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 😭

That's why I purposely ignored the part about obesity.

Apparently our new chancellor (or his wife) has just bought a supermarket.

That's nice for them isn't it.

what is it about Lurpak? its just Danish butter. Not made by elves using unicorn tears. What special magic does it have that I am missing (or not)?

Well at least now we'll have had one chancellor who may be vaguely aware of the price of bread and milk.

Not in the land of milk and honey where he and the wife live. Tax havens may be cheaper

Well, I'm not expecting them to be stacking shelves in their spare time but the profitability of the assett is directly related to cost of food.

Cook your veggies in with your pasta and potatoes

Weight,food is so often troped to do with what it's not actually to do with.to perpetuate shame and guilt and people being lesser than.a high percentage is diet culture and weight stigma.thinner does not equate to better or healthy.its our society's obsession with the perfect look,thin ideal.it then get thrust upon obesity problems,and how people could change if they wanted to.cost of living is one huge factor.time.learning.mental health.dietindustry.the good and bad food bullshit.heirachy of people and their food choices.and emotions.food is so much more.
And of people really cared about health ( bullshit you just don't like fat) then it wouldn't be obesity they mention.it would be health behaviours.better sleep.jobs.food poverty.mental health.stress.cost.making nutritional choices where possible.the fact it's always to do with weight is a red flag.this is pure and simple fat phobia.
The cost of living is adding in a major way to people's HEALTH.for so many reasons.

It does a friend of mine is celiac. We went out for a meal in a restaurant they said her chips would be gluten free. She could tell as soon as she started eating them they weren't.

The chips have to be cooked in a separate fryer and they hadn't been. If they're not they're contaminated. They did her another meal but she had to have a Jacket potato instead.

@kateandme you cannot deny the negative impact of obesity and health.
I don't think it's right to shame individuals, as I put the blame on food and government policies.
It's particularly ultra processed food that's to blame. This is often cheap and quick to reheat so it's easy to see how it's become a part of people's lifestyles.
But it is not healthy. Even a thin person who eats a diet of mainly ultra processed food would be unhealthy and become very unwell.
Yes, sleep and stress and poverty all need to be looked at as a holistic solution to ill physical and mental health.

This is why I ignored it so it doesn't turn into discussion about obesity here because that's different kettle of fish all together...

@Alicewither be careful with that range, the other day I looked at the strawberries and the price per kg was more expensive from the nice looking packs!!

Spending money on food hasn’t been an issue for me thankfully for the last 2/3 years. I don’t drink, don’t smoke, don’t spend a lot of money going out, so buying nice food and big brands was my luxury for the month. I used to spend around £100 a week for me and my daughter but I used to get LOADS for that amount, food, stock up on drinks (I always have coca cola in the house for blood sugar issues), stock up on cleaning and laundry things etc. Last week I done an online shop with Morrisons (they had a £10 voucher for new customers) and it cost nearly £90 and that was no cleaning things, no laundry things and hardly any dinners because I had stuff in the freezer. My mum shops in Lidl and apparently their stuff isn’t any better in terms of prices shooting up!

My offers are always 90% sweets/chocolate

Butter £1.75 today, used to be £1.49

Big difference between medium and large eggs - 40p

Some of M&S meat is reasonably priced as well and much nicer

My Aldi shop now costs what I used to spend in Sainsburys 3 years ago. I changed supermarkets as Sains was getting out of my reach. My weekly shop was £70 last week and I nearly cried. I just couldn't see how it could have been that much. That's what I would normally spend on a Christmas shop. We are vegetarian too, so no meat products. I honestly don't think it's cheaper being veggie.
No alcohol either, predominantly fruit and veg.
Something will have to give. We don't smoke either. Not sure what else we can give up.

@Dixiechickonhols 80s childhood here too and we only had butter as a treat

@chiffchaffchiff my bottled milk is £1 a pint so thinking of stopping 😞

It’s been such an interesting thread as I definitely think of lurpack as a luxury but clear lots of people think of it as a staple eaten every day.
I had a nice childhood and home cooked food but some foods were definitely occasional treats.

Mine are too. I suspect it’s based on what you buy!

The "Trolley" phone app is really really good. Alerts you when supermarket products go down in price and you can bookmark favourite products to get customised alerts. Really recommend it!

Someone upthread mentioned aldi ersatz weetabix same price as the real thing. I thought right I may as well have the real stuff then. It’s not true, 36 aldi pack is £1.79, 24 pack in Morrisons £3.

Same with the cornflakes
morrisons own 500g £1
lidl crown field 500g 55p

i don’t know what people are buying if they think that Lidl and Aldi are more expensive than Morrisons and Tesco.

@Alicewither
Yeah...but what KIND of sausages? More like meat paste stuffed into a pig gut casing.
If you look on YouTube at the videos of The Bald Foodie Guy, aka Gareth Morgan, he does food comparisons and he did one on the sausages you mention which came LAST in his opinion. He buys several of the same items from different shops which viewers want to see compared, shows the ingredients and info on the boxes or tins then cooks and eats them on camera before giving his verdicts.
80p for 8 sausages? Haha. You get what you pay for.