Have food prices gone up?

[Desperado40]

AIBU to think that food prices have gone up a lot since Christmas? I was shocked how much I had to pay for the last two big shops. I think I will have to start cutting down on amy non essential treats and meal plan better for much cheaper options a few times a week. Has anyone else noticed the price hikes this year?

Yes. Also energy prices are going up now too. A large part of this is because of worldwide lockdowns caused supply chain issues and QE caused an unprecedented increase in the broad money base. All those people that think lockdowns were the right thing to do and the govt. needed to pay people to sit at home for months on end are now starting to see what the repercussions are.

Buckle up, it’s going to be quite a ride for the next decade or so.
Food prices up, energy prices up, all raw materials prices up, housing up, rent up, employment down, wages flat, increased social fracturing and disharmony, increased taxes, reduced freedoms.

Our pips are going to squeak. Better get your plans in place.

I shop in Asda and have noticed small mark ups on a lot of things. For instance the apple juice my son likes has gone up 30p. We are lucky we can absorb the extra costs.

I noticed that dairy has gone a bit. I assumed because the dairy farmers are losing their subsidies and its going up gradually rather than a big jump in price so that people are more accepting of it.

Yes but I noticed it before Christmas though.
Saw this morning that energy prices are set to increase too. That's going to make a bad combination for those already struggling now.

Thanks for responses. As we are not going out of having any takeaways at the moment, I am treating the added cost as something that we may have previously spent on a treat out. We will need to tighten our belts though and include cheaper options for family meals. I'd like to start shopping to Aldi, but there is not one near me. I usually shop in Tesco. I may start making an occasional trip to Aldi to stock up on cheaper cupboard essentials and cleaning products. The future looks bleak with Brexit/post covid economy indeed.

I haven't noticed any difference tbh.

Defo been increasing for some time now .I think fruit and veg have been hard hit too .No leeks yesterday morn either(I mean I understand courgette/pepper shortages but leeks?!) SB have some good deals on meat ATM but still food is our biggest expense by far.

Prices always go up! That's the one thing in life that is guaranteed. The pandemic has a massive impact on global infrastructure. There is a shortage of shipping containers for transit of produce. There is a shortage of computer chips. There's the pandemic. All of these things mean one thing: higher prices.

Yup. My weekly shop was around £70 now it's over £100.

Yes, food prices have gone up, even in Aldi. 10p on most things. Anything with price held, has probably reduced the size.

I don't normally buy tinned fruit, but I do like tinned Pineapple with my gammon steaks and had gone up 70p a tin.

I admit I haven’t rtft but just wanted to say I’m in Aus and our grocery prices have definitely gone up at lot lately.
Family of 5, weekly big shop used to be $250 now $300.
Can’t really identify one particular thing so I think it’s just all gone up by a little bit but it adds up.

I heard a government representative the other day urging us to eat any stored food to reduce our need to shop. He can whistle, frankly. Brexit is barely 4 weeks in and my tins and dried goods are staying where they are until mid year. Yes, food is more expensive and this will increase as availability of many items decreases.

Yes, my weekly Tesco order has gone up by about £30 a week for our family of two adults and two teens.

We are only doing Click & Collect and some things (that I might normally have bought from B&M and Home Bargains I have to now buy at Tesco for more).

Ours has by about £20 every 10 - 14 days since the summer, I'd put it down to ds now eating meals, so buying extra, but maybe not?

@EuroTrashed

A 500g bag of pasta is currently £2.09 on Ocado. Obviously I’m buying at the coop where it’s just over half that. (& yup I’m sure it’s still 49p in Lidl but I’m not going to stand outside in a COVID hotspot in a queue to get in)

Who shops on Ocado?? 😆😆 does the pasta have flakes of gold in it?

Yes they absolutely have my 2 last big shops were ridiculously expensive!!
My kids keep moaning saying we have nothing to eat 🤣
This weeks cost £168
Last week roughly the same it’s usually been around £130-£140
All home cooked meals !!
There’s plenty in the fridge but they want grab food and go which I don’t like buying 😂🤣🤣

Yes, we have definitely noticed it. Fruit and veg, meat and fish. We shop mostly at Tesco, Asda and Morrison’s. There is a new Aldi now so we are shopping there and it’s definitely cheaper but on the whole still lots of price hikes on many basics. I’ve noticed toiletries and cat food have gone up too.

I was in Superdrug yesterday and they have definitely put up their prices! I think shampoo, hair accessories, face creams and feminine hygiene products are all more expensive. Boots have gone up as well. Home Bargains are still ok so I’ll be making a trip to my nearest one soon. I have quite a large family and trying to keep costs down is quite hard. Some things on Amazon and Ebay have gone up too I think - general products such as glue, books, electrical goods.

Yes, my normal £90 shop in November is now into £105ish territory.

@EuroTrashed

A 500g bag of pasta is currently £2.09 on Ocado. Obviously I’m buying at the coop where it’s just over half that. (& yup I’m sure it’s still 49p in Lidl but I’m not going to stand outside in a COVID hotspot in a queue to get in)

You should stick to buying it from Ocado. 500g of M & S penne is 75p there.

My last shop was £200 for 3 of us and had also popped to the co-op and bought a few bits in there. Was so shocked.
My shopping since first lockdown has gone from 80-120 to an average of 170 per week.

Ours has gone up a bit but I put it down to being at home constantly and eating basically three meals at home a day rather than just dinner. I used to eat cereal at work and then go and buy lunch but now I cook at home.

@longwayoff

I heard a government representative the other day urging us to eat any stored food to reduce our need to shop. He can whistle, frankly. Brexit is barely 4 weeks in and my tins and dried goods are staying where they are until mid year. Yes, food is more expensive and this will increase as availability of many items decreases.

I heard about that too but I thought it was only for people in the postcodes of doom for the SA variant, I haven't heard that as being any kind of general suggestion.

Yes I went to Aldi last night and never even got any meat in my shopping and I was £51

Ours has gone up about £20 a week!!

@Dayofpeace

Yes. Also energy prices are going up now too. A large part of this is because of worldwide lockdowns caused supply chain issues and QE caused an unprecedented increase in the broad money base. All those people that think lockdowns were the right thing to do and the govt. needed to pay people to sit at home for months on end are now starting to see what the repercussions are.

Buckle up, it’s going to be quite a ride for the next decade or so.
Food prices up, energy prices up, all raw materials prices up, housing up, rent up, employment down, wages flat, increased social fracturing and disharmony, increased taxes, reduced freedoms.

Our pips are going to squeak. Better get your plans in place.

I'd say a worldwide pandemic has caused supply chain issues rather than lockdown but we won't ever be able to prove that so it is a pretty pointless argument

I can't prove my view but neither can you prove yours so I do find the tone of certainty in this post annoying.

I also predict that we will have a post pandemic boom in the economy ( like the 1920s after the war and the 1918 pandemic). Of course that was followed by the 1930s which were not so economically rosy and then another war,,,,,,. Etc etc.

Economies boom and bust all the time. Pandemics often affect economies . Some of it might work out fine in the long run

I find the rabid anti lockdown , let's get on with normal in the face of all evidence to the contrary crowd, the most doommongering of all , and I hate that term as usually it is applied to people with realistic concerns