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I've just found an 11 year old Asda groceries order email. The price of BUTTER!

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How11yearsfly · 08/01/2026 14:10

It's not the most detailed order because there's no volumes weights etc. But butter is butter. £1.76 for 2 packs.

Jeepers

4th August 2015

I've just found an 11 year old Asda groceries order email. The price of BUTTER!
I've just found an 11 year old Asda groceries order email. The price of BUTTER!
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Gatekeeper · 08/01/2026 15:03

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This has been deleted by MNHQ for breaking our Talk Guidelines.

Thats not butter though...its yellow man-made grease

How11yearsfly · 08/01/2026 15:11

How contentious was this thread? 😲

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JingsMahBucket · 08/01/2026 15:24

@How11yearsfly I know! Sorry it got derailed but you’re totally right. The price increases are double over the past ten years.

CautiousVisitor · 08/01/2026 15:27

Thirstycarrot · 08/01/2026 14:25

Country life butter
£1.50 Asda. Today.

This inflation example doesn’t seem at all bad to me

Except that's 200g, where I'm pretty sure until recently blocks of butter were 250g, so it's shrinkflation.

Tiredofwhataboutery · 08/01/2026 15:27

I do remember Tesco own brand butter used to be 85p about 12 years ago I remember being shocked when it went over a quid. £1.99 now.

IwannaspendchristmasontheM5 · 08/01/2026 15:32

Bjorkdidit · 08/01/2026 14:50

500 g butter at Asda for 85 p? I don’t believe it.

Some posters are visiting from Knob Central as usual and some are being deleted thankfully.
As you were OP...it's interesting but shocking how prices have changed.

rainforestalliance · 08/01/2026 15:45

10 years ago was 1999 or something, not 2015 😅

FeliciaFancybottom · 08/01/2026 15:46

Blimey, what was so controversial about butter that so many posts got deleted?

LatteLady · 08/01/2026 15:52

CautiousVisitor · 08/01/2026 15:27

Except that's 200g, where I'm pretty sure until recently blocks of butter were 250g, so it's shrinkflation.

You are absolutely right, I was about to post this, too... Butter used to be sold in 8oz packs, which converted to 226g so we did well initially until they started paring it down to 225g and then latterly 200g. I noticed this about 18 months ago.

cardibach · 08/01/2026 15:58

Bjorkdidit · 08/01/2026 14:17

In August 2015, NMW was £6.50 an hour, it's now £12.21

Electricity is also nearly double what it was 10 years ago.

These costs will both heavily impact the price of groceries.

In terms of minimum wage I think you have cause and effect the wrong way round. CoL goes up, minimum wage has to go up so people can, you know, eat. You’re right about power though. Time to renationalise and stop the profiteering I reckon…

Bjorkdidit · 08/01/2026 16:00

Most butter still comes in 250 g packs.

It's only certain brands that are smaller but the actual product isn't really any different so you might as well just get whatever is cheapest.

JohnBullshit · 08/01/2026 16:00

I refuse to buy any butter in 200g packs. Cheeky blighters. My Aldi butter comes in 250g denominations, as nature intended.

Mymanyellow · 08/01/2026 16:04

Lurpak butter is £1.95 for 200g in Tesco with a club card. Definitely used to be 250g.

Mysa74 · 08/01/2026 16:05

Bjorkdidit · 08/01/2026 14:17

In August 2015, NMW was £6.50 an hour, it's now £12.21

Electricity is also nearly double what it was 10 years ago.

These costs will both heavily impact the price of groceries.

In contrast, my top of band 5 NHS rate was £14.41 in 2015 and is now £19.33...

Edited to add, in 2005 it was £12.40. Which is both fascinating and quite depressing...

SerendipityJane · 08/01/2026 16:07

How11yearsfly · 08/01/2026 15:11

How contentious was this thread? 😲

Odd. I'v seen fewer deletions on threads about Gaza ????

NotSmallButFunSize · 08/01/2026 16:08

I remember a couple of years ago I had a list on the go and was adding through the week - the 6 pint bottle of milk went up like 50p in 3 days!

Started at £1.29 or something, then was up to nearly £2 by the time I checked out. Is £2.65 these days!

FOJN · 08/01/2026 16:11

Thirstycarrot · 08/01/2026 14:25

Country life butter
£1.50 Asda. Today.

This inflation example doesn’t seem at all bad to me

No but the shrinkflation is appalling. That's 200g rather than 250g.

PurpleBane · 08/01/2026 16:20

And yet my teaching salary hasn’t gone up at all. No wonder I’m broke. Has minimum wage really doubled in a decade?

SapphireSeptember · 08/01/2026 16:25

Mysa74 · 08/01/2026 16:05

In contrast, my top of band 5 NHS rate was £14.41 in 2015 and is now £19.33...

Edited to add, in 2005 it was £12.40. Which is both fascinating and quite depressing...

Edited

That is bloody depressing. 🥺

Thedogscollar · 08/01/2026 16:31

Those were the days my friend we thought they'd never end........

But they did and it's all so expensive now😣

AInightingale · 08/01/2026 16:35

Olive oil is the worst. I think molten gold is probably cheaper.

sweetpickle2 · 08/01/2026 16:56

Why are people falling over themselves to defend inflation/pretend it doesn't exist? Weird hill to die on.

Womaninhouse17 · 08/01/2026 17:00

Thirstycarrot · 08/01/2026 14:25

Country life butter
£1.50 Asda. Today.

This inflation example doesn’t seem at all bad to me

That is only 200g. Butter is usually 250g but I've noticed a few of these smaller packs sneaking in to fool us. Watch out!

Heylittlesongbird · 08/01/2026 17:08

Thats really interesting. The BoE inflation calculator says inflation between 2014 and Nov 25 was c 40%.

A block of Asda butter today is £1.99, so that’s an increase of 126%.

I really hope farmers are seeing some of the extra as I seem to recall dairy was running on ridiculous margins back then.

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 08/01/2026 17:10

Mymanyellow · 08/01/2026 16:04

Lurpak butter is £1.95 for 200g in Tesco with a club card. Definitely used to be 250g.

I never quite understand why anyone buys Danish butter, rather than supporting our own farmers, who goodness knows are screwed enough by the supermarkets.