Grocery Price Increases - What's the Biggest Hike You've Seen?

joedenise

@Slinky - according to Trolley £land is cheapest at £4.50 for 200g jar; next cheapest is Mr Ts at £5 for the same size.

HTH

Slinky

@joedenise thanks for that, looks like it'll be Mr T unless we are forced to go into our local not very pleasant large town where the nearest £land is

TheAble

All "gold" coffees taste the same - there's no need to buy a branded one. Tesco gold decaff @ £3/200g. You can probably buy an equivalent even cheaper somewhere. 

RobM99

Is there a grocery price-tracking ssite - anyone know?

Kaylataste

My whole chicken went up 50p between checking it out last night and delivery first thing this morning,that price hike could make all the difference to someones shopping budget.

Farway

Kaylataste said:

My whole chicken went up 50p between checking it out last night and delivery first thing this morning,that price hike could make all the difference to someones shopping budget.

It's not one sold by weight is it where final price is determined on delivery, like loose carrots for instance?

Only querying becuase I was caught out by that, the price I saw was average price and will vary by actual weight

Kaylataste

Farway said:

Kaylataste said:

My whole chicken went up 50p between checking it out last night and delivery first thing this morning,that price hike could make all the difference to someones shopping budget.

It's not one sold by weight is it where final price is determined on delivery, like loose carrots for instance?

Only querying becuase I was caught out by that, the price I saw was average price and will vary by actual weight

thats what i thought at first,but the price of the smallest weight chicken has also increased by 50p,i just though what a swizz to change the price after checkout on a saturday night.

Floss

@Slinky B&M have Kenco for £4.50, I always keep an eye on the price of it as its what is drunk in our office. 

Slinky

TheAble said:

All "gold" coffees taste the same - there's no need to buy a branded one. Tesco gold decaff @ £3/200g. You can probably buy an equivalent even cheaper somewhere. 

I buy very few branded products but OH likes this one. I might try him with a small jar of own brand and see how he gets on with it.

@Floss thanks for that, there's a B&M not too far away, I'll take a look there next time I go by.

I discovered there's a more local £land to me and went in there this morning but they only had small jars and it didn't look like there was any space on the shelves where the big jars would be.  I'm not desperate yet (still got 6 jars!) but I'd rather maintain a decent lower priced stockpile than have to pay anything approaching the £8.09 of the Coop if that's where prices are heading.

Noticed that the Greek yogurt I buy in Tesco has gone up another 6p. A few months back it was 45p, now it's 65p.

YorksLass

The Institute of Grocery Distribution's latest report says food price inflation is likely to peak at up to 15% this summer and remain at high levels into the middle of next year.  Products that are most likely to be affected are meat, cereal products, dairy, fruit and veg and other products that rely on wheat for feed (eg white meats).  If this is the case, it would make sense (as Slinky says) to have a decent lower priced stockpile at home (if you can afford it and have the storage space).

Sorry to be so depressing folks, but it looks like we're in for yet more belt tightening!