Food costs

Items here are certainly going up dramatically!

I think so too. My weekly shop is definitely going up a lot. Particularly cat food and household goods. I’m also glad I only work occasionally now, as petrol is soooo expensive.

I spent approximately £90 on a big food shop the other day. I was aghast to see how little I actually had for the amount spent. For example, a spread I have bought for years usually costing £1 is now £1.50. It seems every time I do a food shop things are more expensive. Im glad OP if you are coping and don't find much difference. I have found prices really increasing. My husband filled the car the other day with diesel,fifty pounds did not even buy us a full tank.

Definitely going up here I went to Aldi and no difference in price now to asda well not in the things I needed anyway

62Granny - I agree! I said to my husband when we received our online delivery the other day, that the things I had bought were the things I have often bought and most of the prices are the same as they were last year. My bills are roughly the same as they were all last year and I tend to stick to what's in my 'favourites' list as it's quick and easy. But isn't most of what the media say, just scare-mongering, in general?! I do make sure that I buy certain things when they are on offer, like 3 for 2, or clubcard offers etc. Butter was on offer this week, the one I usually buy, so I bought five - that'll last me a while! I won't buy them again until they're on offer again. Perhaps that's why I haven't noticed any rises to speak of, I just buy in bulk whenever the things are on offer!!

Yes everything is going up from basic store cupboard food to fruit, vegetables, meat and fish. Planning our meals ahead and having a list helps. We also bulk cook and put these meals in the freezer. We look for say our favourite coffee when it is on offer and buy a few jars. Another interesting thing is that it is not always cheaper to buy for example a four tin pack of tomatoes often the individual ones are better priced. If you have time to do this those little savings of say 50p on an item can soon add up to £4 or £5 off your weekly shopping bill. What was the old saying was it look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves. Every little bit of saving helps.

I only filled my car with petrol x2 last year and I filled my car up just before the price shot up to £1.50 a litre for unleaded. A good job I rarely need the car at present.

Regarding food, I look for food when it is reduced or is a bargain such as 3 sirloin steaks for a tenner. I bulk cook and freeze items such as spag bol.

Where I live a roll costs 50p- that is 10 shillings in old money!!!

Can we have an idea of what’s on your shopping list 62Granny, as although I buy roughly the same each week my shopping bill is definitely increasing. Specific things costing me more are dog food, coffee beans, tinned food like tomatoes and sweetcorn, rice and pasta. I don’t think it is scaremongering, there are genuine increases on many items.

Why hasn’t flour risen in price in the last 15 years?

My weekly Tesco shop definitely costs more now and I buy pretty much the same basic items each time - meat, fish, fruit and veg I buy locally. And last week I noticed my 4 pack of own brand loo roll was a great deal smaller.

I can't really tell - as I rarely buy the same things and, often, I bulk buy for several months. However, with fuel prices higher, the transport costs have to be passed on to the consumer.

The weekly Oddbox fruit and veg does seem to be a bargain, though, and very good for me, too, as I plan my meals around using it all up.

Things are definitely going up - some drastically. It's certainly not media scaremongering. I do the shopping every week for my inlaws, who are very elderly and housebound, and their list is roughly the same from one week to another, and even they've noticed how much things have increased.

I tend not to buy the same things every week, so I haven’t noticed much of an increase. Other than Tunnocks Caramel Wafers and Heinz Tomato Soup I have no favourites and buy what’s on offer. Should I need butter, I don’t care if it’s Lurpak, Anchor or Country Life, etc.

Pantglas2

Why hasn’t flour risen in price in the last 15 years?

Sshhh
Don’t tell them!
It will have doubled by next week now!

I have shopping delivered, varies between Tesco and Asda, I adjust my list according to prices. No dietary necessities or pet food, so I buy what’s in season or on offer, bill around the same, weekly average £45/£50. Some meat from the village butcher is £10/£15, potatoes and veg from farm shop about £10.

I rarely but the same thing week after week- we buy tea, cereal, juice fruit,cat food etc each week but kit rolls, loo rolls, soap powder etc are a bit ad hoc so I have no way of knowing but my butcher's bill goes up weekly!

My DH does most of the shopping, he is very good at spotting bargains and when items are on offer he will stock up on them. We buy Alpro oat milk to help lower his cholesterol and have watched this increase steadily in price over the last 18 months. At full price it is now £2 a carton but he recently managed to get a stock in for £1 a carton which is a big saving. He also buys a stock of Benecol spread when it is on special offer and his preferred breakfast cereal was half price in Sainsburys recently. We don’t have a set weekly shopping list either but if we did I’m sure we would have seen an increase recently.

I have noticed that too Bluebelle Prices for fruit and vegetables are more or less the same at Aldi as Morrison’s, Tesco and Asda.
What I’ve also noticed is that some prices haven’t gone up but the sizes have got much smaller, particularly biscuits, butter ( now 200g not 250g ), and fruit where there used to be 6 large pieces of fruit now only have 4 small pieces at the same price!

I’m spending slightly more than this time last year, but definitely getting less for my money and I’m adjusting by shopping around more for cheaper supermarket own brand versions of things that have risen in price.

The only thing I've noticed us that a litre of semi skimmed milk in Aldi last week was 55p. Yesterday it was 59p.

Bananas always seem to stay the same price.

Bakingmad0203

I have noticed that too Bluebelle Prices for fruit and vegetables are more or less the same at Aldi as Morrison’s, Tesco and Asda.
What I’ve also noticed is that some prices haven’t gone up but the sizes have got much smaller, particularly biscuits, butter ( now 200g not 250g ), and fruit where there used to be 6 large pieces of fruit now only have 4 small pieces at the same price!

I’ve noticed this as well. I buy individual cake slices to take for Mum when I visit her in her care home and there used to be six slices in the packet, this week there were only five! I do bake cakes as well but Mum only has a small piece now which leaves me to eat the rest!!

I buy almost the same things every 10 days and have my groceries delivered. I used to be able to limit my food spending to £20 a week (in addition to cleaning materials and cat food). At the beginning of the year, I started cutting down on some items, but now I've given up and accepted that I'm just going to have to spend more. The increase is about 10%, on top of increases in energy and phone bills.

Most of the things I buy have gone up. Some a little, some a lot. Majority of those are “ingredients” not premade things.

Not the media exaggerating for me