What food to buy ahead of the VAT increase

faganswife

Im just buying lots of what i need / use when its on offer . As others have said prices have spiralled already ....or if the price has stayed about the same the weight / volume has reduced .

Sorry but I think it will get worse and we will be scouring all the shops to find the best deals and mark downs like never before .

GOOD LUCK EVERYBODY ... I think we will need it :eek::eek:

spaceman5

areia wrote: »

its not just that its also how items are packed,

so many things i have noticed are smaller or are less in the packet

started actually weighting and counting stuff out at mo

it works out an average of £12, 50 per £500 you spend, this isnt just food this is everything not to mention fuel going up 2p as well


to me that little increase is a lot overall

then you got to take into account imports the global weather damaged wheat and rice crops this year putting flour and rice up quite a lot as well as coffee

asda are pulling a fast one, brought a packet of there own brand chocolate peanuts from there last night, it was advertised as a rollback to a £1, noticed on sel it said 250g(40p per 100g), but the packets are actually 185g, i could not be bothered to try and find a member of staff to question it, but makes you wonder if this is what they do with most of there rollback stuff:eek:

chalkysoil

here's my stocked up on list -

juice
nuts
choc
crisps etc
Beer
Booze

Laundry detergent
fabric conditioner
Mr Muscle etc
Bleach etc
Washing up liquid
" " " " sponges
Shampoo
Conditioner
hair dye
Soap
Hand wash liquid
deoderant
Contact lens solution
Razors
Toilet Paper
Cosmetics
aerosol room sprays etc
candles
matches
rizlas
swan filters

Cat & Dog food
cat litter

Birthday cards

Light bulbs
batteries
deicer
pens
Baby bio

anything else on special offer as I expect all prices to rise with the knock on effect on fuel, packaging, overheads.

kochi1

*Chattie* wrote: »

i followed your idea of a january box from october which i thought was a great idea although not everyone did but mine is stocked with toilet rolls on offer the toothpaste when 17p extra tins of soups beans tuna we like a lot of tuna and so do the cats. so i wont be doing an extra shop for these products now before the vat increase.

I decided to follow that line too - got loads in and only stuff I need to get is fresh basics...

kochi1

thanks Chalkysoil - must do the hair dye run!!!!!!

freakybacon

As long as we all remember who got us into this mess in the first place. Gordon Brown- step forward and take a bow!

lola34

25 wash boxes of Daz on offer at Mr M for £3.50, bought two boxes tonight and will be going back for more, £5.26 in Mr T's don't know how much they are in Asda, also stocked up on dishwasher tablets, fabric conditioner, but what do people think....... when I was in Asda today they had cleaning sprays on offer for £1 so will the supermarkets still do the deals such as this anyway????????

Stompa

Snakeeyes21 wrote: »

Is it just me who doesnt see a 25p per £10 of non essentials worth bothering about?

I'm inclined to agree, the effect should be barely noticeable.

annie123

Several have mentioned that sanitary protection is VAT free, it's not!:mad: payable @reduced rate of 5%

http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPortalWebApp/channelsPortalWebApp.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pageLibrary_ShowContent&id=HMCE_CL_000098&propertyType=document

Rebekah24

I will be sticking to 99p land for sanitary stuff...... they are a bit stuck with hiking their prices!! LOL

Seems nothing essential will be effected... but obv they will be hiking everything regardless, time for some serious cutting back for me!