Food prices - can't keep up!

But hasn’t Sainsbury’s and Waitrose always been the expensive supermarkets I don’t know I ve never shopped in either?
You’re right though Asda are sneaky they put their butter up by about 20p then emblazoned ‘January price drops’ yay it had come done by 1p Sneaky

BlueBelle

But hasn’t Sainsbury’s and Waitrose always been the expensive supermarkets I don’t know I ve never shopped in either?
You’re right though Asda are sneaky they put their butter up by about 20p then emblazoned ‘January price drops’ yay it had come done by 1p Sneaky

I think Asda & Morrison’s are super expensive, & as for Lidl I don’t know why people think that’s a cheap place to shop.

I feel so sorry for families I really do!
My shopping has gone up by £30/40 per week & I am careful!

Hardly a staple, but I did get a bit of a jolt in Sainsbury’s the other day. We never have takeaways and ready meals only rarely, but occasionally I pick up one of the ‘crispy half duck’ packs that come with rice pancakes and hoisin sauce - spring onions and cucumber are extra.
£9!!
I’m sure I’ve not paid more than about £7 before.
We’re still having it tonight, though. 😋

Tomorrow it’ll be nice cheap dal with cauliflower and (frozen) spinach - a huge 1.75 kg bag of yellow lentils is still only around £3.50 in Asda.

Where do you shop then Mt61?

You will have heard that supermarkets are supporting farmers over the Farm Tax increase, that is entirely self interest, if farm production falls in the UK they won’t be able to force the prices down they pay to farmers.
Food prices are set to rise a lot!.

And it will just keep going up and up and up, and there’s nothing we can do about it, I don’t need to buy a new coat, but I do need to eat 😞

The Nectar prices from Sainsburys have sucked me in as I pay about a third less for items eg Lurpak unsalted £3.75. They target your favourites, which is clever marketing.
I am reconciled to high food prices but I am prepared to cook which saves you money (hearty veg. soup from boiled ham stock and a 3 day stew).

I have a neighbour who works for a supermarket she told me there are lots of staff off sick constantly. The store won’t take on more staff and because of staff shortages certain counters are unstaffed and closed.
The staff who are working spend all their shift constantly moving stock around shelves in aisles etc. Each time stock is moved the product is priced up and its every day. The government put up retailers costs and we get to pay for it we consumers can’t win.

Just in my opinion I find the prices expensive no matter the supermarket. I cannot use Aldi as being gluten intolerant their GF food is non existent and I find their fresh produce doesn't last. Lidl is too far away. I tend to shop between 2- 3 supermarkets. Food prices and prices in general won't be coming down. I think we had it too good for too long. I also firmly believe we never recovered from the 2008 crash, but politicians kidded us everything was fine. I don't know what the answer is, but every country is in the same boat.

It’s bound to get worse when the NI increases and higher minimum wage kick in in April.

uk.news.yahoo.com/supermarket-cheaper-aldi-lidl-now-072902280.html
This is useful because it gives you the price per supermarket of the basket of basic items, broken down by item. It’s available weekly.

Our youngest daughter shops on line and has a weekly Tesco delivery for their family of four. She says at one time her food budget and monthly petrol budget were separate entities. Now she’s had to combine the two for their food shop. A huge increase when you think about it.

I've been buying a little less each week to compensate for the higher prices. I shop in Aldi for most items but Sainsburys for fruit and veg.

Mt61

BlueBelle

But hasn’t Sainsbury’s and Waitrose always been the expensive supermarkets I don’t know I ve never shopped in either?
You’re right though Asda are sneaky they put their butter up by about 20p then emblazoned ‘January price drops’ yay it had come done by 1p Sneaky

I think Asda & Morrison’s are super expensive, & as for Lidl I don’t know why people think that’s a cheap place to shop.

More reason to boycott Asda and Morrisons then as neither pay corporation tax.

I think Sainburys are expensive. We do most of our shopping in Aldi, but I do sometimes go to Asda, Lidl or Tesco. I also pop into Morrisons from time to time as I like their instore butcher for getting stuff to make soup with.

This doesn’t copy very well, but this is from Which? Magazine December 2024 cost of the same items.

Average price for 56 items
Aldi
£100.29
Lidl with Lidl Plus
£101.48
Lidl
£101.56
Tesco witih Clubcard
£111.22
Sainsbury's with Nectar
£112.13
Tesco
£112.90
Asda
£113.22
Morrisons with More
£114.01
Morrisons
£116.32
Sainbury's
£116.70
Ocado
£120.83
Waitrose
£129.83

Waitrose is local, inadvertently that store has weaned me off red meat. They do not sell small packs of mince, and I left a £15 sirloin steak on the shelf.

I shop online with Morrisons, and now I specifically look for bargains, especially on laundry and dishwasher capsules.

What gets me annoyed is shrinkation we are paying more for less !

Tesco prices seem to increase each week, but this week I picked up a real bargain. A turkey crown was reduced from £26 to £6. We're going to have it today for dinner.

I don't think that Aldi and Lidl are much cheaper than the rest. They do, however, have less choice and this limits your spending.
I could easily spend twice as much in a big Tesco!

You have to remember food prices are much higher in other countries, including EU, Australia and NZ, a weak sterling does not help, weather events make it worse.

Ocado do a price match with Tesco. I often get a couple of pounds off.

TBH food prices have traditionally been relatively cheap in the U.K.* I’ve frequently been a bit 😱 at prices in France, at just the Asda equivalent supermarket, not any upmarket organic.

Ditto a sister who’s lived in the US for decades has often remarked that it’s quite a bit cheaper than at home.

Our housing costs, especially anywhere in the SE, are eye-watering, though.