Price of butter

Liney_2

I was a Lidl virgin until today - but I thought it was fantastic - got the Hollybush Butter (salted) for 53p a pack.

jcr16

i noticed value dried spagheti had gone up from 16p to 23p and i sometimes buy linguine (sp?) and it was 39p for ages. went to add some to my order last night and i was 79P i know it been a couple month since i last bought it, but thats a huge jump in price.

hollyh

Hi

The 3kg bags of pasta have also gone up from £1 to £1.50 odd:eek:

freyasmum

My rolls from the bakers have gone up. It's only a penny each, but that's (a minimum of).... £120 a year :eek:

I don't mind paying a wee bit more... but they didn't even tell me in advance.

Lx

Farway

This is the thin end of a large wedge, named "agflation"

Todays Times
"the fact that wheat prices have risen by nearly 50 per cent in the past three months, but a harbinger of higher food prices to come. For it is not just the cost of a tonne of wheat that is going up. The price of corn, rice and barley have all risen by over a third since 2005. After the long slump in commodities prices, the world is waking up to agflation."

full article here
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/columnists/article2388403.ece

Stephen_Leak

ASDA SmartPrice butter up from 53p to 68p.

Yategirl

just looked at tesco online and value butter has gone up from 53p to 70p... a big increase...

I would rather pay farmers a decent price for their produce... but in terms of major supermarkets... we know the farmers are not getting their money and then I begrudge it!!

C_Ronaldo

heavens forbid the price of butter is going up, its only butter,

thriftmonster

I had noticed the rise in linguine as well - and a loaf of multigrain bread from the bakery has gone from 84p to £1.02 this morning - time to use the BM again, methinks.

moanymoany

C_Ronaldo wrote: »

heavens forbid the price of butter is going up, its only butter,

But it's not only butter ronaldo. The knock on costs will affect everyone. Sandwich shops will have to pay more for bread, butter, fillings - that means price of eating lunch out goes up. These are basic ingredients, basic staple foods. Many people live on fixed incomes, butter has gone up by a third and flour by nearly a half - it doesn't take many rises like this to knock the treats budget for six.