£1.15 for a Flake

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I'm never buying one again. I cannot waste my money.

If it's a government plan to encourage healthy eating, I think it works.

This last quarter prices have really tipped upwards again. What insane prices have you seen?

The price of chocolate is nothing to do with government's "sugar tax", but the simple supply and demand of the world market. The cocoa harvests have been poor for a few years, and the forest cast for 25/26 is showing a further drop which is driving prices up further. Suppliers just don't have the means to manufacture the demand.

Cocoa industry has also always been one of the most exploitative businesses, so more ethical suppliers' prices have always been higher to ensure decent salaries and working conditions.

Edit to say that the price hike in chocolate isn't therefore relative to general inflation

Didn’t they used to be £1 for 5 not so long ago?

Both chocolate and coffee (my main food groups 😂) have doubled.

£2.50 for a 6 pack of crisps it use to be a pound!! Now it’s £1 for a single pack!!

Paid £1.60 for a can of coke in Sainsbury's on the outskirts of Newcastle tonight. If the OH weren't exhausted with a stressful drive home ahead, it would have been a flat out 'no.' A small bottle was £2.50.

I just buy 1 bar of dark chocolate per week for a couple of quid.
Eat two squares per day - when I feel like it to satiate any chocolate cravings.

I bought a '99' for £4.99 recently - with a tiny little blob of a flake!

Well, this is it isn't it. I used to call it 'being intentional' now it's 'aggressive budgeting'. I do a monthly online tesco shop and try to get enough to prevent any top ups and be realistic about wanting a chocolate bar here and there.

In my monthly basket there's snide mars bars, snide kit kats and snide twixes (for everyone not just me) 😂

In fact the whole basket is just filled with depressing budget dupes. I waa chatting to a neighbour as she unpacked her groceries and was shocked and jealous to see all the Heinz, Kenco, Ariel and Fairy.

£1.00 for a tiny bag of malteasers with 12 malteasers.

Dh was eating a bag of crisps. I tried to pinch one but he wouldn’t let me. I think there were about 10 crisps in the bag. He pointed out he’d only have 9 if l had one. Just bags of fresh air now.

Sainsbury’s do a 6 pack of chocolate filled crepes. They used to be £1.20 a pack. Often 99p on a deal. They are now £2.05. I refuse to buy them and get DH to get them from Aldi on his way home from work at £1.25.

I barely buy chocolate now. That isn't me being healthy, but the fact that the cocoa content has gone down and they have a "claggy" feel / don't taste great any more. If I am going to have to spend a lot, I want to have chocolate that tastes like chocolate. Much of the mainstream stuff is grim now, so I will only buy the decent stuff on occasions.