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 😭

Sausages are generally unhealthy, and cheap sausages expecially so. Processed meat is carcinogenic and whilst not all sausages fall into this category, they are almost all high fat and high salt.

Cheap sausage are definitely to be avoided. It would be much healthier to add pulses.

Lots of things aren't healthy, but are actually ok as part of a diet if you uave them sometimes.

Again. The 86p ones have less salt per 100g than Richmontd at 2.20. 1.3 vs 2.3.

So again, nothing is making these worse than the expensive ones. Less carb (1g), 1g extra of fat. Imho sausages of this type benefit from bit of fat so they don't dry out.

Hello from NZ where farmers aren't subsidised at all and food prices are an absolute bastard. Most of the prices you pay are, I reckon, less than here, so I guess things could get even worse.

The sad truth is that although it's possible to eat tasty, cheap food, preparing it requires time, effort and skill, and those who don't have all three resort to cheap junk. This is why NZ is the second most obese country in the world.

Good luck, and hopefully the recent trade deal will mean some cheaper beef, lamb and milk products your way, like before 1972.

Partly but a major contributor is that fat has traditionally been considered a sign of affluence in Pacific communities. More than two thirds of adult Pacific people, a fast growing community in NZ, are obese.

But yes, food prices here are generally double those quoted by UK posters.

If people bought packs of family size mince and split some off,made their own meatball slash sausage type things wpyld rhat work out affordable?genuine question not being a pretentious twat as me and timmy squeeze our sausages in the outer pantry!😊
But again that's the whole education,health,time effort health debate isn't it.darnit.

Exactly! God people have been so brainwashed into this pure,clean health,good ,bad food put on a pedastiol bullshit.
As part of any blance diet bacon,sausage,the fat on chicken thigh,sugar is all grat sources of nutrition.especially for those without the wider choice.and if you have these non nutrient dense foods all the time then like non nutrient dense foods of course they won't be optimum for general health.
But whether it be lack of choice or just because you fancy a fatty butty it won't damage a thing.and every choice has a nutritional benefit at the time be it for mental or physical hunger,or need.

Meatballs? Probably. Sausages, nah because you would need other things into it, casings and work. But meatballs and burger patties could if you buy for good price. With these, it is a lot about convenience (for most people).

How can something known to be wholly unhealthy somehow be healthy at the same time.
Eating lettuce with sausages doesn't transform the sausages into a superfood.
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Depends if you can afford to buy the bug pack in the first place.

People are stuck in poverty cycles. Let's assume that you only have £25 to spend a week, because the rest of your income is on fixed bills like rent, electricity etc.
You haven't got £6 for a big pack of 500g mince. You can't use this for 2 family meals at £3 per meal. You have to spend £4 on 250g spending more per meal. Because that otherwise your food costs £27 a week, not £25 budgeted for.

obviously these are made up numbers,but you get the idea

No-one is pretending a sausage in if itself is the best choice. But with an otherwise balanced diet, it's an acceptable choice.

Better to have a cheapy sausage and some good veg. Spending £1 per meal, Than to spend £1 on a pot noodle. For example.

Or having to spend money on electricity cooking up dried pulses for a few hours, when you can cook a sausage and veggies in 15 minutes.

How is eating poison ok.
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Jesus.
DP and I were talking about the complete disconnect for rational choices post pandemic.
Systematic irrationality.

So you only ever eat whole home made organic, locally produced and unprocessed foods?
You never eat cake, biscuits, crisps, chips, ham, sliced meats, cured meats, tinned foods, prepared meals, alcohol, in fact anything with sugar in it. No fizzy drinks, no artificial sweeteners, no artificial flavours? Never buy bread from anywhere except a bakery that uses organic flour etc?

You clearly have never lived in poverty and clearly have no idea about the choices some people are having to make.

People don't need to eat only "healthy" even healthy foods become not healthy when you have too much of it and can cause isaues and reactions.

Irrationality is to not see that things can be part of balance diet without them being something greatly "healthy".... It's a balancing act using common sense

Just an FYI "organic" also doesn't mean chemical free. Pesticides are still used, albeit in smaller amount

I did think that. 2 thighs per person maybe do a park which I think has 8 via Aldi for £1.89ish wouid feed a family of 4

One tin of chickpeas is also nowhere near enough for 6 people. Nor is two cubes of spinach.

Are they?!!! What a con!

Same as free range. It doesn’t mean the animals just wonder freely though fields and go to bed when they fancy. Just means they have access to fields of a minimum size if they decide to venture out. Often the minimum size is still rather lacking

Sorry to be a pain, but there is a big shortage of chickpeas coming our way. Because, surprise! Ukraine and Russia are big producers. It might be unpleasant for us, but a catastrophe for countries like India, for example.

So let's not take the chickpea for granted here.

I did not know this... I would never take the chick pea for granted, we use them an awful lot! We will all be switching to carlin peas (not as nice).

Genuinely surprised that India isn't self-sufficient in growing chickpeas. Or is it that India will be under pressure to sell them if the price increases elsewhere as part of trade agreements?

Sorry, India might be self sufficient, I might have this wrong, but Russia is/was a big exporter. Also, the drought in Africa puts further pressure on stocks.

Either way, it's not pretty.

According to wiki in 2019 India was responsible for 70% global chickpea production source is apparently this UN document www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL

They are trying to be self sufficient, but they are a big user.

The thing is, chickpeas are very water heavy crop, and global warming and drought will hit the production badly. Take into consideration that they are a crop that's very much relied on in poor countries and because they are cheap, which is why they are mentioned on this thread a lot and we can see how climate change will affect the poorest the most.

If you keep on trailing your coat, someone might eat it. I hope it's got reduced salt. 😇