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.

I don't buy much in the way of biscuits etc but when I do I get them from home bargains, lidl or B&M.

Same as toiletries, supermarket prices are way OTT, again I go home bargains or savers - so much cheaper

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etc etc etc. You get the gist.

You mean sone of the poor farmers are supporting the rich ones?
Explain how you came to that conclusion.

@suki1964
that is also how i do my shopping
checking price per kg
and with 100g just move the decimal point
cheese i used to find £6 per kilo, it is now £8 per kilo, depending on where you shop of course!
just double checked, Waitrose essential cheddar is cheaper than Tesco, but not necessarily worth it if i have to make a special journey

Not true. Farmers don’t set their prices. The world market does for most of our goods. For some where we have slightly more. Negotiating power the supermarket knows all our costs and tells us they will pay a few percent above that for a profit. As our costs move our price moves. It’s a guaranteed margin written into contracts. Also many farmers are now in 5/10 yr plus contracts like this. Make no mistake, when April kicks in food prices will go up.