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JingleBellez · 22/12/2021 18:23

I love lidl

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JingleBellez · 22/12/2021 18:24

@Comedycook

I spent £80 the other day at Aldi and both dh and I commented that it didn't seem like much...fridge wasn't particularly full

I spent 113 at Aldi on Sun - was no booze at all. All xmas food for 6

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Holothane · 22/12/2021 18:25

Everything is going up, we’ve scaled right back this Christmas.

ancientgran · 22/12/2021 18:25

I've had teenage GS move in this year so it has been hard to judge, I'm certainly spending more probably double what I was a year ago but as he has hollow legs, as teenage boys do, it is hard for me to know what is prices and what is having him here.

FrancescaContini · 22/12/2021 18:27

@AledsiPad

You went to the Co Op. And bought Salmon. And premium chocolate.

Food prices aren't sky rocketing, you bought expensive food. £72 could feed my family of 6 for the week, and we would eat well.

Yes, I had the same thought.

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JingleBellez · 22/12/2021 18:27

Since when is Kinder premium?

It's 10 pence piece size.

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MatildaIThink · 22/12/2021 18:28

Co-op is always a lot more expensive than supermarkets, food prices have risen, but not hugely, the total food inflation this year is estimated to be 5.6%, although it will depend on your consumption. Ready meals, crisps, lamb, beef and imported fruit have risen significantly, other foods have seen lower rises.

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JingleBellez · 22/12/2021 18:28

@ancientgran

I've had teenage GS move in this year so it has been hard to judge, I'm certainly spending more probably double what I was a year ago but as he has hollow legs, as teenage boys do, it is hard for me to know what is prices and what is having him here.

All lads seem to. It's like where on Earth do you put it?

My 6 year old says he is hungry the moment after clearing the plate. Bottomless pits lads are.

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JingleBellez · 22/12/2021 18:33

@rrhuth

Yes, Brexit + energy prices, cost of living issues next year will be awful.

it amazed me no-one ever thought to question Brexit and what they'd lose over what they'd gain

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MatildaIThink · 22/12/2021 18:36

it amazed me no-one ever thought to question Brexit and what they'd lose over what they'd gain
Loads of people did, they were dismissed as unpatriotic, it was said to be "Project Fear", they were dismissed as lying, or remoaners etc.

I have no sympathy for those who voted for Brexit and suffer it's consequences, they made their choice and they can live with it, I do however feel sorry for those of us who are not idiots, but have to suffer the consequences of the decision the idiots made.

Dinotruxagain · 22/12/2021 18:37

It's not just the co-op! Between £113 in aldi and £180 in Iceland I did fill up everything (including Xmas grub) however that didn't include booze , nearly £300 would have gotten a hell of a lot more a year or two ago.

I should say that the cupboards/store cupboard/ and freezer was bare so it did get everything but heck it stung. We should be able to get the next 6/7 weeks out of it only topping up perishables.

We are just about taking the hit at the moment but if it increases something is going to give.

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JingleBellez · 22/12/2021 18:39

@Dinotruxagain

It's not just the co-op! Between £113 in aldi and £180 in Iceland I did fill up everything (including Xmas grub) however that didn't include booze , nearly £300 would have gotten a hell of a lot more a year or two ago.

I should say that the cupboards/store cupboard/ and freezer was bare so it did get everything but heck it stung. We should be able to get the next 6/7 weeks out of it only topping up perishables.

We are just about taking the hit at the moment but if it increases something is going to give.

That's so true. I need a tardis! These prices are nuts.

6/7 weeks isnt too bad. I'm going to try batch cooking to keep costs down.

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ivykaty44 · 22/12/2021 18:40

prices will keep rising and thats when interest rates will rise to combat the rising inflation

MatildaIThink · 22/12/2021 18:44

@ivykaty44

prices will keep rising and thats when interest rates will rise to combat the rising inflation

Raising interest rates only works to counter inflation if the cause if inflation is internal to the economy. Our current inflation is based on external causes (the pandemic, and slow reopening), albeit others related to some things that happened here (Brexit). Raising interest rates significantly will do little to help inflation and will further damage the economy, minor rises will make little difference either way.

