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Food prices skyrocketing again!

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cookingthebooks · 30/01/2025 06:20

DH disagrees, says it’s all stabilised out now and slowed down but he’s not actually done the shop in forever.

This month I’ve just been walking around the supermarket aghast. The price hikes that are going on, my favourite bar of ‘cheap’ dark chocolate has gone from 65p pre Christmas to £1.10!!! Fishcakes from £1.80 to £1.95 and the kids mini pizzas from 45p to 65p all pretty much overnight. There’s lots more and fruit/fresh food have all risen too. I’m really struggling to do the full week shop for our family of four for less than £150 a week now (everything included, pull ups, all work/school lunches, cleaning and toiletries)
Some weeks it’s closer to £170 and I’m very frugal I hate it!

tell me this isn’t just me?

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BooneyBeautiful · 01/02/2025 11:46

Bjorkdidit · 01/02/2025 06:09

That could be because they make very little profit on the basics ranges.

Likewise delivery is actually a loss leader, subsidised by the profit on the food.

It would cost them money to deliver a shop that contains lots of basics items.

Unfortunately that's a disadvantage to people with less money, that are also less likely to have a car, but after all, it's a business decision.

However, Asda's loyalty app seems very generous, we only do small shops occasionally there, but they always seem to be giving vouchers away through it, which is another thing that shoppers need to take into account.

Most supermarkets give discounts in one way or another through their apps so if you don't use these you're paying even more and, for many items, the discounted price is the price, as the item is on offer more often than not, eg its not necessary to pay close to £3 for Pringles because they're always on offer somewhere for under £2.

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Asda have just dropped their Star Buys so that will affect the Loyalty programme. They have , however, resumed their Rollbacks, so that might help.

I have my shopping delivered as I am physically disabled with mobility problems, so home delivery makes my life so much easier! One of my neighbours has a Tesco delivery each week, so she kindly orders anything for me that is cheaper at Tesco or which I can't get from Asda.

Snakebite61 · 01/02/2025 13:42

cookingthebooks · 30/01/2025 06:20

DH disagrees, says it’s all stabilised out now and slowed down but he’s not actually done the shop in forever.

This month I’ve just been walking around the supermarket aghast. The price hikes that are going on, my favourite bar of ‘cheap’ dark chocolate has gone from 65p pre Christmas to £1.10!!! Fishcakes from £1.80 to £1.95 and the kids mini pizzas from 45p to 65p all pretty much overnight. There’s lots more and fruit/fresh food have all risen too. I’m really struggling to do the full week shop for our family of four for less than £150 a week now (everything included, pull ups, all work/school lunches, cleaning and toiletries)
Some weeks it’s closer to £170 and I’m very frugal I hate it!

tell me this isn’t just me?

The lockdown has made them realise they can get away with anything. Price gouging should be a crime. Two successive governments have failed to combat this.

Streetsofkenny · 03/02/2025 12:52

Yes, I am noticing this too. Some things have trebled in just a couple of years - I often notice this with "treat" foods in particular, things like Pringles and Sensations you could regularly get on offer for 99p, now they're almost £3. Another one that sticks in my mind is the Aldi own brand versions of Mars bars, Twixes etc. They used to be 39p but are now £1.19!! Olive oil is now too expensive for me to consider buying. Even "cheap" sunflower or veg oil is now £2.

Thegoatliesdownonbroadway · 03/02/2025 12:55

Get used to it. The supermarkets need to recoup the NI increases.

hazelnutvanillalatte · 03/02/2025 14:59

Snakebite61 · 01/02/2025 13:42

The lockdown has made them realise they can get away with anything. Price gouging should be a crime. Two successive governments have failed to combat this.

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Exactly. All businesses have gone the same way...and customer service is awful; many businesses still have the Covid-era 'we are experiencing unprecedented levels of demand' message.

GreyWasp · 03/02/2025 15:23

I spent £45 yesterday on a whole chicken, lunch stuff for today (ham, baguette and pickle) plus a few crisps and ingredients to bake biscuits. I was gobsmacked.

istheheatingonyet · 03/02/2025 15:56

GreyWasp · 03/02/2025 15:23

I spent £45 yesterday on a whole chicken, lunch stuff for today (ham, baguette and pickle) plus a few crisps and ingredients to bake biscuits. I was gobsmacked.

Sounds abotu right ( sadly) . How do people afford holidays?

stuMck · 10/02/2025 15:38

1kg chicken breasts at M&S 27 Jan £9.50
1kg chicken breasts at M&S 10 Feb £10.50

the increases never end

istheheatingonyet · 10/02/2025 15:43

I think you can get cheap chicken maybe from Halal butchers? I'm not sure.

Sparkledangler · 10/02/2025 15:51

Prices always jump up after Christmas. ALWAYS.

In part, it's to make up for all the special offers and unsold stock from Christmas.

They often drop back if people refuse to pay it.

Refuse to pay it. Buy something different. Go somewhere cheaper. You send a message with your feet and by keeping your purse firmly shut.

But, no. People want what they want and as long as they're unwilling to compromise by having something different or going without, the sellers will charge however the hell much they can get.

Aliflowers · 10/02/2025 15:58

WinterFoxes · 30/01/2025 07:00

They became so popular as a budget alternative to chicken breast that they now cot more. These days I look for chicken breast on offer or just buy a whole chicken and cut it up myself. It's much cheaper and you can use the carcass to make bone broth which is a great base for soups and casseroles and then strip the meat off it to put in a biriyani or paella.

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I’m the same re chicken fillets. I do my main food shop in Dunnes (Ireland). A whole small chicken is €3 bit two chicken fillets are €3:49. This week I’ve bought 2 small chickens and I plan to take the breasts off tomorrow to make a big pot of curry. The legs, wings and carcasss are being thrown in the freezer. The drum sticks and wings build up over a few weeks and make up a dinner and the carcasses I use to make stock or a stew

i only has this conversation with my MIL earlier RE food prices. I find everything has increased and to keep to some sort budget. For eg treats I buy what’s on special offer. I buy my branded stuff Dunnes but everything else I buy in Lidl/Aldi. I do an online delivery and look for offers and food plan accordingly

Bjorkdidit · 10/02/2025 16:08

I think people are starting to realise that chicken thighs are tastier than breasts so the price has increased, it has always been the case in other parts of the world that thighs are more expensive.

As well as saving by buying a whole chicken, bone in legs are a bit cheaper, even when accounting for the weight of the bone.

Itsalwaysfools · 10/02/2025 18:21

Went to Sainsbury's today. My god, the prices were eye-watering. Came out with nothing. Refused on principle to buy anything.

istheheatingonyet · 10/02/2025 20:29

Itsalwaysfools · 10/02/2025 18:21

Went to Sainsbury's today. My god, the prices were eye-watering. Came out with nothing. Refused on principle to buy anything.

How's that going to work then? An d the quality is rubbish.

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