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

lambanana

Penny-Pincher!! wrote: »

Willow is only 29% butter:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: ....I have just checked as that sounded too good to be true at 50p a pack!

Sainsburys has Anchor Spreadable 500g-2 for £3, but again they are not 100% butter. The only one I know that is 100% butter is Kerrigold and that has gone up to £1.16p a pack from 79p or something.

PP
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I didn't know that...probably because I don't use butter anyway, was thinking of people here who do

doddsy

I am not surprised the price of oil is going up - we are now approaching Peak Oil (ie the highest amount of oil the planet is capable of producing). From pretty soon now on in - oil production will decline. We all know what happens when there is a shortage of something - the price goes up.
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ceridwen some experts argue that we have already passed peak oil.

There are several reasons why we are experiencing this agflation, and poor weather is one of the minor reasons really. With bad weather, biofuels production and the rapidly growing wealth of the Indians and Chinese this will be a long term situation I think.

I try to buy as much as possible when bogoff and I bulk buy wherever possible. I recently bought another storage cupboard and am slowly filling that up. I am fortunate enough to have room for another small fridge which I use on low as a store for my flour and other stuff. I get my flour from the local bakers who are happy to sell it to me in a small sack 25lbs at a time.

With struggling with anaemia this year I have not done many vegetables but this will have to change next year I think.

By the way I was told by a local farmer that the potatoes that survived the floods (very bad in this area) will have taken in alot more water than normal so will not have very good keeping quality. So this year I do not think I will buy by the sack which I normally do.

MRSMCAWBER

Hello again

Ceridwen...."spend to save" is exactly it - thankyou ....thats what im doing but not bulk storing like i used to...

I think the scariest thing in the Uk situation at the moment is, that at one time if had a lower shoping budget - you could think...ok, we can't aford a lot of meat - but we can bulk the meal out with extra potato, bread, pasta etc - but now it is the "cheap staple products" that are going up:eek: .... its leaving very little room for manouver...

After chatting on here earlier... hubby and i popped out, and whilst near the supermarket i popped in -to see if they had the fresh chicken portions i have been having...3 kilo -10 portions for roughly what works out at £3.50..they were out, but i have warned hubby that when they get them in again..i may get linched by the German shoppers as i will take quite a few and stick them in the freezer.....:D ... but whilst i was in , i noticed that they have 10 kilo bags of pots for roughly £1.40, and have nets of cabbage, red cabbage, carrots and leeks...so i think on Tuesday i may be taking advantage... 5 cabbages and trust me they are like footballs and rock solid are working out at roughly £2.00......im just waiting to see if it his here..think i will assume it is going to and get prepared -just in case

I can't understand why in the uk we dont get like they do here... its almost like farm shop produce... nets of etc, and oranges sold by the bucket , and today 5 kilo of eating apples -with one of those things the core and cut it £3.00, and all different shapes n sizes - non of this uniform appearance thing going on.... after all do we care if all the flippin carrots aren't the same length!!!!! as long as they are fresh n tasty - i dont care

Csarina,

You "rant" away.... its enough to make you im sure....
I don't put any fat in my bread either..partly as its empty calories and now as soon a loaf is cold i slice it and freeze it in packs of 4 slices for hubbies lunches...

I think this thread will be growing for a long time....

jazzyjustlaw

Interesting thread.

I think that if everyone panic buys it will be worse. If you stockpile it still wont last forever, you will save money in the short term but not in the longterm. Unless you all know something I dont such as the prices are going to go down in 12 months time.

I have mixed feeling about the situation. I feel that companies need to cover costs but obviously, dont really feel I can pay. I havent had a 30% pay rise lol. Not sure about you. :rotfl: :A

pounds_and_pensive

When I lived in a bigger house, the cost of keeping it meant that I couldn't afford much in the way of stockpiling food. Now that we've down-sized and have a (teeny weeny) bit more money as a result, I haven't got the room to stockpile food. Sometimes I think you just can't win. We'll get by, we always do somehow, but it is a worry.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

jazzyjustlaw wrote: »

Interesting thread.

