WHEN is food going to stop getting more expensive?!?

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It’s a rhetorical question as I know no one has an answer but I can’t believe that after so many months food is still going up by 10/20/50p a week.

I shop weekly online at tescos so have a lot of items that I buy regularly and I just can’t believe it is still going up all the time, never mind asking if it’s likely to ever go down again, I’d be happy with a plateau at this stage!!!

I'd imagine things will settle down a bit when Putin decides that he doesn't need to invade any countries that he thinks belongs to him. I'm hoping he will be ousted or his body will pack in, but until then, things will be a bit tough for everyone I'm afraid, especially the Ukrainians.

Not til inflation stops, expect another 5-6% rise yet

It's not just the war in Ukraine though. The problems Covid caused with the supply chain are still being felt now. At the time, many companies tried not to pass on their rising costs to consumers but now they are. The high cost of fuel is also having a massive impact and then there are the droughts on Brazil, Canada etc which has further effected the supply of food.

We have got used to food being very cheap. I have no idea if prices will ever go back to pre-pandemic levels.

No idea. We have it extra tough as we have Coeliacs in the family and that costs 3-4 times the muggle equivalent.

Sorry for awful typos. Affected FFS.

Aren’t they expecting inflation to be running at 18 percentage at some point in the near future. So not for a good while yet. Buy what you can at these prices..

God knows. It's not just the war in Ukraine, there are various factors. I think there's worse to come. Some items may be in short supply too, such as some fresh veg. I read that there will be a shortage of potatoes this winter. I just don't see how lots of people will manage ☹

Not for a while, massive shortages of fruit and veg due to the worldwide droughts, war, Brexit. Been on the cards for years but most people too blinkered and pampered to think it would happen to us.

Inflation is running at 9.75 percent and in grocery terms the biggest rises are being seen in eggs, milk and cheese.

There is 1 amongst amongst hundreds of economists who thinks that Liz Trusses policies - reducing NI, Income tax, etc will reduce inflation. Most think her policies will fuel inflation.

Unfortunately it's going to get worse before it gets better.

The head of the food and drink federation said it takes 7-12months for food prices to be hit by events. So Ukraine food inflation hasn't really hit us properly yet. And the drought/crops dying this summer won't hit prices until next year. Bad news, basically.

I don’t think it’s getting better - the loss of crops around the world due to extreme heat, drought, hurricanes, flooding and desertification caused by climate changed is only getting worse. Every continent is impacted. Particularly as the world population is growing so fast. Unless we start eating insect protein and other ‘new’ staples anyway. I saw an article where they are also looking at more drought resistant grains (to replace wheat, rice, corn).

It’s really stressful isn’t it? Went to buy olive oil and just didn’t because it was so expensive. Not that long ago we were focusing on keeping shop (food ,toiletries and household) under £100 a week (2 adults, 1 kid, 1 baby) but now baby is eating heartily and I’ve just done a shop that added up to £140 at Morrisons! That included lots of nappies, new toothbrushes for everyone, household stuff, etc. that just happen to be running really low at the moment but it’s made me feel rubbish about everything.

The war has very little to do with it. Mostly it's down to Brexit.

If it were Brexit, then the rest of Europe wouldn't be suffering as well. Costs of fuel have gone up, so the cost of everything else has gone up. Ukraine also supplies a lot of grain and that's having an impact, including on cooking oil which has increased significantly in cost and decreased in availability.

Anyway, back to the OP question, my best estimate from what I've read is that interest rates are expected to fall at the end of 2023, so we've a tough year ahead of us basically.

Food has been really cheap for a really long time. In the 50s groceries cost about 1/3 of weekly income. Obviously increases in house prices, rent and other things have changed the affordability of 1/3 of income on food significantly. But I think it's going to continue going up for a while yet.

It's not going to thankfully the times of a £3 chicken are behind us. I think it's not just inflation but also changing attitudes the battery farming and pesticides of the 70/80/90s that got us to such cheap food are thankfully behind us. We have gone semi-veggie and our shopping for a family of three who eat well is now only around £70 a week

I was in Asda yesterday ( as I go for something specific there ) which I usually think of as good/value/cheap prices but didn't see any difference between their veg prices and that of Sainburys. Same with other items.
Instead of my online shops I have been in person to see what alternatives there are eg I used to buy Tilda microwave rice for store cupboard at 1 pound. I tried the Sainsbo own at 35p and it is as good as. We are not big rice eaters hence why I don't buy big bags.

Failing harvest due to climate change problem - can't see that ending

Failing harvest next year due to cost of fertiliser ( goes up with oil prices ) / that will get better if the war finishes or we get our energy strategy sorted on renewables so years

Failing to collect all harvest due to shortages of workers ( brexit )

Additional import cost and delays ( brexit )

All Europe struggling but uk doing worst

I know what you mean but surely what is happening now is that prices are going up but standards are not? Chicken isn’t costing more because it’s all free range now!

I do online at Tesco too. I have dropped from weekly to every 9-10 days.

Slightly bigger than my weekly shop but hoping it will work out less.

Yes I noticed an item my teens always have went up from £2.40 to £2.70 in a week. Earlier this summer it was £2.20.
Because of one having asd and issues with food I need to keep buying it.

Sorry I know I’m going to get shot down in flames for this but have we been used to cheap food for so long that we’re struggling now it’s going up?

I remember in the early 90s going shopping as a family of four. We’d got to Tesco usually, and we’d pay about £100 or maybe a bit less.For a weekly shop.

30 years on and it’s still around the same. For example bottle of wine cost about £5 then. It’s about the same now.

I think it’s down to more choice and more value brands that pushed prices down. I mean there’s like three or four brands of cornflakes nowadays in a supermarket.

I know of course it’s going up fast and we’re all affected but compared to 30 years ago it hasn’t gone up that much. If that’s makes sense ?? I think we’ve been used to a long time of cheap food

If you look at what food costs in other countries and has done for some time, I very much doubt prices here will ever go back down. The cost of energy is never going to go down to pre pandemic prices, and therefore neither is food.

I mainly shop at Tesco and have been shocked by how much things I buy every week have been going up. Like the own brand cheese I buy (the only one my kids like) this has gone up by over a pound in the last few months. I also do a smaller shop at Aldi every week as we like a few bits from there. My shop used to be around £70/£80 at Tesco and £50 max at Aldi. Yesterday I spent £72 at Aldi and didn't get much at all!