What is going on with food prices??

[londongirl12]

A 500g packet of mince in Aldi is now over £5!! What on earth is going on???

I was incensed when I heard that prices for women's clothes and toiletries are in general higher than men's, because we will pay it. No other reason. We want to smell nice and look good and the companies know it. So we, on our smaller wages, with our anxiety caused by the patriarchy in our country that doesn't look at our healthcare needs, pay more for general every day things than men.

Economics of the west is definitely male.

Here is the evidence of climate change, along with the migrants crisis.

Yet still people deny it's a thing.

I think people are allowed to be upset over food inflation.

Just because some people have the land, education, time, physical health, and resources to grow replacement food doesn’t eradicate the discomfort of others who do not.

And just because it is possible to downgrade to substitutes does not make it feel less stressful to experience this period of rapid price changes.

@Meadowfinch where do you buy Jake for 70p and chorizo for 62p?

That is a bit like saying Aldi is profiteering because it makes more profits than a single stall at my local farmers market which makes more reasonable profit in hundreds.

And when shoplifting is higher than profits then of course that will push up prices.

Why do you think people should invest in companies that make less than a savings account? Or how do you think savings accounts can afford to give you any interest?

The bonne maman jam is significantly cheaper though! And they do the big jars. Always worth stocking up.

We tend to buy our meat from the butcher. It's worth trying as the prices are very reasonable and the meat is good quality .

Every week out local butcher has different offers on - e.g. this week 2 free range chickens are £12. Mix and match 3 packs of sausages/marinated chicken/mince/bacon/pork steaks etc for £10. A whole ribeye joint (that you could slice into about 10 steaks or roast for a crowd) £40. He also does boxes "for the week" that would give the 4 of us at least two weeks worth of meat - a chicken, steaks, pork chops, mince, bacon, sausages, chicken breasts and eggs for £42.

I sound like a meat salesperson now! 😆

A lot has changed in 10 bloody years. The col crises is getting much worse.
Who is giving a voice to our vulnerable and poor?
Anybody?

This covers it very clearly. Add in that previously we had unrealistically low food prices because the bargaining power of the supermarkets meant that farming was becoming less and less viable. It was never sustainable.

I wondered that too. Or what veg for 15p? An egg cup of frozen peas?

A single pepper is 65p or pushing £2 for a pack of 3. We eat lots of veg and the fruit/veg component of my shopping bill is always more than £50, and the vast majority of that is vegetables.

It won’t havd been a whole chorizo from r an adult and child. I only use around 1/3 chorizo for 3 of us.

Yep, yet people are focusing on the war in Ukraine, weather patterns and employer NI payments. Here's Tesco's predicted profit for this year..
"We continue to expect Group adjusted operating profit of between £2.7bn and £3.0bn for FY 25/26 (FY 24/25: £3,128m)"

3 billion. They couldn't care less about struggling families.

I think that we probably don’t pay the true cost of the production of food, especially the fresh stuff.

I give thanks everyday that we are vegetarian.

All these privileged posters saying they are all right jack because they have land..,

I have a strange liking for Bird's Eye beefburgers, regularly bought a pack of four for £1. They took the beef out, no one liked them, they put the beef back in, now they cost £3.25.

Totally agree. I’ve said it before - the only way to get on top of this is to shop around (but I accept a minority of people can’t). Expressing outrage about something that you can change is pointless and a waste of energy. The prices won’t be coming down.

Your posts come across as economically illiterate.

I think she broke the total cost down per person.

Mcvities plain digestives over £2 for a normal pack
5% fat mince at Tesco £7.50

Absolutely crazy times, it’s gonna go worse I think.

Can't afford to buy much meat - I have been eating a lot of veg based meals and pasta, now and again buy chicken. Most of my wages after bills goes on food. I have no life outside of the house because I can't afford one. It's ridiculous.

What choice does the government have? Borrow more?
Tax individuals more?
A wealth tax on individuals who have the means to legally avoid it?

Where exactly do you believe the money should come from?

National minimum wage has gone up £4 in 6 years. Previously, there was a lower rate for workers aged between 21 and 25 years old, this has been abolished. So where do you believe employers were getting this money from to pay this rate?
I will give you a clue, it wasn’t coming from the pot marked ‘Share Holder Dividends’.

For PAYE workers, our earnings are wholly transparent, for those earning over £100k - which seems like a fortune - however their collective tax rate (after losing their personal tax allowance) is 60%. I don’t think this group of people could stomach even more tax being heaped on them.

So, please do enlighten us on where the government should get the money from?

Or eat a different type of diet. Even that is more expensive than it used to be.

The drought in many areas has meant hardly any grass for cattle and sheep to eat, so farmers have had to buy in fodder for them.

Wages aren't keeping up with price increases