Price of Tesco Noodles SKYROCKETED - is this our future?

[EileenAlanna]

Was in Tesco on Wednesday & as usual went to get a couple of packets of their 14p Curry/Chicken Noodles to add to my stockpile. They've gone up to 24p. 24p!!!!! Needless to say I didn't buy them. I'm already on the verge of being priced out of the Pound Shops, will there be anything still in my price range after Brexit?????

Can you seriously not afford 24p?

Hopefully it means they will put them on buy one, get one free soon.
Then a "new lower price" can be introduced - rolled back to 20p.......

Can you seriously not afford 24p?

Are you a tory?

What has the price of noodles got to do with Brexit? Unless there's a shortage due to so many people hoarding them.

Once more for those at the back...

Buying one or two extra packets with your weekly shop while just in time delivery and supply is working just fine isn't causing shortages

Where are your noodles made? Surely they are British noodles!

Unfortunately not OP. Bloody 24p for their own brand noodles, pointless being own brand.

Percentage wise, that's an extortionate increase. If the followed that pattern with all their items then most people would find themselves unable to pay for their weekly shop. It is actually a really worrying thing

Made in China and imported on containers, nothing to do with Brexit. I suppose at a push it could be down to currency fluctuation, I sense more of a profiteering motive though....... putting up the price, and blaming Brexit seems a possibility.

thats a 40% increase.
if that is duplicated across all foodstuffs than I think most people whould find that a shock - even those of us that can affore 24p noodles!!
if you spend £100 a week this would become £140 which is an extra £2k a year on food.

Christ. The price doesn’t matter. They price has almost doubled overnight. That’s the issue. Is it really so difficult to understand?

Where are your noodles made? Surely they are British noodles!

How many supermarket products do you think there are where every ingredient is from the U.K., as well as manufactured and packaged here?

Some people are in for a shock when the borders are backlogged.

acutally its more isnt it! 66% so a shop would become £166 - 3.4k a year!!

What has the price of noodles got to do with Brexit?

Really? they will mark everything up because they flippin well can do! A 10p increase on most of 'the basics' soon adds up which is handy for all the import tax that will need paying

www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2019/aug/13/how-a-no-deal-brexit-threatens-your-weekly-food-shop

Not sure how accurate it is but I was pretty gobsmacked by how little we produce for ourselves

Some people are in for a shock when the borders are backlogged

Yep A lot of us honestly didn't know how good we had it, but we will soon enough!

@tweetingmagpie

Lots of people can’t afford 24p ffs

I've popped into Tescos twice this week and haven't noticed any increase, and I'm keeping my eyes on last minute buys in case of no deal Brexit. Just defrosted my (smallish) freezer and been on Tescos online this afternoon to check prices and what I can get to fill it (freezer fill is on a budget) and there's nothing unexpected.

@Tweetingmagpie after my DDs go out for gas, electricity, council tax. landline & broadband I'm left with about £35 per week for everything else. I work, before anyone asks, but get Tax Credits due to really really low wages. It's the reality for many more than just me so no, I can't actually afford 24p for them. Most of my shopping is seriously reduced or really cheap stuff.
@MrsJoshNavidi I'd - cautiously - say that I've not caused any shortages with my habit of scraping enough together each week to buy the odd packet of noodles or 20p spaghetti but I'm willing to be put right by any economists hanging around who know better. I'd hazard a guess that I'm not alone in worrying about generalised increases in food prices due to extra tariffs/costs involved in supplying shops post-Brexit, in particular those that aren't & won't be produced in the UK.
@Fatshedra I ran down to my big cupboard under the stairs where I keep my booty & see that the noodles are made specifically for Tesco in China. If the increase is coming from the Chinese end & they can't/won't keep their prices down what hope is there for other producers? Have Tesco unilaterally increased the price or is this a Sino-Tesco conspiracy? I fear we are doomed either way

This is semantics, but isn't it a 71% increase?
10p increase on 14p, so (10/14)*100=71%

@ColdRainAgain yes, I had a look at an on-line calculator & it's a 71.43% increase. Bloody hell.
See, this is the problem for all us on low wages. What's a negligible increase for some is actually going to lead to serious food problems for millions who only have the money to buy this cheap stuff in the first place. I couldn't afford to have this kind of increase replicated over most/all my groceries, just wouldn't have the money.

I'd hazard a guess that most households would have some adjusting to do if their shopping went up 70%!

I hope you can find an alternative for your shopping.

The reality is that the $ € exchange rates dropped again, the onboard of freight has increased, and cost of oil increased- and that all impacts lower priced items disproportionately ... yes this is the tip of the iceberg

Eventually, many in the food supply chain will be 'recovering' the expenses they have been forced to incur due to Brexit, be it stockpiling in warehouses, revised deliveries etc, so it is inevitable that prices will rise especially if the UK gets the 'promised/threatened 'WTO deal' which actually works out more expensive than the trade conducted through and as part of the EU. Knock down prices from USA sources 'food, won't happen for many months, if at all, depending on how trade deals shape up.

Asda are still 14p if that helps. Generally find Asda cheaper than Tesco now, Tesco seem to have hiked lots of prices recently.

Thanks, @Lwmommy that's good to know. I don't drive & I haven't an Asda in walking distance but I'll make a point of getting to one if I need to get a bus anywhere in the coming weeks. I plan all my far away stuff for the same day so I can get to them all on the one bus ticket (£4). It's a lot to budget for & needs to be balanced against the total in savings it brings. I've an Aldi I can walk to but it's a lot further away than the Tescos & at my age I don't always look forward to the extra distance hauling a full shopping trolley behind me lol.

I shop online and have noticed lots of price increases recently. Cereals, pasta, bread. Only by a few pence on each item but it all adds up.