Dinotruxagain · 22/12/2021 18:44

I've meal planned to hell and will batch cook a lot, it's the only way I can actually budget, it doesn't help that the gas an electric bill has gone up to 130 a month, Oh an council tax now 170 a month. 🙄
36k a year between us with a primary school kid and another one off to uni next year, it's going to be a tight year.

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JingleBellez · 22/12/2021 18:48

@Dinotruxagain

I've meal planned to hell and will batch cook a lot, it's the only way I can actually budget, it doesn't help that the gas an electric bill has gone up to 130 a month, Oh an council tax now 170 a month. 🙄 36k a year between us with a primary school kid and another one off to uni next year, it's going to be a tight year.

this is my plan for the new year

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Goawayangryman · 22/12/2021 18:50

I agree. I earn comparatively well at around £65k but I am in a single income household and it all disappears. Food from supermarkets has really gone up and I can no longer afford to eat out with my kids.

cherryonthecakes · 22/12/2021 18:52

Yanbu but Coop is amongst the priciest supermarkets imo.

TheReluctantPhoenix · 22/12/2021 18:52

It just seems to be 2008 revisited, just in a slightly different way.

Fuel and food prices rocketing and overall inflation at 5%, but no meaningful rise in interest rates. At the same time, teachers get 0% and nurses way sub 5%.

But, if you are asset rich, property and shares easily keeping pace.

I am a capitalist at heart, but there almost seems a deliberate policy of taxing the poor to bail out the rich.

Doubt it is deliberate but do they really not notice?

BendicksBittermints4Breakfast · 22/12/2021 19:02

@Comedycook

I spent £80 the other day at Aldi and both dh and I commented that it didn't seem like much...fridge wasn't particularly full

I've just spent almost £100 in Morrisons and Aldi and I can't see much for it but as Aldi have a Pouilly Fume for 9.99 it's no surprise. WHJat I did notice in Morrisons is how many things are now on a buy 2 offer that didn't used to be.

Nevermakeit · 22/12/2021 19:03

Just you wait.... I work in the food industry and I can tell you we have some big price increases planned for next year, and that is based on the belief our competitors will be doing the same, as commodity prices have increased. So that will be an entire category increasing significantly (about 20%)..... and I imagine it will be the same in other food categories!

BedisBliss · 22/12/2021 19:24

For me the big issue is gas and electric - the prices have been hiked by so much that both seem 'a luxury'. It's just so wrong and I worry that some people will be forced to be cold in their homes this winter.

Woofydogg · 22/12/2021 19:27

Absolutely prices are rocketing. Popped into Morrisons today for a few last minute bits for christmas. £74! Bought some blueberries amd rasperrkes which have been £3 for both for goodness knows how long. Cost me £5. Everything has gone up, the increase is really noticeable.

DahliaMacNamara · 22/12/2021 19:28

I can't believe the official rate of food inflation is so low. Like others, I'm finding what used to be an £80 shop comes in at over £100. I dread to think what's coming, I really do.

Maverickess · 22/12/2021 19:33

How on earth do those on a low income cope?

Badly! I'm on nmw and been working my arse off and got what I would have been delighted with any other year, this year it's gone nowhere. I've scaled right back on what we have in for Christmas and on presents, I've just got the Christmas 'food' out and it's a bit pitiful tbh, I'm just really glad DD isn't a child any more, as a new adult she 'gets' it, it has always been difficult but I've managed to make it as good as I could with nice food and presents, I just can't stretch it any more this year, I really feel for those in my position with younger children.

Gas and electric have just soared (PAYG) as well which hasn't helped, and I'm getting a payrise in April to £9.50 - which will be eaten up by the NI and council tax increases I imagine, so I won't be much better off. I've stopped putting the heating on in the morning when I get ready for work, it makes me move faster! And I layer up when I get in from work. I'm also obsessed with the smart meter 😂 - but at least it gives a bit of light from the screen in the hall during the night!

And yes, co-op is expensive, but it's what we've got here, without trekking on 2 buses, I do an online shop once a month but I do need to top up on fresh stuff in between, and I do think co-op have increased prices on some things quite sharply recently. Though I have a co-op card and get the offers and build cash up on the card to spend in there - which I save for Christmas stuff.

I'm getting a Christmas dinner at work and DD is going to her Dad's so at least I've not got that as well to contend with.
It's quite worrying really, but I'm trying not to do that until after Christmas, and hoping I'll last until 31st on what I've got left in the bank!