Active discussions

Meet the Other Phone. Only the apps you allow.

Meet the Other Phone.
Only the apps you allow.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Food/recipes

For related content, visit our food content hub.

Original poster

I cannot believe that a single RED PEPPER is costing 0.99 pence.....

37 replies

collision · 07/05/2008 13:10

....EACH!!!

I shop at Morrisons and can usually get a bag of mixed peppers for £1.29. Single peppers were 0.68p.

All peppers are now 0.99p each!! Shocking!!

I didnt buy any. because ds2 loves them.

OP posts:
fishie · 07/05/2008 13:10

gosh. they are much cheaper in waitrose.

WendyWeber · 07/05/2008 13:10

Try Lidl, if there's one near you, collision?

southeastastra · 07/05/2008 13:11

that's crazy, i try to get fruit and veg at the local market now, much cheaper and usually better quality too

meridian · 07/05/2008 13:13

thats crazy.. but thats whats being said about everything going up in price especially rice and flour, tomatoes and apparently peppers

I havent bought any this week though I did buy a pepper plant to grow some.. though it didn't work out so well last summer.

Kathyis6incheshigh · 07/05/2008 13:15

They've gone up at our greengrocers too.

Jojay · 07/05/2008 13:16

Wow - scary.

I've just come back from doing a weekly shop at Aldi, and was pleasantly surprised by the quality and low prices.

Not sure about peppers though

LessThanImpressed · 07/05/2008 13:16

Blardy hell... That is outrageous!

Def try Lidl or Aldi...

onepieceoflollipop · 07/05/2008 13:17

Frozen peas are almost £2 per bag now. Not so long ago was just over £1.

£1 for a pepper is a lot.

MascaraOHara · 07/05/2008 13:22

I have frightened myself by reading this thread and having to acknowledge that I do not have any idea what anything costs.. not a red pepper, not a loaf of bread, pint of milk, nothing

I buy peppers nearly everytime I go shopping and I have no idea if 99p is expensive or cheap. I am quite disgusted with myself actually.

MascaraOHara · 07/05/2008 13:23

(though obviously from this thread I see that 99p is expensive lol)

CombustibleLemon · 07/05/2008 13:25

79p at Sainsbury's.

southeastastra · 07/05/2008 13:26

i bought a star bar today, it was 69p! they used to be 25p once i'm sure

Oliveoil · 07/05/2008 13:27

tescos were 68p last week

I have noticed that tesco have started reducing a lot of their f&v, maybe to compete with Aldi (or is it Lidl?) that do 6 things on offer each week

midnightexpress · 07/05/2008 13:27

Pah, that's nothing. I bought a courgette the other day (a poncy yellow one, admittedly) and it cost...

£1.52.

We are about to dig up all the brambles from our new garden and grow our own. And I have 4 teeny tiny tomato sprouts from the seeds I planted the other day on the kitchen windowsill. I am unnaturally excited about this.

CombustibleLemon · 07/05/2008 13:29

Oliveoil, is that not part of their 5 different coloured fruit + veg on offer/week to help people get their 5 a day?

Oliveoil · 07/05/2008 13:30

I have no idea, that 5 a day stuff makes my teeth itch

five a day my arse, nanny government gone mad

our food bill goes up most weeks but I have given up moaning now and just sigh at the till

mankymummy · 07/05/2008 13:31

butter has doubled in price too !

Rubyrubyruby · 07/05/2008 13:33

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

Original poster
collision · 07/05/2008 16:26

Well, I got 3 peppers in Tesco, in a bag, for £1.58 which is still shocking but cheaper than Morrisons!

Mascara....0.99p is expensive as you would probably buy 2 or 3 so that would be nearly £2 or £3 just on peppers!!!!!

there were some good bargains in Tesco today but I hate the damn place and go as little as possible.

OP posts:
Remotew · 07/05/2008 16:38

We have a local chain supermarket near to me. I'm sure there is not much you can get there for under £1 nowadays except a chocolate bar.

The nearest Morrisons, Aldi and Asda are 10 miles away and considering the extra time its takes up and the petrol money (not to mention the extra temptations of Asda) its as broad as its long. I agree cost of living is high.

MerlinsBeard · 07/05/2008 16:41

I had a few £s spare the other week so i bought a red pepper plant, a yellow pepper plant, a cucumber plant and a tomato plant. I have a small budget and the amount of things i can get with it is getting smaller each shop. Hopefully i will get something from the plants but i am a hopeless gardener and they will probably die

lovecat · 07/05/2008 19:34

Our local Asian grocers sells peppers for 30p a pop. They're not fancy colours (basic red, green, yellow) and you have to pick through them to get an unwizened one, but it's worth investigating if you have any kind of Asian community nearby... also garlic at 10p a bulb, as opposed to 70-odd in Sainsbos and mini aubergines 20p each (god knows what 'baby' veg cost in the supermarket)!

NotABanana · 07/05/2008 19:35

Heard the tail end of something on the news saying our shopping is going to go up even more.

mrsgboring · 07/05/2008 19:42

But peppers aren't really in season yet, so they should be more expensive at this time of year. Not that that's why they have got dearer though...

gemmiegoatlegs · 07/05/2008 19:46

I am soooo blardy peed off. I think I may have to go on hunger strike. When ds was a baby (4 years ago) we did a weeks shop for about 40 quid. Now , although we do have another child, we pay £90 +.

I am appalled. What are the knock on effects of fresh food being this expensive?

Poorest people (and everyone else, eventually) will not afford any fresh stuff so feed their kids crap. Kids eat crap ahd can't concentrate at school. Academic achievement falls. Kids have bad health. NHS is strained.

Is adding another 40p onto the price of a pepper really going to be beneficial in the long-term?

Swipe left for the next trending thread