AIBU TO BE SHOCKED BY THIS INCREASE?!

[Kate0902900908]

So I’ve just gotten over the fuel increase, made some changes and become more aware of the energy I’m using both at home and car.

Went to Lidl today. I buy 2 tubs of cream cheese a week, Lidl Goldessa Classic Cream Cheese 200g. It’s been 65p for as long as I can remember. Today shop assistant was sorting shelves and organising labels ect. New label £1.19. I asked if that was the price of the 65p cream cheese to which she said Yh, it’s not changed yet it’s 75p now but will be £1.19.
HOW? How? Can something almost double in price? Also when I was it 75p 😵‍💫

I noticed the other cheeses all being marked up too some by 80p-£1. Add this increase to even 1/3 of a shop and it’s going to be unmanageable!
Has anyone else noticed prices on things they buy almost doubling?
What is the plan to keep costs down?
Where do we go from Lidl’s own soft cheese 😭

Supermarkets are arseholes. They’re totally exploiting the situation. Something needs to be done, capitalism is now out of control

It was on the news this morning. One supermarket has refused to Heinz baked beans now as their customers can’t afford the price of them. It then went on to the outrageous cost of Lurpak.

Maybe older ways isn’t correct way to put it. I don’t see flying out of season fruit half way across world or throwing dark meat chicken away as progress though.

If we can't afford to put food on the table then we won't be able to afford take aways, restaurants, hairdressers, kids activities and so on.
I feel very worried about all the people who are going to lose their businesses and the state of our nation.

Yes. We weren’t poor at all. Semi detached house, working parents. 80s childhood. I don’t know anyone who had butter daily. It would have been margarine. Lurpack was a luxury brand for Christmas

My dm was widowed with 3 children in the 1970’s. We lived in a semi detached house too. We had no money, but we still had butter. Quite often Lurpak.

I suspect it's the same supermarket that's now in dispute with Pedigree/Whiskers!

www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/asda-adds-security-tag-to-lurpak-as-price-hits-%c2%a39-a-pack/ar-AAZdtcM

Most of that is due to food spoiling during picking, transport, stocking in shops and markets etc rather than individual consumer waste. It is incredibly difficult logistically to get fresh food to people on time, even moreso when supermarkets don't want to ever have empty shelves so build in wastage.

Yes, we are all being exploited by manufacturers and supermarkets. In no way do price increases match inflation or increased ingredients/fuel costs. They are oustripping those by 50-60% and it's basically extra profit for manufacturers and supermarkets. The government don't care - these are Tory voters and donors. That's why the Tory party exists to create the conditions where businesses can do this and make very rich people even richer.And oil prices have fallen but fuel and energy prices increase still

I went to Lidl today, haven't visited in a while. I used to be in awe of their cheap prices but today most of the stuff was the same price as Tesco. Butter was £1.75, it used to be so much cheaper in Lidl than other supermarkets but there is only a few pence in it now.

Chicken is cheaper in Sainsbury than Lidl.

Quite.
People need to learn about it though. I mean how many people here panick because their steak is 12 hours over sell by. Or the veg is ....

Riddled with fat and non meat substitutes.

I work in the food industry and the price of the boxes we buy has gone up 115%, the film packaging we use shot up during the pandemic and has kept shooting up (over 130% increase on the price) tape, electricity, fuel...these are just some of the elements that make up what goes out on the shelves. It's not showing signs of going down either.
That isn't even getting into staff shortages everywhere after Brexit and the lack of staff a lot of these production factories are facing, so increased wages to try and attract staff who don't want to do the production jobs that were filled by EU workers before Brexit. It adds up.

Riddled with fat and non meat substitutes.

And unfortunately it's all a lot of people can afford. So their options are eat healthily but don't eat enough or eat less healthily and feel comfortable. That's an awful position to be in.

Love lurpak can't beat it. Am having to pay tge increased price though so annoying. Anything else would just spoil the sandwich or the piece of toast etc.

Who knew Lurpak was such a fundamental brand to Britain? Don't get me wrong, I have bought it regularly, and am now investigating alternatives due to the price hikes - I am just amazed at how much that one brand is in the news and featuring on threads like this, when there are alternatives.

Did it somehow become aspirational at some point, and now seems a necessity?

I see 🙁 I do get though that you like to support local businesses too. I loved doing it. Now I am thinking if I should buy free range or caged hens eggs? I understand all post that say we should go ethic, reconsider our food choices, eat less meat, but I already cook at home, god forbid I wasted any food, so I don't know what I could do next 🤐Go hungry I guess? It is a good advice for people who eat beef every day or eat out a lot, but what with people who are already budgeting and cook in batches.

Did it somehow become aspirational at some point, and now seems a necessity?

No, it just tastes the nicest.

The UK has the only government determined to make the worldwide crisis even worse. Brexit, tax increases, benefit cuts and public services on their knees all contribute. But their main priority is just to prop up a disgraced PM .

Actually they seem to have more meat than Richmond at over 2x the price! It seems

@Proudboomer I do often wonder how they work out the food waste tonnage, though. Our food waste bin very rarely contains anything but fruit and veg peelings, eggshells, chicken bones, etc. I’m not saying everyone’s the same - judging by some of the posts on MN some people do waste a lot of food because they’re terrified of exceeding best-by dates, etc. - but if they’re going by the average weight of a food waste bin, it may be an over-estimate.

Before anyone says we should compost it, yes, all very well if you’ve got a nice big garden. Ours is titchy.
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People need to be more accepting of other foods such as lentils (I mentioned this further up thread). Dried lentils, beans, pulses are cheap but a great source of protein, filling and healthy. A little goes a long way and there's lots of ways to season and cook them.
The point I am trying to make is that it is possible to eat healthy on a low budget, but people would need to adapt and try new things.

I don’t get the obsession with lurpac but then again I don’t eat butter or Marge unless I’m baking or something like that. No butter samish or toast here can’t stand the taste or texture.

However yes everything’s going up but by bit and has been for a few months. Some of the staples one particular child eats when you by 25p in February and has then gone off the shelf then come back in new packaging with another 60p on it.

That is the only protein we eat at home, apart from eggs, but I don't think this is easy if you are not brought up cooking lentils 3 times a day.:)

We're definitely making changes. We eat much less meat and hardly any fish. Mince dishes are bulked out with lentils. For cleaning products use refill pods which works out much cheaper and make my own body scrubs and toiletries. Always on the look out for bargains and yellow stickers.