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Grocery Price Increases - What's the Biggest Hike You've Seen?
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Sainsbury's Instant Mashed PotatoWAS4x110g sachets for £1.10 or £2.50/kgNOW2x80g for 90p or £5.63/kgI don't use it much (but instant mash is recommended as an alternative to breadcrumbs for coating and it's GF) but I like to have it in stock, just in case.A budget is like a speed sign - a LIMIT not a TARGET!!
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We used to use the Asda smart price one which was about 28p for 120gm. It hasn't been available for ages. Can anyone recommend a good cheap alternative please.basketcase said:Sainsbury's Instant Mashed PotatoWAS4x110g sachets for £1.10 or £2.50/kgNOW2x80g for 90p or £5.63/kgI don't use it much (but instant mash is recommended as an alternative to breadcrumbs for coating and it's GF) but I like to have it in stock, just in case.3 -
Toilet Roll - Tesco own brand 12 double roll £7.90 last week (not on offer) £9.10 this week.4
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Did my Tesco online update today for weekend del - it looks as though almost anything and everything is up. Even the potatoes and the lettuce which the uk has in abundnence.
The price of tinned tuna from the Princess brand in springwater, less drain type up from 150p to 175p2 -
milk in tesco up to £1.35 for 4 pints from £1.29 on sunday3
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Local Nisa store selling PG Tips tea bags x 160 for £6.09! What a rip off.Be kind to others and to yourself too.2
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that's outrageous!YorksLass said:Local Nisa store selling PG Tips tea bags x 160 for £6.09! What a rip off.2 -
Cucumbers in Morrisons up to 55p today. The last one that I bought was 49p and a little before that they were 45p.2
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Heinz soups in Tesco have gone.from 95p per tin to £1.40 per tin3
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Not a specific item increase but I've noticed that some "final day" discounted prices at my local Lidl which used to be 20p are now 70p or even 90p. (As an example, that is product A which used to be regularly discounted to 20p is now reduced to 70p - an increase of 250%.)2
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