Aldi beans have gone up from 25p to 38p

[thelongconmom]

that's 13p per tin. I used to get 4 for £1.00 and those same 4 are costing me £1.52.
I just cant get my head around how I'm going to afford to feed my children if the basics keep shooting up this much. I wouldn't mind so much the luxury items going up by the same rate but the basics. Bread is 65p too for the cheaper one. I'm sure it was 45p before.
cheese was £1.89 and now it's £2.19.
I was going to buy some birdseye fish fingers on Iceland (I'm an aldi girl i was just passing Iceland and thought why not I like the crispy battered ones as a treat instead of breadcrumbs) and it was £7 for a pack of 48. They would be about £4 before and I'd only get them on offer for £3.50.

How can this be? I'm a thrifty shopper, I batch cook and freeze I shop the bargains. Its really getting me down. I can't even think about electricity. I just keep putting that at the back of my mind.

Thing is, these prices are still ludicrously low, in terms of actual production - to me with no real idea of how it all works it feels like shops like Aldi have been keeping costs artificially low for a long time and are now unable to maintain that? EU subsidies and imports playing a part?

In contrast, we mainly shop at Waitrose and while everything is wildly more expensive, nothing has increased. Our weekly shop is still the £80 it's always been.

There was a Twitter feed a couple of days ago where everyone was moaning about the huge price hikes at Aldi/Lidl.
It does seem that their prices, originally were kept artificially low... which would explain why a lot of their products would suddenly disappear.

We don't shop there anymore and just buy Formil from Lidl when we're passing.

This is going to be a long hard winter for so many.

Im a meal prepper, I used to write my list then do the online shop. Now I look at what’s on offer, then write my list. I try not to pay full price for anything. Fresh fruit/biscuits/crisps/cordial are literally only bought from what’s on offer. I search brands like Ms Molly and buy ‘treats’ from that brand. Before I’d mindlessly buy the kids favourites.

I tried Aldi, but my shopping was more expensive having drive to the supermarket and no clubcard boost.

I have my dog food (Tails- £23 a month, cheaper than supermarket) and laundry/dishwasher tablets (smol- ~£12 a month) which helps keep the weekly shop down and saves ‘nipping’.

I'm also starting to worry about the cost of food to feed my family.
Not too concerned about the energy prices YET as we managed to get a decent 2 year fix that covers us until next October.
However as I've always 'stockedup' on payday I'm noticing what used to cost 200 for the month (including butcher meat) is now more like 300/350. We are already cutting back on what we buy, I meal plan etc but it's a concern.

One positive I would suggest is seeing if you have a local Farmfoods. Ours is really good for bulk buys and veg, spend 100 on Saturday but at least it actually looked like 100 worth of food!

Op, if you buy the fish fingers in packs of 12 they are 3 packs (36 fish fingers) for £4. You could then get an extra pack for £1.65 and so get 48 for £5.65.

I know that’s not a huge saving from £7, but it’s worth considering that the bulk buy pack isn’t always the cheapest way to purchase.

www.iceland.co.uk/p/birds-eye-8-crispy-batter-fish-fingers-224g/57317.html#srule=price-low-to-high&start=1&sz=25

Everything seems to be jumping quite a bit, but I also think more people have been keeping an eye out for it this year vs last. Milk at my local Spar went from 1.10 to 1.65 for 2 litres about a week ago.

It’s horrific, I heard an old guy exclaim “70p” looking at bread in tesco then count the coins in his hand and went to put it back, I gave him £1 and told him not to worry we all don’t bring enough with us sometimes but we both knew it wasn’t that he didn’t bring enough it was that he didn’t have it! He literally had beans and was getting bread, that was it, it’s heartbreaking and I think the general population won’t be able to sustain it

I think all shops are getting pricier now. I went to get some eggs for a neighbour - organic dozen from a local supermarket. £5! I had to double check.

I have found fruit, bread, eggs, yoghurt/cottage cheese, pasta… it’s all going to by 5-10-15p.

I find shopping actually takes longer at the moment, as I'm thinking twice about if I actually need something or walking around store trying to think of cheaper alternatives, ie cheaper packet of biscuits instead of those scones or chosing Ta frozen pizza for £1.25 instead of £2 fresh. We sometimes fancy a ready meal, but more and more I'm thinking a stir fry or tomato pasta dish would be a lot cheaper.

