Doubled in price in one week!

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I'm getting used to the creeping inflation on groceries of 10p more a week here, 15p there. But this week, a 5 pack of snack bags of apricots at Asda has doubled in price from £1.25 last week to £2.50 this week. That was too much for me, so I left them. Has anyone else noticed a big jump in a week like that? For some reason it's made me really nervous about lots of food items just being priced out of my basket.

I thought bogof offers are now banned?
Sainsbury's doubled the price of their basic muesli a few months back and there's been no offers since.
I wouldn't be holding my breath waiting for an offer.

Yeah, it'll be on special offer soon & you can stock up

No they pushed it back due to col. but they very rarely save money. It’s more an optics thing. No one wants to be seen banning them now. Because people believe they are always a huge saving.

This is common with asda and the reason I stopped shopping with them. I used to have a pre loaded shopping list in my online asda account, with basics. So a recurring list that would stay identical each week. Mostly dried and tins (asda are good for bulk buying pulses for Asian meals etc). The price of my weekly order would fluctuate dramatically weekly. It was typical for an item increase in price massively.

I mean, I would have done a bogof and bought every other week just to save 20p Asda. You didn't need to double the bleeding price!

Similar to other posters - the biggest jump I’ve noticed is toilet rolls. A pack of 24 Cushelle was £9.25 at the start of the year and is now £13.35. It’s gradually crept up so I don’t think it’s because they’re about to do a deal on it

@Pasadenadreaming @bloodyeverlastinghell at least I can not buy the apricots. If toilet paper becomes too expensive, we can't not buy it 😞

I buy frozen everything now. I cannot afford to waste food. Im just hoping the threatened power cuts don't happen and my freezer fails.

@Bestcatmum I do use lots of frozen fruit, but it's no good for a quick lunch box of a morning...

Diesel went up 7p a litre in 2 days at our local garage.

i can’t keep up!

Now is the time when they will start selling yule logs christmas cake etc at stupid prices so they can legally sell them half price nearer to Xmas.

There's a lot of mind games in retail

But that’s not a 100% increase in a week.

No one said all increases are offer related but a huge jump, such as 100% increase in a normal price will be an offer coming 99% of the time.

Congratulations on your maths skills @Ekátn

I tend to just buy whatever stuff is on offer that week, most of the shops always have an offer on so eg. One week the kids have cheese strings in their packed lunch, the next they have baby bel or petit filous, one week they have grapes and apples, the next they have strawberries and pears, one week I snack on almonds, the next week I snack on Brazil nuts, one week roast is pork, next week it's chicken or beef. It helps eat a wider variety and keep the costs down.

This

Lidl 4 pack of kids yogurt in the pouches- been 75p for as long as I have been buying them (2-3 years) now £1.15 😱 couldn’t believe my eyes!

Tbf some people do need snacks. My 6ft partner is 9.5st. He is underweight. He eats 3 meals a day and 3 snacks. Tonnes of peanut butter, protein shakes, fruit, dried fruit, nuts.

Some people can't manage to get all their calories in meals.

The offers are also often in line with what's seasonal, so lots of root veg and apples this time of year, which means we eat more locally and seasonally without trying too hard.

With branded items we use I always buy in bulk when on special offer, and don't buy if they aren't. I don't have much room to stock pile, but can usually find space for N extra box of washing powder or pack of toilet rolls or whatever.

The prices have definitely increased though, and I am seeing the biggest impact on the supermarket own brands especially the value brands. All the products which were 90p or so, are now over a pound. And that impact is harder to mitigate because those aren't the items which ever have offers on. So I can really see it is the very poorest people who are being hit the worst, who can't afford branded items and rely on those.

Be careful with the Brazil nuts. More than 5 a day can give you selenium toxicity.

I've noticed lots of steep prices recently. Loo roll, increased a couple of pounds. My favourite baked beans, £2 for four cans to 90p a can in a few months. I'm buying much more on offer and stocking up but I know many people just can't do this, or they don't have the space for 16 cans of tinned tomatoes because they are on offer.

Ive noticed that Tesco petrol is more expensive than the two village petrol stations I pass regularly.

I went to Aldi the other day and bought pretty much the same stuff that I buy each week. I do tend to alternate between Aldi / Lidl and Tesco and I usually have a pretty good idea of how much it’s going to cost.

This wasn’t quite a full week’s shopping but definitely more than a top up. It generally comes to about £65 give or take. This week it is was £94.

I checked every single item on the receipt but there was no mistake. For context there’s 5 of us incl 2 teens and a 10 year old. I bought no alcohol, meat or fish. There were snacks (prepares to be flamed) but they were for school packed lunches.

it’s terrifying.

After eight mints were £5 in tes co supermarket last week

Thanks @Calandor
I was aware of that so only have a couple a day maximum, but always good to let people know because it's not widely known.

I used to buy small snack bags and big bags of apricots and other dried fruits when ds was taking pack ups for school.