To ask for your rising cost of living examples

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Inspired by another thread but mainly by my own experiences today.
In February it was 20p to use the public loos at our favourite seaside town. Today it has doubled to 40p! There are now contactless points incase you don't have any cash. 40p to pee!
Mr Kipling cherry Bakewells have jumped to £1.90 in Asda and I'm sure they used to be £1.40 or sometimes even £1 and that was only a few weeks back. Cake isn't essential I know, but peeing is. Things have gone up generally but the odd pence here and there isn't always noticed but these are huge jumps.

Similar first world problem but it really illustrated it to me. Our local Indian prices have increased in the past few months, by 35-58%

Pilau rice - 2.60 to 3.05
Popadom - 0.60 to 0.95
Naan - 2.25 to 2.90

Yep same for me. Normal car. Fuel efficiency is good on long journeys but on the local important ones it seems to evaporate. A half hour journey costs £5 it's unbelievable how much it's gone up. We need a new car and would love one that's better for the environment and lower running costs but the cost of a hybrid / electric is still sooooo prohibitive we'll be forced to stick with fuel.

No... apparently it can come any time between now and October...

Mine came off through my bill

My gas and electric has doubled. I read somewhere that the average increase is around 3 pounds a day so I have been doing surveys to get this amount daily. I just do them for an hour while watching TV and it has really helped me mentally to not stress about it. If you want to try then you can use this link and it gives you 40p to start off with.

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I received council tax rebate last Thursday.

Anybody else feeling that last week of the month so much harder this month?

Yes! Mainly because I had two weeks of Easter holiday so couldn't earn extra cash doing supply teaching. I'm woefully down on my earnings this month. Not looking forward to August, so trying to save what I can already.

Yes, last week of the month is definitely harder here.

Can't get bread under £1.40 as the cheaper (bit not cheap) loaves have all sold out.

Used to get milk 2 for £2 now 2 fir £2.50.

Butter was 2 for £4 now 2 for £6.

Cartons of fruit juice was 4 pack for £3 now 4 packs have gone and £1.15 each.

Yoghurts were 39p now 59p.

Crisps- hard to find 6 pack under £1. Some from 85p to £1.15.

Aussie shampoo £3 to £4.

Glossy magazine are now £4.95! Some from £2.

Supermarket books, used to be 2 for £7 now 2 for £8.

The most recent fish supper I had was £13. Recently could get one for £8 and £6 wasn't that long ago.

Can't get tea in a cafe for under £2, most have increased by 50p-£1.

Recently saw a supermarket pizza for £5.80! Ones that were 80p now £1.50, £2 ones now £3, £3 ones now £3.75.

@LadyCatStark the NI will be reduced in July.

Council tax increase £400
Gas and electric basically double but we can reduce a bit now summer
Petrol
Food - wow, was shocked at the weekend, really shocked at the price of chicken, shampoo etc.

July feels a long way off when you’ve no money right now though…

@LadyCatStark yes it's frustrating that they set that change for July! The excuse seems to be that they need to give payroll system providers time to make the change.

As a payroll systems expert I can tell you categorically that we do not need until July. I could make that change to every system I have ever worked with in an hour tops.

The bonus you will get though is that threshold is per employment so you will see the benefit twice 😊

When I was in the UK 4 years ago, I was very surprised at how cheap and variable food was. Far cheaper than in the other 2 countries I have recently lived in with so much choice. Sounds like that has changed recently. I haven't notice the same increases where I am currently (Australia) - its always been very expensive here! Though usually good quality.

A frivolous one, but we ordered takeaway pizza last night. It's ages since I last ordered pizza, but the cost for one pizza at the first place we tried was £19.99. Thought maybe we were being fussy, so tried 3 more places and the prices were very similar.

We don't order pizza much, but I'm sure there used to be a lot of 2 for £15 type deals not long ago.

Eventually managed to find a decent discount code, but no way was I going to pay £20 (plus tip) for one pizza.

A frivolous one, but we ordered takeaway pizza last night. It's ages since I last ordered pizza, but the cost for one pizza at the first place we tried was £19.99. Thought maybe we were being fussy, so tried 3 more places and the prices were very similar.

We don't order pizza much, but I'm sure there used to be a lot of 2 for £15 type deals not long ago.

Eventually managed to find a decent discount code, but no way was I going to pay £20 (plus tip) for one pizza.

Butter is now £2.25 up from £2. That's Kerrygold, I haven't checked other butters.

Anchor Butter is £3.75 ive started buying Clover

How much??!! Jeez. That's a lot. How many grams do you get for that extortionate price? Dd thinks we should get a herd of dairy cows.

The best butter by far, in my opinion, is the Aldi extra special with sea salt crystals butter block. It knocks socks off everything else, including Lurpack/ Anchor. It's £1.65. Honestly, try it.

You could probably dye it…

It’s not much money but I would buy 3 chickens each week (should be able to get 3 for £10) as so versatile, several different carbs ie bread, pasta, potatoes, rice etc and some veg and bananas. Add some eggs and a pack of cheap sausages and that should still only take you to £20 or so.

A few I've noticed the past week:

Lurpak is £4 in sainsburys

A soy milk latte (regular size) £3.65 (local coffee place, was £3 last time I was in, about 2 weeks ago)

Regina kitchen roll 4 pack £7! (Sainsburys)

Pink lady apples 6 pack £3.60