Prices still going up every week?

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Asda Aldi 6 salad tomatoes 99p today
Asda own brand tissues £1.20 last week £1.10.

It's ridiculous. It's little but it all adds up.

Also lots of people will be going into new mortgage deals soon and have been used to paying 2%. Now they will be going onto higher rates, the reckon some peoples payments will go up by an extra £500 in some cases.
Mine went up 3 k per year but that was down to that shit show that was Liz Truss two years ago.

A couple of things that stuck out this week were, Tesco garlic pizza bread used to be around £1-1.15 shot up to £2 but went down to £1 on Clubcard offers this week it's £1.50 on offer. So that's something else I will no longer be buying. I got some gold bars as a treat to go in lunchboxes and the size of them was ridiculous I had to put 2 in my husbands lunch, they looked like they were intended for a toddler! I have lost count of amount of things I have stopped buying because they are not worth the money anymore we will be living off dust soon!

Yep and yet inflation is hovering at just over 2% so any pay rises are likely to be based on that. I remember earning half what I do now and yet being able to do things like go to the cinema or buy lunch without having to stop and count the cost

Shrinkflation is off the charts atm. It’s maddening!

The other day I started a rough running total in my head in aldi, I'd spent £30 by the end of the first aisle, which is (just the refrigerated) fruit & veg and meat ... and I only buy around 3 packs of meat, not loads. My weekly shop there used to come in at around £60-70 and now it's more like £90+. I also have to stop at tesco for the odd thing they don't stock. Soda water went up 10p in a week which doesn't sound much but it's over 10% of the original cost.

Yeah pay rises will be minimal from now. If they base it on inflation , well yeah 2% will
be the norm.
Those days of big pay rises are over for most workers.

Unless you’re a train driver with a powerful union and a Labour government who’ll no doubt pay them what they want. And yes I mean drivers , not other rail staff who aren’t on such good conditions.

The trouble is , house prices have gone up massively in the last two decades, we’re now stuck with big mortgages and now higher interest rates.

Not only do mortgage payers mean they’re saving less but so are renters when the landlord pass these increase on.

Dont forget employer insurance has now gone up meaning it costs them more to employ people.

I can’t see things getting better.

I know supermarkets have big outgoings, ie staff, energy costs etc.

But they still make massive profits.. let’s not forget that.

Tesco supermarkets make around 2% profit margin so even if they made zero profits your shopping isn't going to be much cheaper.

It same as the argument with shareholders, there are 6,747,962,765 shares issued so each one makes very little money

2.8 billion is Tescos last financial year.

But 7% inflation should not = 80% price increases!

Butter and olive oil are up, and most pre-made food is up, but the basic ingredients - veggies, Gressingham duck, fruit, milk, cream, dried fruit, flour are no more expensive. I've paid the same for smoked salmon and mid range prosecco (on offer) as last year.

I'm planning to hand-make as much as possible to keep costs down.

They’re all a slightly different sodding size, aren’t they.

Make them all a standard size and we can all just buy a few silicone lids.

I've mentioned this to several people recently, as I am finding the same and it's pissing me off big time. I'm not in the UK either, so you are not alone.

I used to just grab whatever I wanted off the supermarket shelf - I now look at the prices, and often say "I'm not paying that much", and put stuff back. I live alone, I can't imagine what it's like for families.

How much of that was from supermarkets? They also have insurance and mobile phone business.

Whatever their profit they still only made 2-3% margin on average per item so wipe out the profit and how much cheaper would your shopping be?

No get rid of shoplifting then we may see movement in prices

Tesco also do banking..

This is us 😭 We were looking forward to qualifying for the 15 funded hours for DD's nursery (equivalent to about £380/month) but the very month she became eligible our mortgage went up by £535. It's crippling alongside the increased cost of food. We're trying to stay somewhat nutritious, but to keep it cheap, realistically it means DH and I are constantly eating brown rice with lentils or kidney beans so that the DC can have a bit more variety / the odd treat.
We were barely getting by, and we're hoping the extra £380 would give us a bit of leeway with the food shop, but we're worse off than before!
I know shoplifting would make the overall situation worse but it crosses my mind on a regular basis these days - so tempting to just slide an extra pack of chicken in when you're doing the self scan... I haven't done it yet but it's difficult not to.

I have noticed Tesco and Greggs meal deal sandwiches are slightly smaller .

The problem is if we just service the basics with our wages, bills etc and don't do anything else so many other businesses will suffer and close. More unemployment, higher benefits bill etc. I don't know why the government isn't more concerned about this.

My family used to get a takeaway once a week, now it's more like once a month if that. We used to eat out fairly regularly, not now. Haven't done Christmas activities this year as they're so expensive (I mean, they always were but there was room for slack to do them).

Etc etc.

Cat soup 1.90 then the following week 2.40. Then the week after 1.95. Just unforgivable.

My food shop now takes twice a long because of the annoying reward card pricing in all the shops, I have to ensure I'm checking that I'm not being ripped off as I've noticed many of the offer prices don't always come off. I used to also just grab items off the shelf, but I now look at prices and think no I'm not paying that out of principle. I have stopped buying many of the big brands too because their greed has annoyed me.

I'm also sick of strinkflation but prices still increasing - then of course it means I'm paying more but I'm running out of things more quickly. The size of cereal boxes are ridiculous and I wonder if this is a deliberate nudge to get consumers to stop buying them altogether. Supermarkets are making huge profits all while cutting staff and making the customer scan their own food.

We used to eat out sometimes during the week and a takeaway on a Saturday, we no longer do this. I feel like all we do is work to pay the bills, it's grim.

Last year I was really frugal with my heating and we all got very ill, so this year I have kept it on and sod the energy company I will pay what I can, and this is from someone who has never in their adult life been in any debt to now finding myself getting very close to being in debt with an energy supplier.

In ten years, my shopping has doubled in price!

Things have gone up but at the moment Morrisons are selling whole salmon, beef joints and pork loin for half price. On December 19th most supermarkets are going to sell vegetables for 15p. Try to snap up a few bargains whilst they are around.

That is sending me mad.

Where are you living?! Because here in south east London, vegetables, fruit, dried fruit, dairy products and flour-based products like bread and cakes are considerably more expensive than they were 18 months ago. For years a pack of 3 peppers (yellow, green and red) was 89p in Lidl, £1.09 in Tesco. For at least a year now, you can't get them any cheaper than £1.69. Broccoli is 50% more than its 2022 price, on average, and the price of dried prunes is eye-watering compared with the price 2 years ago.

Peppers being nearly £2 for a three pack is driving me absolutely nuts. I use peppers in lots of things to bulk them up and it's working out so expensive.

Everyone says the cost of living crisis has levelled out but it really hasn't.