It's getting tough out there. Feeling the pinch?

Pollycat

snowbird20 said:

Wednesday2000 said:

I saw this article.

Mum repeats big Tesco shop from 2020 and is astonished at how prices have risen - Mirror Online

interesting article.  I hate to be all judgy and stuff but that a LOT Of junk food in that shop.  I wonder if increase would have been more if it was more 'ingredients'.  We DID buy a bag of cookies ('biscuits' to you lot ) last week and I noticed they have gone up from $3.69 to $4.99 in about a year's time.   

Yes, there is.

Lots of sugary stuff.

Richmonds sausages? YUK.

I wonder if the author of the article has tried cheaper beans than Heinz? We prefer Branstons which can be bought cheaper than in Tesco.

Effician

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Wednesday2000 said:

I saw this article.

Mum repeats big Tesco shop from 2020 and is astonished at how prices have risen - Mirror Online

Would be interesting to compare a 1980's basket to today,  i have a feeling today's prices wouldn't seem too bad taking into account inflation , happy to be corrected but food seemed to be more expensive back then.

Edit, just found this & it seems to confirm my thoughts that food is still relatively cheap

https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/heres-how-our-food-prices-compare-to-30-years-ago-and-you-might-be-surprised-aBqFY5C7lgai

Floss

Wednesday2000 said:

I saw this article.

Mum repeats big Tesco shop from 2020 and is astonished at how prices have risen - Mirror Online

That's as much an example of Tesco's pricing than increases - this weekend Soreen is £1.25 in Asda, £1 in the Co-op & 85p in B&M, all for the same size as Tesco's £1.40 (which was actually £1.35 in my local superstore).

YorksLass

littlemoney said:

I use to pay council tax for 10 months a year but when the option came available I switched to 12 payments. I found it easier as it was the same as other direct debits with the same total amount going out each month.

I've toyed with changing to 12 payments over the year but have decided to stick with 10.  We can afford to do it over 10 months so  the "free" months seem like a bonus.     Of course, they're not "free" at all but it is a useful tool for those who struggle with 10 payments or prefer to make 12 payments for whatever reason.

EssexHebridean

Ooh YorksLass great reminder on the council tax and water rates - that'll be an addition £180 each pf the next two months for my New House Fund!  

snowbird20 said:

Wednesday2000 said:

I saw this article.

Mum repeats big Tesco shop from 2020 and is astonished at how prices have risen - Mirror Online

interesting article.  I hate to be all judgy and stuff but that a LOT Of junk food in that shop.  I wonder if increase would have been more if it was more 'ingredients'.  

Interesting take on it - I see some basic fruit and veg, some "main meal components" which are mostly pretty straightforward and non-time consuming to cook (pasta & meatballs, anyone?!), some options which might be the difference between a picky child eating "something" before they leave the house in the morning, or not, juice - again often a good way of getting a portion of fruit into a child that would be reluctant to touch it otherwise, eggs - great versatile source of protein, some snacks - perhaps to fill the gap between "after school" and "tea time", some treats - which absolutely have a place in anyone's diet, I'd suggest that labelling them "junk food" can be way more harmful in many cases than the consumption of them is! 

The thing is - we have no idea of her actual circumstances - possibly a time-strapped mum who doesn't have the ability to cook much from scratch (because nobody ever taught her), but can cheerfully knock together a pasta dish, or an omelette, or sausages and mash, or jackets and beans, all of which everyone enjoys and all of which - probably most importantly to a lot of Mums, if I'm guessing - her whole family will eat. The Richmonds sausages wouldn't be to my taste, but then the chances are the delicious lamb, rosemary & garlic ones I have ready to cook for my tea tonight probably wouldn't much appeal to Emma's kids either (it's fine, I wasn't planning on feeding them to them! )  

My main observation from it would be that she could probably cut down a good bit on her spend by buying less branded stuff - but again, there could be reasons for that - children with specific issues that mean they are resistant to change perhaps. And if she does have the money to pay for those brands, and it's not sending her into debt doing so, then fair play to her. Also, that I would probably expect 36/44 items to go up in the course of a 2 year period, and particularly allowing for the outside factors we are facing currently and have been facing over that time period - and to be honest, I'm not entirely sure that demonising T's specifically is completely fair - not least as an awful lot of those prices are pretty similar across the various stores, I think? I know the milk is, and I'm also pretty sure that for a good many of the items where T's IS more expensive, it is probably cheaper on others? 

Effician - thanks for posting that link - definitely an interesting read. I wonder if the reason fish is now comparatively more expensive is that we have a better focus on sustainability these days, and also additional health & safety on trawlers etc? 

Effician

EssexHebridean said:

I wonder if the reason fish is now comparatively more expensive is that we have a better focus on sustainability these days, and also additional health & safety on trawlers etc? 

White fish in particular seems reluctant to be farmed & seeing that we're hell bent on destroying it's habitat i guess it will become more scarce & expensive

Auntycaz

I remember complaining as a child about having to eat fish 3or 4 times a week as we lived on the coast and had family who worked on the trawlers so we got it fresh from the dock and free or really cheap. Now i'm lucky if i can afford it once a week.

Pollycat

EssexHebridean said:

Ooh YorksLass great reminder on the council tax and water rates - that'll be an addition £180 each pf the next two months for my New House Fund!  

snowbird20 said:

Wednesday2000 said:

I saw this article.

Mum repeats big Tesco shop from 2020 and is astonished at how prices have risen - Mirror Online

interesting article.  I hate to be all judgy and stuff but that a LOT Of junk food in that shop.  I wonder if increase would have been more if it was more 'ingredients'.  

Interesting take on it - I see some basic fruit and veg, some "main meal components" which are mostly pretty straightforward and non-time consuming to cook (pasta & meatballs, anyone?!), some options which might be the difference between a picky child eating "something" before they leave the house in the morning, or not, juice - again often a good way of getting a portion of fruit into a child that would be reluctant to touch it otherwise, eggs - great versatile source of protein, some snacks - perhaps to fill the gap between "after school" and "tea time", some treats - which absolutely have a place in anyone's diet, I'd suggest that labelling them "junk food" can be way more harmful in many cases than the consumption of them is! 

The thing is - we have no idea of her actual circumstances - possibly a time-strapped mum who doesn't have the ability to cook much from scratch (because nobody ever taught her), but can cheerfully knock together a pasta dish, or an omelette, or sausages and mash, or jackets and beans, all of which everyone enjoys and all of which - probably most importantly to a lot of Mums, if I'm guessing - her whole family will eat. The Richmonds sausages wouldn't be to my taste, but then the chances are the delicious lamb, rosemary & garlic ones I have ready to cook for my tea tonight probably wouldn't much appeal to Emma's kids either (it's fine, I wasn't planning on feeding them to them! )  

My main observation from it would be that she could probably cut down a good bit on her spend by buying less branded stuff - but again, there could be reasons for that - children with specific issues that mean they are resistant to change perhaps. And if she does have the money to pay for those brands, and it's not sending her into debt doing so, then fair play to her. Also, that I would probably expect 36/44 items to go up in the course of a 2 year period, and particularly allowing for the outside factors we are facing currently and have been facing over that time period - and to be honest, I'm not entirely sure that demonising T's specifically is completely fair - not least as an awful lot of those prices are pretty similar across the various stores, I think? I know the milk is, and I'm also pretty sure that for a good many of the items where T's IS more expensive, it is probably cheaper on others? 

Effician - thanks for posting that link - definitely an interesting read. I wonder if the reason fish is now comparatively more expensive is that we have a better focus on sustainability these days, and also additional health & safety on trawlers etc? 

Soreen
Hula Hoops
Magnum
Mr Kipling slices
Treacle sponge
Twirl
Aero
Jelly babies
Vanilla cheesecake
chocolate bread
Angel cake

And what looks like processed meat in breadcrumbs.

No wonder so many kids are obese at a young age when people make excuses for them when other people are being honest by calling junk food junk food.

And when did kids start needing a snack between "after school" and "tea time"?
Another reason for childhood obesity.

I know what the "Eat well for less" presenters would say about that shopping.

Floss

But is there also a veg box, or separate farm shop trip?

-taff

We always had a tea time snack when we came home from school, usually some toast or the heady delights of bread and nutella if we were in Italy...in fact, we still did that last year and we've been out of school for over thirty years...