Staple foods seem to be rising every week just now. The price of wheat for making flour, bread, pastries cakes etc has risen 60% on last years prices. The price of feed wheat & barley has increased significantly too, putting financial strain on the farmers who produce eggs hence the increase in egg prices.Combined with the huge fuel & energy increases to produce & transport our food, prices won’t be coming down any time soon.

No farm foods near us but maybe its worth the bus money? Could combine with other errands.

I think its not the problem that things are going up but that they are going up every week so you can't adjust because it's not stopping.

48 fish fingers for £7 sounds reasonable to me? 48 fish fingers is 12 meals if you have 4 each!

But YANBU about the rest. Food prices have been quite low, relatively speaking, for some time now. The proportion of salary a household spent on food was much higher historically. But now of course we have pressures on rents like never before into the mix. All in all its a horrible combination.

I shop at Aldi and have noticed the prices going up, there’s things l just won’t buy anymore. I won’t shop at Tesco anymore because to be honest l don’t want to give them my details in order to save money, their motto every little helps, if this is really what they think they should give the same price to everyone, the new card means you have to have the app, not everyone has a smart phone. Unfortunately l noticed Iceland have started a similar card. Farm foods here l come. Luckily for me l have a good choice of food shops by me .

it's quite worrying to be honest I'm actually quite scared about it.
I've noticed people are getting up in arms about things that wouldn't have bothered them before. For example, a woman at my hobby was using the kettle and she made 3 cups of tea over the day. Another friend started shouting at her because if she keeps using so much electricity then everyone's membership fee will be going up. (it's £2 a week but talk of putting prices up is scaring a few people. We only do it because its so cheap and saves us money)

So there's a rift in the group now and people seem to be complaining, tatting more.

@Solongtoshort glad you're essentially boycotting tescos. If we all are forces to make choices and it starts effecting the big companies profits perhaps something will be done.

It's disgusting how expensive the very basics are getting. I remember the bean war years around 2000, you could get a can of beans for 2p and a loaf of bread for 7p (Tesco value range). 8 sausages for 40p. Supermarkets should be obliged to offer basic staples for pennies, and recoup the costs from frivolous stuff like hair dye, ginger and fresh olives. It's also unacceptable that prices are literally rising week by week in some cases, my bread in Waitrose seems to be going up by about 5p a week at the moment.

Bloody hell, really hits home doesn't it

I just did my first shop since being made redundant (I only joined in January 2022 so wasn't entitled to anything!).

My fridge is sparse but the freezer is full.

Never in my life have I thought "I can't afford tomatoes this week..."

Thankfully I have lots of frozen veg, pasta and rice. But it's odd not being able to afford things you've been buying every week for years and years

We’ve kept our food shop for two people to an average of £60 per week but that’s cutting back on treats and the weekly ready meal when we both have evening activities. I’m grateful we can both cook well and know how to make cheap, nutritious meals but we’ve had moments in the supermarket where we’ve put stuff back on shelves. For example, a 1.6l carton of Tropicana in Sainsburys is now £4.60!!

Some items were kept artificially low and were loss leaders to attract peope in and shop more while in shop. That became unsustainable and so prices jumped more. I am pretty sure the items are still loss leaders.
Also why these items and absolute daily basics are in a back of the shop. Browse-shop more

That was 22 years ago and minimum wage was like 3.50😳
They do lose money on basics and recoupe on other items still

I've just come from Aldi and Morrisons with shopping.

I very rarely used to go round any of the stores I use a lot including Lidl and say things like "how much?!! or I'm not paying that!!"

I do now 😱

It doesn’t help that the profit margins on the cheaper products will have been much smaller than the premium brands so there is less room for the company to absorb the cost increases there

It feels relentless.

DC3 can only have soya milk. Supermarket own brand went up 20p last week, then yesterday it was another 10p dearer. Where will it end?

(this is one example of many, many things I have noticed it with)

Try Ocado for basic stock up. They have a reputation of being ‘expensive’ but they actually sell everyday range as well as other brands

m and s own brand baked beans are 35p on Ocado.

Ocado also have free delivery and £20 off a £60+ first shop. So if you don’t drive it’s worth just doing a basic order with lots of their basic and heavy range like beans, lentils, east end spices, frozen veg like peas and similar and getting it delivered.
The basic cleaning range sprays are also just 95p