewer people in at any one time so turnover per hour/ sqmetre has gone down. They have to pay staff who are sick or "might have covid". They have to spend more on training.

Their supply lines have been affected by Covid and Brexit. The things they are buying in are more expensive or difficult to get hold of. They have to pass some of this on to the consumer. They are not charities.

It can't be a surprise to some people that things are likely to cost more surely.

Morrisons now have only 2 Leeks in a pack for 99p when previously there were 3.

So have Tesco, which right buggered up my recipe on delivery day when I needed 3 leeks.

Try have 2 teenagers who think the fridge is a running buffet while they do homes school.

@Ameliablue For some reason I can't get past 'shoemakers'
Cheered me up no end!