The price of butter and general price rises

[FlatteredFool]

My favourite Kerrygold has just jumped from £1.90 to £2.00. We use a lot of it with the dcs' toast addiction. The price of butter has risen steadily over the years but that's a big jump. Is Brexit to blame as it's imported from Ireland? I've noticed things increasing in general but not to this extent all at once. It is it covid related? Or is butter a luxury now?

How long do you think the government are going to get away with pretending Brexit related issues relate to Covid? When will most people realise?

The other day Three mobile, reintroduced EU roaming charges. Brexiters were claiming it was nothing to do with Brexit, it was because Three were trying to recover losses from pandemic. Really? People increased phone calls etc during the pandemic, they didn’t lose any money. It’s a Brexit related price hike pure and simple.

Anyway I hope not one Brexit voter is complaining about Project Reality. They all put their fingers in their ears and said it was a price with paying. Hopefully they’ll find a way to be able to eat blue passports and sovereignty because prices will continue to rise.

Yep definitely noticed prices creeping up and also lots missing from my waitrose shop that can’t be substituted (they don’t have the subs). It’s been no foil, tinned tomato’s, spring onions or noodles for the last 2 weeks. Thanks brexit…we were warned this would happen.

@silentpool

Food in the UK has always been relatively cheap, so perhaps now it will be more reflective of a fair cost of production? For too long the food industry has relied on cheap labour.

What is different to other countries is the huge variety you get in the supermarkets and all the convenience food in the UK. When I first moved there, I was amazed at all the pre-chopped produce and ready meals .

Ooooh my mum was walking through asda and tesco ready meal isles with wide eyes. 😂 Also pointed out the amount of packagingon stuff hat didn't need it (msinly veg and fruit). That got better now

Re kitchen rolls and cleaning products. If you have any place like Nisbets nearby, I use blue roll. It's great. They also sell cleaning products etc

Honestly what did you think was going to happen after Brexit and it hasn’t really started yet!! As long as you get your mighty empire and blue passports back that’s all that matters!!!

If only someone had warned the leave voters …

Butter has been going up for a few years. The Economist did an article on it. At least the UK and France were mentioned in it. Shortages so price goes up. China market has exploded and they are now eating patisserie etc.

I alternate between a few on Ocado sometimes they have a 2 for £3.50 deal.

I also agree on recent prices rises generally.

@BronwenFrideswide

Food prices are rising everywhere, including the EU. Family in Spain have noted that prices are steadily increasing month on month and this is across the board not just on imported food it's on all food including locally produced food.

I live in the border of France and Switzerland. I shop in France, no price increases here!

Food costs have increased hugely across the board.
I found our shopping bill jumped 50% at the first lockdown, understandably due to everyone being home. DCs weren't getting their universal free school meals plus piece of fruit a day, DH was no longer buying lunch out, special offers disappeared overnight, and doing just one big shop every week meant finding fewer yellow sticker items. However, even now DCs are back at school and DH at the office (I've always brought a packed lunch from home), I've found the shopping cost has stayed at the same level. I should have seen a reduction to something similar to pre-pandemic levels, but nope.

There were threads about butter price rises specifically a year/plus ago. They've been creeping up for some time.
As for swapping for a cheaper alternative, I agree with you OP. It's not an area I'm prepared to compromise on taste. We get Lurpak. I am a big Lidl/Aldi fan and happily buy a fair bit from both, however there is no way Danepak/Norpak tastes the same. In fact, the first time we tried it, DH had it on his toast unknowingly and asked what was wrong with the butter. It is in that category of things I really want to like, but just don't 🤷🏻‍♀️

@FlatteredFool

What's H&B?

What in earth is H&B?

@Jarstastic

Butter has been going up for a few years. The Economist did an article on it. At least the UK and France were mentioned in it. Shortages so price goes up. China market has exploded and they are now eating patisserie etc.

I alternate between a few on Ocado sometimes they have a 2 for £3.50 deal.

I also agree on recent prices rises generally.

Yep I remember when Tesco butter was 95p and seemingly jumped over night to £1.35.

I live in Scotland and I'm surrounding by dairy herds and there is a big Arla factory near by. I don't see that Brexit is the cause when we produce our own. But the new regulations on farming subsidies Will affect it.