I think that if everyone panic buys it will be worse. If you stockpile it still wont last forever, you will save money in the short term but not in the longterm. Unless you all know something I dont such as the prices are going to go down in 12 months time.

I have mixed feeling about the situation. I feel that companies need to cover costs but obviously, dont really feel I can pay. I havent had a 30% pay rise lol. Not sure about you. :rotfl: :A

the good thing about having a bit of a stockpile... you will then be able to budget better for me you do start running out.... as your shopping will then be staggered....( hope that makes sense...) so you can keep an eye on the prices... and then factor the new prices into your meal planning/shopping.......

in one way i feel terrible.. as i honestly thought i could shop wtihout supermarkets.... since feb... i only go to the co-op for bits.... that i cant get in independants...shops/traders.. but being realistic.... if prices are going to go up by 30% plus petrol.... etc..... i will have to go to somewhere like lidles... as i have not got an extra 30 - 40% income coming into the kitty.....

yes i have started a new business.. but in reality.... every bit of money i make will have to stay in the business.. to cover quiet times.... as obviously i dont know when they are.....( except the obvious..after chrsitmas.... feb/march time )

if it was only one type of food going up in price then you could overcome that.. but practically all every day products.... there is no getting away from it.....


i think if prices do go higher... i will be looking on the internet for tips on how to skip dive....lol.....

MRSMCAWBER

I have to say that i am just sooooo glad that my mum - and dad for that matter, always cooked from scratch...everything....and i think this is going to be the only way to stretch the food budget further for a lot of people

As now i still love all the old faithfuls, savoury meat roll - that doesnt have a lot of meat in it :rotfl: -but is filling and very tasty etc.... and i still use all mums old recipes - and love every one....and luckily so does hubby..

I can't imagine what i would do if i didnt like or couldn't cook, my nieces n nephews from 12-19 are going to leave school and home without much of a clue.... i used to cook with them when they were wee, and they loved it, but as i have moved away they stopped... it scares me to think that they dont know the basics, so how they wil cope is beyond me...

Although i am thinking about making them all a book, with all the basics in and the old family recipes etc so as they tootle of to college etc they will at least have somewhere to start.. not pot noodles n takeaways :eek: have to make those student earnings stretch:D

ceridwen

CoolTrikerChick - lots of skipdiving bits on YouTube (including how-to info)!!!:cool:

Mrsmcawber - could we have a list of basic foodstuffs in Germany and their prices:
eg large wholemeal loaf - £....
6 freerange eggs - £..
packet real coffee
1 lb potatoes
2 pints milk
etcetc
(and have you any idea why their food is so much cheaper - after all we are both in European countries)

doddsy - one for you (you may have come across anyway) - from Albert Bates website:
http:www.i4at.org/library.html

(ie the page to access his homemade technology - such as solar cookers - for "if the lights go out")

dubgirl

Hi, I think this has been an interesting thread albeit a bit concerning. Just one thing I guess that meat prices will increase across the board, however I always thought that there were what was considered cheaper cuts of meat, which I assume will remain comparitively cheaper than others even with the increase. I can remember as a child my Nan buying these cuts, but dont know now what those cuts of meat. I can only vaguely remember scrag end and I wouldnt have a clue what to do with it. I'm still a bit of an OS novice.

PS - Sorry if i dont reply till later, I'm going off to work soon

moanymoany

Hi dubgirl - cheap cuts of meat ...

Beef, my favourite cheap cut is shin. Tesco sells this as value beef. I cook it on the hob as this is cheaper. I put cooked haricot beans in with it and they melt into the gravy. It makes the meat go much further.

Lamb, breast of lamb used to be very cheap, but when I last looked it was not so cheap. Lamb shanks were cheap, but now are trendy and expensive. However, all lamb has got more and more expensive.

Pork, belly and the inside bits. I had a recipe for belly. Put sliced potatoes and frozen casserole vegetables in layers, add some stock. Dip the belly slices in milk and then roll them in stuffing mix. Lay on top of the veg and cook slowly for ages. I used to make it years ago and it was lovely.

Chicken, wings