Anyone else noticing a drastic increase in their food shop costs already this year?

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Hi,

Has anyone else noticed a drastic difference in the cost of their food shop already this year?

I certainly have noticed a difference.

Supermarkets don't look for farmers with the best price, supermarkets dictate the price along with the size and quantity

Which is why there is so much food waste - before it even leaves the farms

Tesco and co say this is what we need, this is the price point - can you deliver? Then the crop isn't as good as Tesco wants - carrots are too wee or too big - they are plowed back into the ground

At the moment farmers are getting £6 a kilo for beef - that's live on the hoof price. Then ad the production costs of putting that beef into a shop, you know why prices are hight

Hmmm no many are not. They don’t seem to have been united over anything thus far.

If farmers were United they would be in a better position to fight the pressure from the big supermarkets , which could improve their profitability and long term stability

At the moment they are effectively fighting each other to get the contracts - a race to the bottom

Being United against as tax that won't actually affect the vast majority seems weird

no but what i am saying is we pay attention to the price once it is weighed, so per head, rather than per kilo

Bad enough when it's an 'ongoing use' product like a tub of butter or bottle of ketchup; but when it's something that is clearly designed to be a 'serves one' portion, that doesn't easily stay fresh for long when opened, what a faff.

Also, your DCat will assume that you're trying to starve them by stealth and will hate you

I didn't realise that the 'we match Aldi prices' promise meant that they would increase theirs whenever Aldi do!!

Glad to say Im just back from Tesco - 95p per head - £2.19 a kg

I always check price per kilo because so often "special offers" are anything but, and supermarkets muddy the waters even further by showing price per kilo for some items, price per 100 gr for others . Im often stood in an aisle with the calculator out

Yes Im that sad git who buys loo roll and tissue depending on cost per sheet

My Tesco recently started charging onions at 21p each instead of by weight. It added about 30% to the price (3 onions of similar size at Sainsbury’s were 41p).

Some is where you live / if you have access to a car - lack of choice of supermarkets and smaller supermarkets tend to be more expensive. Food intolerances limit choice of whichever fruit and veg is in season and cheap, or necessitate gluten free, dairy free etc which are ridiculously expensive.

@DalzielOrNoDalzielAndDontPascoe Yes that's what rankles. Dcat has 4 pouches a day, a box lasts 3 days, and now my life and cat's have been thrown into confusion. She's thin enough and can't afford to be even thinner!

If no one paid it, the companies would have to drop their prices! All the time someone buys it, they’ll keep their prices up.

Something like broccoli is a bit odd to mentally rationalise by the kilo, as most of the heavy bit is what you throw away.

I did once see an abbreviated shelf label in Tesco, under the toilet rolls, giving the price 'per 100 shts' - and I must admit I had to give it a shocked second look to make sure I hadn't drastically misunderstood their unit comparator

Yep. Packet of basic ham gone from £1 a couple of years ago to £1.45. That’s some inflation.

The biggest pisstake is a Baxter’s Chicken Broth Soup. Now £2.10 when I was paying about a quid for that. I just don’t buy it anymore.

I’ve cut out what I perceive to be non essentials that I used to buy.

Kitchen Roll and Flavoured Water alone save around £250 a year.

wine is my next challenge as that is getting ridiculous too!

Vegetables are always more expensive this time of year because they are out of season.

But also farmers have had very difficult growing conditions over the last few years, so their costs have risen so they have to pass them on.

Cut the woody bit off the bottom of the stalk, slice the rest and cook, for vitamins, anticarcinogenic compounds, and antioxidants.

Don’t waste edible food, look on the web for recipes.

I put mine to use in soup and stir fry's , stilton and broccoli soup is the dogs dangly bits , and I will use the rind of the stilton in it to save waste

Also I save parmesan rinds, just chuck them in the freezer, and pop those in soup to give great flavour

Lidl is still cheaper for us, especially if we use the app/vouchers, but nowhere could be described as cheap nowadays.

Yeah, I know it's edible, and many people seem to find it delicious - but (in my opinion, and I'm guessing I'm not alone in that - although the rest of MN may well disagree), the stalk isn't actually very pleasant to eat.

The same with bacon rind and chicken skin - I know lots of people like them, but not for me, thanks.

It depends on what you buy, I suppose. I find a lot of their stuff competitively priced, even if not dirt cheap - although I find some of their lines are very good value indeed.

The stuff in their Aisles of Wonder is usually very good value, but that does rather depend on you needing the random items and not buying just because they're a bargain!

To be honest, I love a cheap price as much as anybody, but I'd rather them maintain quality and keep a reasonable price, rather than do a Poundland (as it was previously) and massively cut corners purely to drive the headline price artificially and unsustainably low.

Yes, as I said, I do find them cheaper.
I mostly buy ingredients but some ready prepared snacks, bars, biccies etc. I love when they have different ranges in but tend to check leaflets beforehand.

Sorry, I quoted you but then kind of leapfrogged and commented on PP's points that you'd already differed in opinion on (same as me)!

Brace yourself for more increases when the effects of the employer NI changes take effect. I work in food procurement and we are anticipating an avalanche of increases when this happens and the full extent of the cost pressures on suppliers is felt.

OMG I couldn't get over the price of biscuits in a big Tesco yesterday
I just fancied something cheap/own brand, but literally couldn't find anything

Their choc digestives have gone from 60p to 90p
No cheap shortbread, just some for £2.50
Hardly anything on offer

The average pack of biscuits was over £2

Wtf

You must have missed the tractor protests.

tractor protests , what tractor protests ?

You mean sone of the poor farmers are supporting the rich ones?

Bet that's not a two way street