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What else is gonna sky rocket?

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goodnightgrumble · 10/03/2022 08:02

My sister in law works in the wholesale industry and said that office products ( especially paper) is in short supply and that they are struggling to get any. She said that a lot of paper comes from Russia and prices have gone up by nearly half which of course is going to be passed onto the consumer.
With the used car thread, petrol, utilities where is it going to end? Even buying a pack of paper and a stapler is going to be extortionate.

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Pedallleur · 10/03/2022 11:23

Anything that uses or is made with energy. So thats everything then. I'm waiting for the airline fuel surcharge to pop up.

rainingsnoring · 10/03/2022 11:47

Everything will get more expensive as the price of energy is rising so much. Oil in particular is needed for everything.

flowerycurtain · 10/03/2022 11:51

Food.

I'm a farmer. Last year I bought fertiliser at £260 a ton. Before Russia invaded it was up to £600 which farmers all thought was nuts. Today it's £1000 plus and that's if you can get it.

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goodnightgrumble · 10/03/2022 14:33

@Hrpuffnstuff1

DP works in procurement for a global manufacturer, some materials have increased in price by 900%. Prices fluctuate hourly, daily. In my business most materials have doubled in price, I'm just passing that cost on, I've increased my labor charge too.
900% that is bonkers! I know containers at Chinese ports have gone through the roof too but think that was covid related!
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goodnightgrumble · 10/03/2022 14:34

@flowerycurtain

Food.

I'm a farmer. Last year I bought fertiliser at £260 a ton. Before Russia invaded it was up to £600 which farmers all thought was nuts. Today it's £1000 plus and that's if you can get it.

Flower curtain. What are you supposed to do?
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Sirzy · 10/03/2022 15:07

@flowerycurtain

Food.

I'm a farmer. Last year I bought fertiliser at £260 a ton. Before Russia invaded it was up to £600 which farmers all thought was nuts. Today it's £1000 plus and that's if you can get it.

Wow scary stuff. I hope you can manage to get what is needed somehow
user1493494961 · 10/03/2022 15:11

Some foodstuffs will go up considerably.

TenoringBehind · 10/03/2022 15:25

I’m struggling to think of anything that won’t go up in price.

Much of it will come in a few months time when manufacturers, haulage companies, transport providers have to pass the increased costs on to consumers. The fertiliser shortage is going to be a massive problem for agriculture.

Celestiel · 10/03/2022 15:34

Noticed today that Tesco own brand tinned dog food had gone up in price - then went to Lidl to see there was no tinned cat food at all, and only 1.3kg dog tins - loads of empty space…

flowerycurtain · 10/03/2022 15:38

@goodnightgrumble wheat is going up apace too.

Pre war it was £200 a ton. We're selling now at £290 a ton. It needs to be Much more than that.

Some farmers won't plant this autumn.
Some farmers will reduce their fert use and accept lower yields
Some will fund it whatever

This is on top of Ukraine and Russia being reposbible for a huge chunk of the world wheat market. They often plant in the spring and there's huge uncertainty as to whether they are planting or not at the moment.

lightand · 10/03/2022 15:55

Some farmers have to pay for fertiliser up front. Before they have planted a thing.

I dont think some will be able to afford to do so.

Neverendingdust · 10/03/2022 16:15

Covid numbers if this recent news of Deltacron is anything to go by. I have a feeling the impact from the numbers is going to be impossible to ignore in the next few weeks. The news seems to have picked up on it the past day or two.

sst1234 · 10/03/2022 22:42

@Neverendingdust

Covid numbers if this recent news of Deltacron is anything to go by. I have a feeling the impact from the numbers is going to be impossible to ignore in the next few weeks. The news seems to have picked up on it the past day or two.
Covid is old news. The general public only has the capacity to be terrified of one thing at a time.
GreenLunchBox · 10/03/2022 23:16

@sst1234

As Martin Lewis said on R4 this morning, it’s important that we don’t allow this narrative to take over that the conflict in Ukraine is responsible for this issues. This was coming anyway. And we all know why that was. Lockdowns and the disastrous Covid restrictions. It’s total rubbish that everyone has to put up with the consequences of supporting Ukraine. This is self inflicted and not buying Russian goods is just a red herring.
Exactly

I was fuming when Kwasi Kwarteng said British people are willing to endure hardship because of what's going on in Ukraine. Well, frankly I certainly am not. Number one we were discussing the cost of living crisis way before the Ukraine invasion started, and secondly, no Tories, you don't get to do nothing because you're feeding us plebs an 'endure for the war effort' narrative while you give yourselves a payrise

Impose a windfall tax on the gas and oil companies, cancel the NI rise, and unfreeze the income tax threshold

LightSpeeds · 10/03/2022 23:19

Count on the cost of EVERYTHING going up - doubling even...

Luredbyapomegranate · 10/03/2022 23:22

I have just booked some train tickets for a couple months time - nearly double the price, bloody horrifying.

Anonmousse · 10/03/2022 23:34

I work in the jewellery industry. Metal prices have gone through the roof, gold from our bullion suppliers went up by £4 per gram one day earlier this week. Prices we quoted a couple of weeks ago are now out of date. (Tip: It's a good time to scrap any old jewellery if you have any!)
Obviously these are blatantly non essentials, but palladium, rhodium and gold are used in other industries as well.

KenAdams · 11/03/2022 01:43

Working in procurement and supply chain management is not easy at the moment. Every day it's something new to plan for. We already had the chip issues to worry about but both Ukraine and Russia are exporters of various raw materials that will have a huge impact on a number of areas to come. The shortages already caused by covid were already a problem, coupled with the various green taxes that are about to be introduced, my advice would be to plan for things to get worse.

Iisa · 11/03/2022 01:47

Wheat is the most obvious and easy to store.

So buy four and pasta now if that worries you

Ukraine is the biggest producer of wheat in the world

Why Putin wants to totally destroy the breadbasket is a mystery to me: so utterly short sighted

lorking · 11/03/2022 01:50

As Martin Lewis said on R4 this morning, it’s important that we don’t allow this narrative to take over that the conflict in Ukraine is responsible for this issues. This was coming anyway.

Absolutely & Is argue it was coming before covid

Libertybear80 · 11/03/2022 02:08

Wheat will be in short supply. Lots of products contain wheat.

Sirzy · 11/03/2022 06:49

So buy four and pasta now if that worries you

The problem with this is the more people who do it the more likely we are to have shortages sooner because the stock will all be sat piled in peoples cupboards!

MeanMrMustardSeed · 11/03/2022 07:12

I agree that there are some things that are worrying, but our consumerism and ridiculous expectations has got to stop.

30% of the food farmers grow in this country never leaves the farm. It doesn’t meet supermarket ‘standards’ as it’s too odd / large / small / there’s too much. We need to sort out this crazy food production system and eat the food we grow.

So many car journeys are unnecessary and incredibly short. Paper is wasted without a second thought. People hear their houses in winter so that they’re wearing t shirts indoors.
We need to go back 80 years and look after our resources much better.

GeneLovesJezebel · 11/03/2022 07:12

I do wonder if some businesses jump on the band wagon and put prices up because they can.

balalake · 11/03/2022 07:15

@GeneLovesJezebel I expect that to happen. Covid 19 was used an excuse for poor service, now the invasion of Ukraine will be used as an excuse for price increases.