To be scared to go food shopping?

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It's not pleasurable at all with all the costs rising?
No wonder lots of people can't afford food?
I saw a box of cereal for £4!!!!!!!!!
Anyone else dread it?

How do you do this?
What do you make?

I’ve always gone for cheaper brands for most things and the prices of them have risen hugely or it’s always out if stock(probably because other people have gone down a price level). A bag of own brand pasta has gone from 45p to 95p, I don’t go for the smartprice because it seems to go really gloopy and stodgy.

My brother is in Canada and told me small cauliflowers are now $8 out there. It’s nuts. I’m scared what’s coming.

I shop in Tesco, own brand but not their Basics range. I work full time so things have to be quick to prepare.

I have porridge and assorted fruit for breakfast, DS has wholemeal toast, melty butter, marmalade and fruit. I wfh, so lunch is usually an omelette or home made veggie soup & bread. There's cheese left over from xmas, so celery & stilton 🙂

Suppers this week are...

• Breaded haddock, oven chips & peas
• Baked peppers stuffed with parslied sausage meat with garlic bread
• cassoulet made with pork loin chops, chopped bacon, tinned tomatoes & cannellini beans, paprika
• Chicken tray bake made of chicken thighs, potatoes, baby plum tomatoes, bottled black olives, brocolli, garlic
• Beef burgers on wholemeal buns, with sliced gherkins, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, radishes etc
• Wholemeal spaghetti & meatballs with sauce made of simmered tomatoes & garlic.
• Frozen pepperoni pizza with salad

If he's still hungry after that lot, I make pancakes or more toast.

I’ve stopped shopping around really, I’ll just go where is convenient as everywhere seems pretty much the same now. Shops like M&S have actually been cheaper than the rest for the likes of bread, butter, milk, fruit and veg!

Like a poster before, I’ve found it cheaper for a takeaway some times by the time I’ve bought all the ingredients.

I’ve also noticed the own brand stuff being out of stock a lot, but Asda did go viral with their essentials range and most of it is alright quality so I can see why.

Asda must see this too, I wonder if it’s a conscious decision to not stock more knowing that people are in the shop anyway they’ll just buy the more expensive stuff.

£4 for Bisto standard size in Asda last week - the really tiny size was £3!!! I literally couldn’t believe it! Absolute madness!

Who the fuck is paying £4 for cereal 😂

Yes have no choice but to buy more expensive items when they're out of stock ☹️
Actually makes me really sad that so many are out of stock so often

Crazy crazy prices at the moment. Dealing with multiple food allergies in my household and the free from stuff is now sooo expensive. I used to pick up a big pot of alpro yogurt for just over a pound, now it’s nearly £2. Even the basics unsweetened soya yogurts are significantly more expensive. We rely on that for calcium so it’s a big jump. Asda free from flour used to be 44p now it’s 90p in a matter of months. I make everything from scratch but still struggle to be under £100 a week for me and two small dc. The only thing I have noticed is regular cheese is now more expensive than the free from cheese when it used to be the other way round.

There's an awful lot of hyperbole on this thread.

Scared? To go shopping? (As opposed to be scared of how you'll afford food, which is entirely different).

I'm in Ireland but I doubt things are that different.

Yes, of course, prices have risen. (Compared to March - June 2020 when prices rocketed, which was really shocking, I remember spending in excess of €300 for a shop that previously costed c€150, they haven't risen as dramatically as portrayed).

I'm also on a limited budget, and I do prioritise food spending. I have never bought much in the way of treats bar some bars / chocolate ( no juice, fizzy drinks, crisps or fast food). I do spend money on meat - I use a particular butcher that is expensive but worth it, and I try to be judicious about what I buy / how much.

I find I can navigate around the items that have become pricier, and I've noticed the price increase is more notable in the own brand items.

The chain I shop in offers money off vouchers (€10 off every €50) and while many argue it's a marketing ploy, I find used carefully it makes my shop much mote affordable.

The real issue is for those experiencing poverty for whom healthy food at an affordable price is unobtainable - as it has been and now is more so again. These are the people (and I appreciate some on the thread may be in this position) that I feel sorry for.

