MSE News: Dearer drinks send inflation up 12 February 2013 at 12:26PM in Food shopping & groceries 8 replies 1.4K views

Former_MSE_Helen

"RPI rose to 3.3% last month, largely due to rising alcohol prices, the Office of National Statistics announced today..."

Read the full story:

Dearer drinks send inflation up



Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply. If you aren’t sure how it all works, read our New to Forum? Intro Guide.

Nada666

:beer::beer::beer:

torbrex

My weekly shopping basket cost roughly 6% more than it did this time last year for the same stuff so how can I believe that inflation is only running at 3.3%
This is only my shopping basket and does not include housing costs or fuel nor does it include motoring costs.

Consumerist

Looking at the tables, the index (RPI) actually fell this month, from 246.8 in Dec to 245.8 in Jan.

It's only because the index fell more in Jan last year than this year that the annual increase has risen 3.3%.

A._Badger

Hands up anyone on the forum who actually believes this spin?

squack

fight back money savers!, get home brewing if you have to

alcohol is as easy to make as following a cookery recipe

it just takes a little patience while the stuff ferments

the "irresponsible" supermarket booze deals are few and far between these days

so please support your local pub for a sociable night out by all means

but if you want to opt out of the inflationary element of alcohol pricing (which is largely tax), simply make your own

torbrex

I should add that I have not bought any alcohol for about 20 years so it does not enter into my calculations.

abailey54

squack wrote: »

fight back money savers!, get home brewing if you have to

alcohol is as easy to make as following a cookery recipe

it just takes a little patience while the stuff ferments

the "irresponsible" supermarket booze deals are few and far between these days

so please support your local pub for a sociable night out by all means

but if you want to opt out of the inflationary element of alcohol pricing (which is largely tax), simply make your own

Agree :beer: Time to dust off those demijohns!

Chrysalis

The official inflation figures are clearly spin, sadly some people do really believe it.
When I used the BBC inflation calculator it is spin as well, eg. if I just put in electric/gas as my only living costs it spitted out 4% when the average annual increase across all providers was over 9%.

I estimate my food inflation is at around about 8% annually, and thats with me juggling food trying to get best prices.