Trendy foods = price rises

sheilavw

Quorn products are cheap in Farmfoods LadyDee. They had burgers 50p pack of saugage £1. 2 packs of the chicken in bbq glaze for £2.50 etc

Gigervamp

I remember a few years ago, people on Old Style would recommend lamb shanks as a cheap lamb option.
Then, TV chefs started using them and the price rocketed and you now find lamb shanks in the "Finest" section of the supermarkets.

I remember my Nan saying about getting a "nice bit of best end of neck".

dandelionclock30

nickyhutch wrote: »

Chicken thighs (I blame the hairy dieters) and pig/ox cheeks have shot up. I had pig cheeks for a tapas choice last week - £10.25!

Pig cheeks...ooo sounds nasty.

shammyjack

dandelionclock30 wrote: »

Pig cheeks...ooo sounds nasty.

Delicious ! Been eating them for nearly 60 years .

If you eat burgers or sausages you have ingested a lot worse parts of the pig !

girl_withno_name

browneyedbazzi wrote: »

That's the way markets work - if there's a limited supply of something and demand increases then the price will go up. Foods that become 'trendy' will experience an increase in demand and there will be a gap between when that increase in demand starts and when suppliers can catch up with the demand which means for a period of time demand will outstrip supply and the price will increase (because consumers are competing for access to the limited supply and we compete by paying more). The same principle applies to most things that are sold from clothes to houses (with the exception of things that are price controlled by government).

This ^^

Plus inflationary effects over time too

maman

chesky wrote: »

I've always preferred shoulder of lamb to leg. But over this Easter I've seen loads of legs at a reduced price but no sign of a reduction in the shoulders.

Also, whatever happened to best end of neck of lamb? When I was a kid, it was a cheap cut but really tasty. Never see it now, it seems to have morphed into loin and become pretty expensive. And I can't remember the last time I found breast of lamb in a butchers. I know Sainsbury's does have it but it's already boned and rolled and I prefer to do that myself with my own stuffing. My mum used to pay sixpence each for breast of lamb. Jolly good it was too.

Shin of beef also seems to have suffered by becoming popular - it used to be the cheapest of cuts for stews and casseroles but it's come sneaking up in price lately.

Many things have become 'trendy' as restaurants have been trying to keep costs down. Asda still sell breast of lamb without stuffing but that's been creeping up in price too. I think the reason lots of large joints get reduced is that people are voting with their feet against the rising prices. Personally I rarely buy any processed meals as I try to monitor what I eat in terms of fats and sugars etc. I prefer a small amount of meat but as prices rise so the amount has shrunk. So I'm not spending much more (try to buy offers and YS meat) but I'm having less and bulking it out with Aldi veg!:rotfl:

I stopped buying shin a while ago. I've noticed that when large joints are being promoted they're often cheaper per kg than shin. I buy a joint and cut it up myself into smaller pieces, casserole chunks etc.

Liver's still a relatively cheap meal.

red0209

This is probably a short term thing, but my local Asda for a long time was selling blueberries for £2 for 300g. They were also the best quality that I could find in any supermarket. Then one week they went up to £2.20, which was fair enough. Then the next week (about a month ago) they changed the pack size to 150g and started charging £2.50 for that. £6.67/kilo to £16.67/kilo virtually overnight, and they're at least as much everywhere else now.

dandelionclock30 wrote: »

Pig cheeks...ooo sounds nasty.

Very tender cut of meat! I've eaten them a few times in two and three Michelin starred restaurants, so certainly top restaurants approve of them!

AngryPig

Edwardia wrote: »

On the other hand, sea bass, salmon, trout and bream used to be fish only wealthier people could afford and now they are farmed, you'll find them in ASDA with salmon 2 fillets for £4 and organic salmon same price.

I generally find that buying the salmon by weight works out cheaper than the 2 for £4 deal - the portions are typically about 100g each, which works out to be £20 per kg. Salmon fillet can be as little at £10 per kg - even the fishmonger in our local ASDA agreed that the 2 for £4 wasn't the best deal!

Sulevia

I saw some cheffy person in the newspaper recommending shin and skirt of beef as good economical cuts ... watch them go up next.

Luckily many people are still squeamish about hearts so they are still cheap if you can find them.

I don't go out expecting to buy anything in particular, I put 'meat for x meals' on my list then decide when I see what's on offer.

LadyDee

sheilavw wrote: »

Quorn products are cheap in Farmfoods LadyDee. They had burgers 50p pack of saugage £1. 2 packs of the chicken in bbq glaze for £2.50 etc

Sadly, the nearest Farmfoods is nearly 30 miles away:mad: