Price increases due to Covid 19 and/or shortages

[Deleted User]

Paracetomol is one of those items in high demand produced in China/India so a price rise may be understandable.

pakokelso93

My local Tesco - Ibuprofen and Paracetamols now were 70p-ish, latter empty.  Morrisons and Asda had different suppliers/extra companies so lots of stock of things like ibuprofen but instead of 25-30p now 55p.   Paras stock been zero, bar the Paracetamol plus which is fine just not last thing at night as they have caffiene!   Managed today to get some in Lidl - 27p.

PLRFD

So you didn’t pick the pack of peppers ?

mikb

PLRFD said:

So you didn’t pick the pack of peppers ?

All gone. I heard Peter Piper pipped them to the packs of peppers.

theblagger

I can see a whole lot of profiteering going on , The only 2 who apparently are not are Aldi and Lidl

peewhyeff

theblagger said:

I can see a whole lot of profiteering going on , The only 2 who apparently are not are Aldi and Lidl

Not true. See my post of 11th April re. Granola.  By the way, the Tesco one is nothing like the Aldi one.   I'm waiting for the day when my regular Granola is back in store.

MrsStepford

It's a real shame that mysupermarket shut down last month. It was easy to see which supermarket had the lowest regular price and which supermarket had the best special offer for a product. Without that website providing transparency, it's pretty much impossible to price compare unless you physically go to stores. Competition rules have been relaxed by the government to apply companies to work together more, to get food in stores. 

peewhyeff

You're so right, Mrs Stepford. If ever we needed mysupermarket it's now.  Today I bought Fox's Triple biscuits.....69p in £stretcher, 49p 10mins later in B&M.    That would never have happened to me when mysupermarket was active.

Murphybear

peewhyeff said:

theblagger said:

I can see a whole lot of profiteering going on , The only 2 who apparently are not are Aldi and Lidl

Not true. See my post of 11th April re. Granola.  By the way, the Tesco one is nothing like the Aldi one.   I'm waiting for the day when my regular Granola is back in store.

I make my own. It’s delicious 

hingston

ASDA
Been buying this rice once a month for 6 months now. Normally £12 but occasionally I see it for £10. Upped the price to £15 now.