latest prices increase on food how will it effect your food budgeting ?

JAMIEDODGER

milk today:

tesco £1.34
lidl £1.30

shocking! might go to iceland tomorrow! i use about 4pts a day!

sharronloves2spend

Just been to iceland and their four pints of milk are still £1. Don't know how long this will be for tho as the shelves were pretty empty. I noticed that their 6 pinter was £1.96 and a pint was 40p. This will hit us as we use six pints a day. I bought whole milk, and have just wattered down a pint of it, i think it tastes okay but the real test will be when the kids have it on their cereal!!lol Sharron

Penny-Pincher!!

OH had to post some parcels today and in the PO they had Anchor packs 2 for £1.20, so he bought 4. Might be worth looking in some of the smaller convienance stores They also had 4 pints of milk for 99p.

PP
xx

anniewoo

I went in to Lidl's this morning to stock up with bread flour as it is much cheaper in there and they had sold out of it.

I did get 2 bags of wholemeal bread flour in Sainsbury's,which didn't appear up have gone up in price,so far,so I might get some more tomorrow.

I am thinking that my breadmaker may well turn out to be one of the best things I have ever bought.Even when flour does go up,it will still be cheaper to make my own bread rather than buy it.

elona

We went to Lidl this morning and they had a one litre carton of long life skimmed milk for about 34 pence (1.14 litres is two pints) so I got about a dozen cartons of it for about £4.50.

You do not have to put it in the fridge until you want to use it - or open the carton - seems to be o.k. (I fill the empty plastic milk bottle with the carton stuff).

Might need to go to a farm shop and get a huge sack of potatoes, onions and carrots ready for the winter and start making more of my own bread and rolls.

The_shuffs

please keep us posted on that Sharon would love to know if you children notice seems like a good idea we use about 4 pints a day. Rachael xx

COOLTRIKERCHICK

just came back from the co-op and the 6pts milk was £2.02:eek: :eek: :eek:

but they did have 500g of i cant beleive its not butter on bogof so 99p for 2

didnt get any as i do have a load of lurpak in the freezer

most of the 'branded' bread was well over a £1...

peachespeaches

My breadmaker and slowcooker have slashed my supermarket bills. By using cheaper cuts and setting them off in the quiet time when DS1 is at school Im saving on ready prepared stuff. Also I have started buying real (Value or basic) butter rather than marg. It probably is cholesterol city, but Im sure its no worse than margarine with hydrogenated fats. The bread is made from Co-op strong white flour and asda yeast and funnily enough Im spending less on lunches and breakfasts since I started making the bread. Not good for your waistline, I know, but freshly baked bread and jam can be just as nice as croissants or danish. Also at lunchtime, the bread is so nice I dont need expensive fillings.

Ive started baking my own cakes too, as we always have something after dinner with our cuppa. Buying banoffee pies or tarts soon adds up.

samf1971

Been looking at this thread for a while and decided it might be cheaper and easier to get the milk delivered, so I got in touch with Dairy Farmer of Britain who are our "milkman" (though can't say i've seen a milk man / float for years!)

They came back via email with the following prices:

The price of milk on doorstep deliveries at present are as follows:

1 pint glass bottles £0.54 per bottle

1 litre plastic container £0.89 per container

2 pint plastic container £0.98 per container

2 litre plastic container £1.62 per container

4 pint plastic container £1.81 per container

Now I use about 6 pints a day, so would have to buy the 2litre container plus a 2 pint container for £2.64, I can't afford to spend £18.48 per week on milk!, my local One Stop shop sells the 2 litre containers for £1.14, which I suppose isn't too bad for a local shop but still dearer than Iceland (not that I've got an Iceland nearby) I appreciate it's delivered but still think it's hiked up a bit. Think I'll have to scour around a bit better.

A question on freezing milk to anyone who does this. How long does it last in the freezer and do you notice any difference in taste when defrosted?

ceridwen

Vote with feet time??

Personally - I've been looking up how to make my own rice milk from:

http://vegweb.com

I guess there is also likely to be recipes for nut milk/oat milk/soya milk (organic soya beans of course - to avoid the GM ingredients that I gather are ALWAYS in soya beans these days if they are not organic).

Home-made bread - I am thinking - nice enough to just have jam on (no need for butter).

Vegetables - growing beansprouts - dirt cheap food, with loads of nutrients.

But then - I am pretty experimental with food anyway - and can understand that not everyone wants to do that.

I have worked out today that I need a 5% cost-of-living rise on my salary this year just to cope with projected food price increases (never mind increases in other things!).