Anyone else getting very fed up of rising costs?

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I thought we were doing ok until recently. Our food bill has increased dramatically but we’re getting less and less for the money. I was paid last week and I’m already wondering where I’m going to find the money for next week’s food shopping.

We are fortunately not in food bank territory and I know the summer break is always expensive with new uniforms, outings and such like, so I’m hoping we can sort ourselves out this month.

We are certainly starting to feel the pinch and it’s frightening. Does anybody else feel this way?

You'll lose money more slowly - wey hey that's great

This is common now amongst many sectors

I work in HR which as a support service can be found in every sector

Going rate for an experienced advisor 10 years ago was £30000 , now is maybe 32000 to 35000 if you're really lucky.

Salaries have flatlined or barely increased in many sectors.
During that time my house price doubled

Luckily my salary increased as I progressed, bit I'd be earning maybe another 20k if the actual salary for the job I'm doing had increased as it should.

I was actually thinking many food items have come down a bit in price recently.

Thats fab to know thanks!

That’s because it is very low for the level of responsibility! I am not part time or still training, that’s the starting salary for a Probation Service Officer. Don’t get me wrong, I love my job but I think the salary of £33k would be far more realistic for the job that we do. Before this, I was a HLTA on the maximum salary of £32k but by the time it was adjusted pro rata, I was earning about the same. There were no further career prospects though whereas there is with this job.

Our gas and electricity was £511 for dec 2021 to may 2022

Then it was £1152 for dec 2022 to may 2023

I keep double checking the figures as i can't believe them.

And from dec 22 to may 23 we purposely kept the heating off till we were too cold, timed showers etc. We really really cut back.

Dread what it will be this year.

Yes. I am absolutely sick of it. Barely a payrise in 3 years so we are 30% poorer. Gas bill was over £100 for August even though we were away for half of it. I was expecting to be better off now the DC are at school but it is significantly worse than before.

The people in their 30s and early 40s have had the worst deal of any generation. No pay rises in 15 years when adjusted for inflation and in many cases large decreases. The costs have been escalating and there has never been a "boom" period. Government policies make it as hard as possible for families with high childcare costs and little availability, expensive food and utilities,,education funding per student is a joke, services for children of any kind are effectively non-existent, and a tax system that penalises single parents as well just for extra fun.

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Why are you continuing to join the threads then? That are the same as you put it

There is no body worth voting for any more - I probs won't vote

It’s not letting up, feel free to vent. I’m very frugal but it’s getting ridiculous. No point in suffering in silence. I can’t imagine how many worse off people are suffering, it makes me angry just thinking about it.

I feel the same, OP. We did a meal plan and a food shop yesterday, in Aldi, and what would've been £100 a year ago was £170.

We're all being scammed. The big corporations (energy, shipping, supermarkets) are all recording BILLIONS in profits.

www.unitetheunion.org/news-events/news/2023/march/corporate-profiteering-soars-an-astonishing-89-compared-to-pre-pandemic-levels#:~:text=New%20Unite%20report%20exposes%20the,nearly%20double%20pre%2Dpandemic%20levels

It's all so wrong.

I’ve read in the news that pressure is being put on the government to subsidise heating bills again.

I just can’t see it happening @ArseInTheCoOpWindow. If there is any help it will be much more targeted this winter. Octopus have just told me my gas cost is going down and they’ll discuss standing charge ‘holidays’ for anyone struggling and I guess the others will be following suit in some way.

I was surprised to hear direct payments are still going to some bank accounts, just recently

@D20 neither can l……. but there is a general election next year. They usually find magic money trees for those!

Feeling totally ground down by this at the moment, we've each had promotions which countered the fact pay hasn't gone up with inflation, and while I know we are lucky in that sense it just feels galling that our responsibility is so great at work yet we have to budget so incredibly carefully.

I feel those of us in our 30s and 40s haven’t had it easy and without sounding doom and gloom I think it will get worse. I’m trying to use up all left overs, and more veggie meals, not buy anything luxurious like coffee or ice cream or hot chips at the shops…

Mumsnet is wild
We are in the biggest cost of living crisis if our tone, the government has us fucked and people are suggesting shit kind stop buying sauces and eat corned beef hash.
Corned beef hash ffs.

what is aromat ?🤔

To anybody who shops at Asda I can recommend using their Asda Rewards app.

I love corned beef hash.

We went out today and whilst at the event it dawned on us that we can no longer afford to buy food/drinks/ice creams anymore... just too expensive. We used to buy these things without thinking twice.

Such a sad state of life now.

I think it's this seasoning.

It's nice but it has monosodium glutamate in