Cost Of Food Set To Soar

sb44

GreyQueen wrote: »

Heck, they're so thrifty, they'll even trim veggies and give the trimmings away to people for their pets and livestock./QUOTE]

What a considerate thing to do.

GreyQueen

sb44 wrote: »

GreyQueen wrote: »

Heck, they're so thrifty, they'll even trim veggies and give the trimmings away to people for their pets and livestock./QUOTE]

What a considerate thing to do.

Yeah, because they don't have to do it to save money, their shop rental contract already pays for their business waste to be taken away and they don't get a refund for not putting some stuff thru the system. It's be faster and easier for them just to trash stuff but they can't abide waste.

My indy greengrocers (part of the 3% of the greengrocery trade still as independants) are diamond geezers and always give extra (free) fruit and veg for their regulars. I wish them all good things because they deserve them.

sb44

kittie wrote: »

Get the meat taste right and no-one will moan

If you can't afford the 'luxury' of lamb anymore, try adding an OXO lamb stock cube to beef mince, you will be amazed how much it tastes like lamb.

Popperwell

We're basically having to fool our tastebuds these days:(:p:mad::)

I bet our leaders are eating well tonight...and are nice and
warm.

westcoastscot

Mmm must check what size of bag my greengrocer was talking about - his sacks of tatties look like 25kg bags - about the size of chicken feed bags? That cannot be right though can it? our food is always more expensive, but even £25 for 50kg would be nearer wouldn't it??? I shall ask when i'm in during the week.

GreyQueen

westcoastscot wrote: »

Mmm must check what size of bag my greengrocer was talking about - his sacks of tatties look like 25kg bags - about the size of chicken feed bags? That cannot be right though can it? our food is always more expensive, but even £25 for 50kg would be nearer wouldn't it??? I shall ask when i'm in during the week.

If it helps to visualise, a 25kg sack of spuds stands about 2.5-3 feet tall.

I can just about move a 25 kg bag myself (I'm not an especially strong woman) by dragging it or lifting it a few inches with both hands as a direct pull vertically. 25kg would fill an ordinary wheelbarrow if shot out loose but not heaping above the gunwale, if that is making sense (it's late and I'm getting a bit fuzzy).

Can't answer re chicken feed bags as don't use them.

ginger_tony

I was in aldis the other day and got white potatoes for 59p and baby potatoes for 39p. I bought my whole months meals(28) there the other day day for the grand total of £133 thats for 7 of us. This included mince ,chicken, pork fillets, chicken,cheese, mozarella, jam, marmalade, cereals cooking sauces rice and pastas fruit and loads of veg fresh and tinned veg , bread and sweets for the kids for the cinema so could have saved more on my bill. Thank god for my chest freezer.I also have a fridge freezer so we are we are well stocked up. Just need to buy milk if and when l need it.Gonna try and save and put some tins etc a way each month to cover me for when prices rise as they are expected to next year.l also intend to grow my own once l learn how. My family and kids think im going nuts but im reading between the lines and think many will stuggle badly even to eat next year with all the rises food in food and fuel.

Butterfly_Brain

Potatoes here are between £8.50 and £9.50 for a 25kg sack :eek:
Well done Ginger Tony we are all of the same mindset here

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

Potatoes here are between £8.50 and £9.50 for a 25kg sack :eek:
Well done Ginger Tony we are all of the same mindset here

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

They are normally around the £4-£5 mark..

this might mean there is going to be a noticeable diff in price in the supermarkets...

GreyQueen

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

Potatoes here are between £8.50 and £9.50 for a 25kg sack :eek:
Well done Ginger Tony we are all of the same mindset here

:T That's a helluva achievement for feeding 7, Ginger Tony. Very MSE.


BB horrific variation in prices there. Are yours from a shop? The parentals buy theirs from a cottage gate, it's sort of a tradition in these parts that some people with trailers go to the wholesalers in the agricultural areas and come back with tatties, nets of horse carrots and sometimes onions.

It's good for the folks because they don't go one foot out of their way to get them (saving fuel) and they're regularly available. They're just ordinary white spuds, nothing fancy, probably Class 2 by their appearance.