But then if you'd rather stay with the EU Common Agricultural Policy and keep all those attractive little farms in the french countryside viable then you can 'blame' Brexit.

I tried that Aldi version of lurpak spreadable once. It was vile. I'm all for trying own brand but that was a never again experience.
Waitrose currently have 25p off lots of butter brands. Maybe I'll buy French this week.

@Bakingtraypan

Hope were all loving Brexit - was it worth every penny?

Yep, every single penny.

Chocolate bars and cakes getting smaller is to do with protion size and sugar, they had got crazy big. The fairy cakes my mum has made using the same tins for decades look tiny against today's cup cakes and muffins, when theybwere perfectly normal sized cakes back when.

Obviously the fact that it saves money for the manufacturers is a bit of a bonus

my normal weekly shop has gone from £50ish to nearly £70. Just small increases here and there but suddenly that's a big jump.

@MaskingForIt

It’s the delicious price of sovereignty.

Use a supermarket own brand or encourage your child to use moderation.

Wow, really, there are supermarket own brands available?!!!

I bet that never occurred to OP

@takehomepay Home Bargains. There is a discussion about "and" in the middle😁 Though I have never seen it shortened. That's just too confusing with B&M then

@Annoyedanddissapointed thanks! I love Home Bargains!

@TrickorTreacle

Why are people referring to Home Bargains as H&B? If it's the Home Bargains that I'm thinking of, then it doesn't sell any chilled items. It's mostly a hardware store that sells DIY, some gadgets, then a lot of sweets, crisps, other snacks, plus dry foods, condiments, fizzy drinks, alcohol and cleaning / bathroom / shampoo type stuff.

It definitely doesn't sell butter! As I said before, no chilled items.

Back on topic, what is the nearest that you can get to Kerrygold?

My local Home Bargains (in London) does sell butter as well. They offer two lesser known brands one at £1.19 and one at £1.29. Both are 100% butter. They also offer a more known brand at around £1.49.

I’ve been feeling this too, also noticing it with clothing. Places like whistles / jigsaw seem to be £10-20 higher for items than this time last year, pretty sure I’m not imagining it.

Bloody brexit.

@Gingerkittykat

Price increases I have noticed over the past few weeks in Asda.

L'or coffee, normally on offer for £2.50 and is now £3.
Milk has gone from £1 to £1.10 for 2l.
Rocket has gone from 50p to 55p.
LLoyd Grossman has gone from £1 (always on offer) to £1.15.
Asda own brand butter is £1.48 today, so one thing that has not risen in price.

These things are still pretty cheap though. Asda is a good value supermarket. Re butter, I stopped buying it years ago due to the price. I buy clover, usually on offer at £1.25 for 500gs. I thought I was going to hate it but it's fine. I guess if you really love butter it's worth paying the extra (if you can) but it's not worth it to me.

Butters crept up from 98p about 3/4 years ago. It’s been a steady rise, the initial increase was blamed on china buying more uk dairy goods.
Although, that’s not the case with the latest increase

BrightYellowDaffodil Yes I think you are right . Like you we are lucky that we are able to absorb price rises in the shops.I have thought for a long time now that food generally seems to be plentiful and cheap .How ever seems like the bubble may be due to burst! At Sainsburys where I shop ,there are still bargains to be had ,you just have to find them.Their own brand of salted butter is very nice and at just under £1 .50 per pack about 3/4 of the price of its Irish rival! Cheese and their own filtered milk also very good.As a child in the 60s/70s ,we would have boiled eggs for breakfast ,sandwiches for lunch and chops /sausages for supper.Never felt hungry.Crisps were a rare treat at the pub garden with some lemonade .Sweets /chocolate also rare as Dad was strict about Teeth care as well . Maybe not such a bad thing if we return to this way of life

Everything seems to have gone up, I shop in Aldi and try to keep costs down but my food costs have increased.

I went back full time recently and I'm very glad I did, our costs seem to be steadily increasing. Having teenagers who are bottomless pits doesn't help!

I'm doggedly trying to get the mortgage paid down while interest rates are so low.

I fear trouble is ahead...