You need to avoid "middle of the road" or perceived as such supermarkets. Lidl is surprisingly nice, and so much cheaper. The quality is far better than Tesco, Sainsbugs, Asda, Morrisons etc and you can pick up tasty bits for pence from the fresh bakery. Their hollandaise sauce, delish. Fajita mix, 29p, delish. Their marvellous or piccolo tomatos are great. Meat is very good too, although we have found the freshness to expire faster than other supermarkets. If the chicken says eat by the 27th, we would eat by the 24th. Milk is cheap, butter spread is cheap, cream is cheap. Nappies, the best on the block and an absolute steal. Charcuterie, super, very cheap. Kids cereal, big box of multigrain hoops, about £1, Cookie Crisp cereal which they love and again, big box, about £1 as well. Celery, citrus fruits, root veg, fresh herbs, all great and super cheap. Having been a won't-go-in-Lidl snob for years and a Waitrose girl, I am now a complete convert and love it. It helps if you can cook, its incredibly cheap for ingredients and things in raw state so to speak. The ready meals are a bit shite.

Essentially, our weekly Lidl shop (family of 5) comes in about £150. Quality 7/10 Waitrose would probably be £200, but it is nicer, but not by eons, say quality 9/10. What I can't comprehend is that it would be £180-190 in Tesco and the quality is 5/10, yet so many shop here. Pay the slightly higher amount and get great quality, or pay significantly less for what you will discover, is still better quality.

I obviously didn't buy this three pack of beans and sausages. But I did keep laughing at how ridiculous it was while I did the rest of the shop.

Own brand was much cheaper. A bit rubbish, but not paying £5.50 for three tins of beans and sausages.

I like Asda own brand baked beans. Three months ago they were £1 for a pack of four tins, then around a month ago they went upto £1.35 for the same.
I bought some at the weekend £1.80. Almost doubled in price in a short time frame.

Why did you keep laughing at it?

For anyone struggling with food shopping please have a look at the company shop. You will need a freezer and meet the criteria but it’s a god send!

Because I was shocked, and if I didn't laugh at the state of things I'd probably cry!

Ha, my DS is the same; this is the only cereal he’ll eat!! I tried giving him the Aldi version during Lockdown and he wouldn’t eat them.

They were always 2 for £4 in Asda, but now they’re 2 for £5. This is the one of only a couple of branded products we buy now…everything else is own brand.

Coop is so expensive. Spent £68.00 in my local branch on Sunday. Just needed school lunches, milk etc. Only had a basket. I will be driving to my nearest town with a Tescos in future even when it is 10 miles away. I live in a small village. Even with the petrol costs it will be cheaper.

Research BBBE (beef bacon butter and eggs) and the dangers of the majority of 'food' in the supermarket. Once you stop eating toxins like plants, carbs etc you'll save a lot of money and your health will improve.

Buy the supermarkets own brand of the equivalent cereal. Same food and same quality.

£1.00 for rice snaps in Asda for a large box. Aldi own shredded are 85 pence.

I pay £3.99 for two 750 gram boxes of cheerios from Costco and go halves with a friend.

@MontageOfHeck I recently saw them for £2.50 at one stop, wish I'd stocked up! Sometimes the smaller shops have better deals on than the supermarkets! They used to be £1.99 at b&m but they don't seem to stock them now!

Fence sitting.

from watching the “ back in time for “ documentary things it’s apparently the case that food spends as a percentage of total spending has been much higher in the past.

however prices are rising week on week.

I still enjoy shopping and keeping the totals reasonably low by using Aldi / Lidl and the Asian supermarket up the high street for pulses / spices etc . Big bag of chick peas is now a fiver though up from 2.99 pre pandemic.

Love Aldi as not a huge choice so it doesn’t take long to grab and go. Also less convenience foods / ready meals as we don’t bother with them mostly. Lidl I have to drive to but it’s a bit different and the special but food weeks add fun.

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Maybe calm down abit, Jordan Peterson

We just go shopping, no point in getting a sweat on about it. it is what it is

Does anyone think prices will ever go back down.