My shopping bill keeps on going up and up!!!

OrkneyStar

Prices are going up and incomes are going down! We did not realise how lucky we were in the good times *sigh*.

Butterfly_Brain

And this isn't the worst of it with 1p on NI next year, wage freezes and you can bet more job losses

mama67

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

all the economy things I used to rely on such as washing powder, soda, star drops etc seem to have doubled in price or more over the past year:mad:, I think the supermarkets have been bumping the price up on the economy lines as they know more people are going for them these days. Also takes the pressure off the headline prices on the brand name items.


I so agree Fedupfreda I have noticed this too and it's not just the basic lines it's most of the own brands as well.
The supermarkets are real crafty so and so's and whatever sells best sooner or later will get hit with a massive price rise.

Or never any stock of it so have to buy the dearer one.

Pitlanepiglet

patchwork_cat wrote: »

The thing that gets me, slightly off topic, is for example this year my DH is, like everyone else in local govt, not getting a pay rise - we think (also tax code is static too)and yet our council tax for example is going up by 2 %, food is constantly increasing, petrol has gone up again etc etc.

Outside of local govt you may find things are worse, I along with many of my colleagues took a "voluntary" (ha ha :rotfl:) 20% pay cut and no payrises this year and no jobs elsewhere.

What I'd give only for a wage freeze as with many others in my position and worse!!!