To think food prices are just soaring on a daily basis?

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Every single item, no matter how much you shop around…

How are people coping?

I know, just spent £15 on bread, milk and a bit of fruit etc

They're starting to fall here in sainsburys, I've noticed eggs, bread, milk and beans have all gone down a few pence. Still higher than they were but hopefully it's a good sign...

It’s absolutely ridiculous. I spent £80 at the weekend and another £100 today - we’re not on the bones of our arses compared to most- but it’s just insane how expensive everything is. (3 adults, one older child).

Yup.

I just spent £8something on two melons.

I’ve seen it going up for a while now, but was able to blame other factors for a while (ie. now having a toddler who eats lots of fruit that I didn’t have before!) but the last few weeks it’s really hit me how much everything has gone up. Probably as second baby is about to start eating. All those extra 10ps are now 50ps and pounds. The coffee I used to buy for £3.50 is now £4.50, so I bought a different one. Everything costs so much more. We’re in a position thankfully to flex the budget rather than reduce the quality of what we’re eating, but I really feel for those that aren’t

Yes loads.
Its always been more expensive here than uk, but a Typical bag of shopping here with general bread, milk, fruit, tops up used to cost around €25-30. I can barely get a bag worth for less than €65 now.

That’s probably since Jan this year it’s gradually gone up.
Cucumber was €2.60 this morning, and loaf of standard bread €3.60.

We grow a lots also which helps

YANBU. I spent £140 at Lidl this week, not even a full trolley, no booze.

I understand hot weather affects food prices - no rain = stuff doesn’t grow. Grass doesn’t grow = cows have to be fed expensive winter food.

But still it’s clear big corporations are profiteering here.

Our weekly shop has easily gone up by £40-£50. I've no idea how some people are coping. We weren't exactly extravagant either at £80 a wk for 5.

I'm currently on holiday in France and the prices here are even higher. €5.60 for 4 beef burgers in Lidl. The pizza from the bakery which is 99p at home is €1.99. A packet of ham 6 slices, €5.20. not even naive ham.

Food has been very cheap here in the UK for many years compared to other places, even with rising prices a lot is still cheaper.

Ours has certainly gone up, but we weren't big spenders anyway. Because I have a family of fussy eaters who would happily live on plain pasta and cereal.

So we aren't buying tonnes of meat, and fruit is just a few apples. Veg I always buy frozen and lasts AGES due to aforementioned fussy family members.

I spent £86 this week for 2 adults and 3 kids, but £160 the week before. However the big shop had stuff in that will last all month. As long as I have pasta, cereal, bread, mill and cheese in my kids won't starve.

That said, my £86 shop would have been £60 last year. Back in "the old days" (2011 ish) I could feed us all for £250 a month with room to spare and a good deal more food.

I don't spend a lot, well under £50, more like £20 for just me on food.
That said, cat food, washing powder, deodorant etc, the extras really are going up.

Our weekly shopping has gone from £130pw in 2020 to over £200 now, no add ons just the same food ( well less due to shrinkage! ) which I really begrudge so now as a sahm I get my lunches from bits I find on Olio.

DH and I were in Sainsbury's the other day. Not one average sized block of cheese was under a fiver. We tried Iceland in passing - cheapest was £4.50. It is horrible sucking it up but we've no option.

You've only just noticed?

i Have tried every which way to shop around. I’m finding now if I do an online shop with different supermarkets and try and get a voucher then that covers delivery. I can at least see my total before I get to the checkout unlike when I’ve been to Aldi and Lidl and been absolutely horrified at the total!!!

No, I just feel it’s gone way beyond anything I ever thought I’d see.

Also, why make a comment that is unhelpful? Surely you have better things to be doing?

We’re farmers - the rise in what we are being paid by supermarkets is nowhere near what they’re charging customers and we’re worse off because fertiliser etc has all risen since the war started. We’re looking into selling direct to consumers, sick of being robbed by supermarkets.

I know it’s been like this a while, but I’m always slightly disappointed with our food shop & how much actual food we get for £80 odd pound each week. Then it’s another £25 top up for fruit/veg/milk. It just doesn’t go very far.

I don't agree actually OP - I've seen prices start to fall in Sainsbury and coop and even marks and Spencer - not by the odd pence either - usually 5/10/15 pence or more

No more Mayonnaise in our house- £4.50 in Sainsburys last week!

I used to buy lots of stuff in Waitrose and a smaller shop in Morrisons, now it's more 50:50. I check for offers on non perishable and freezable items I use then stock up and hopefully they'll be back on offer the next time I need them.
Definitely spending more on food than ever before despite taking steps to save money.

I noticed that certain items were cheaper in Tesco yesterday, which was a nice surprise. However, my usual deodorant was £1.00 last week and it's now £2.15. 😳

Agreed, Colgate toothpaste £6 but next week it will be on offer for £3.50, coffee jumps up and down from £7 to 'special offer' of £3.50. I can't help but think that often the prices are inflated only to be on offer a few weeks later. The whole thing is a scam.

I keep wondering when stuff will come down. I just did a big shop as we’ve been away and it came to £188! No booze. Meat /fish was some chicken, bacon, sausages, and some fish cakes. Other stuff was general fruit veg cheeses stuff for pack lunches for holiday club, bread, yoghurts, milk, some shower gels loo roll just general stuff.

however,,, having just been abroad in Greece I found food there in the supermarkets much more expensive.