Price of butter

thriftlady_2

Has anyone else noticed the price of butter going up ? I ask because the Tesco English butter I usually buy for 58p a pack is now 78p. That's quite a hike in price.It's going to push the cost of my flapjacks up a bit :rolleyes: I wondered if this was across the board

THIRZAH

Yes I spotted that too this morning. Even the value butter has gone up to 68p. They do have their organic unsalted butter on offer for 71p so I bought that instead.

Hapless_2

Sainsbury's still seems to be 58p according to my supermarket . com
http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/ReturningUserHome.aspx

Stephen_Leak

ASDA SmartPrice - 53p for 250g.

free4440273

yep, butter, milk, bread, potatoes, pretty much all staple produce. wheat prices on the open futures market are soaring at the moment.

Debt_Free_Chick

Food is generally expected to increase quite sharply as British farming has been hit particularly hard by the bad weather. I guess the movement and export ban on livestock didn't help either (FMD).

Stephen_Leak

Time for some judicious panic buying then ...

moanymoany

I have read on several sites recently, both USA and British, that the Chinese are buying a lot of produce from both countries. In the USA the price of these staples has risen between 15% and 21% and the commentator said it was partly increased fuel costs but also the demand from China for 'western' produce.

On the Uk sites the causes were given as the weather this summer, the F&M outbreak - and the demand from China, which is growing as quickly as their economy!

mrsmortenharket

In my local Tesco the value butter is 53p & the tesco own brand english butter is 56p I normally buy value but as the other had come down I bought that.

I've been to Tesco this morning but didn't need butter. I shall look next time.

Lisa

freyasmum

I have noticed the price hikes too, and not just with butter, either.

I noticed their value eggs (I don't buy, btw - my uncle has chooks) had gone up 19p, not a huge amount (although definitely noticable!) in one go, but over the course of a year at one box per week is almost £10! They have also since come down, though why I don't know.

I have noticed others, but can't remember which :rolleyes: of course.

Lx

thriftlady_2

Has flour gone up too ? I've bought loads today, but didn't look at the price and I've thrown my receipt away now.

Gosh, I hope this doesn't last