Examples of surprising prices

strawb_shortcake

I was shocked how much broccoli had increased by in Tesco yesterday. 
Not too long ago it was 48p for a two head pack, now 76p for single head and 95p for double head. 

Katiehound

Dog treats: mine get homemade sardine flapjack! 
Tinned sardines, egg, rolled oats, flour, oil.
baked until hard: long life (if not gobbled!)

Cheap rice still available in Aldi- not Morrisons.
 45 pence for 1 kg

zaxdog

arnoldy said:

gailey_2 said:

I have  a very fussy dog.
He will eat tesco dried dog food cant remember   current price sure its gone up.
Switched to own brand treats as aldi rodeos are 75p the official rodeos in  in  b & m yesterday  now £1.25!
The wet food is where I struggle  tried .any own brand versions  occasionally  he eat sainsbury  if starving but really ots 1 carton ceaser  only chicken  and turkey. 
Used to be able to buy one below 59p then they stopped  getting that variety and upped to 69p.
B& M next door  used be 65p then went upto 79p which I got as was better than £1 morrisions  or £1.20 sainsbury  but intermittent  supply and even my local corner shop  said hes struggling  order it In for me and food inflation  way above 14% news says it is.
Morrisions  used to do 5 for £3 and coop  3 for£2 those deals long gone.

I hate the Aldi price match. 
I used  to be very loyal to lidls and aldi then start of the year realised not all common basics  were cheaper in big tesco
Value squash 
Cereals gone up too .
Carton drinks for lunch  boxes were 40p now  same ones price matches with aldi in September  to 68p aldi  price  so 28p rise.
Where aldi goes other follow  used be could find odd its cheaper  in morrisions  or big tesco not so much these days.

Things noticed past week aldi  

Value pasta penne and spagetti  gone up in aldi from 32p to 35p.
Tinned  basic tomatoes 28p now 32p.
Squirty  cream £1.59 it's £1.05  lilds. 
Bramwells aldi Ketchup  was 62p now 89p

Lilds  has awful availability  issues had no own brand batts Ketchup  in months prices at 52p aldi verson  Bramwells  was 62p now gone upto 89p!
Had no Value spagetti  in months but has simply  penne still 32p v 25p aldi v 46p morrisions. 
Boil in bag rice been out  of stock for weeks back in still 99p for 8 bags v aldi 59p for 4 bags used be 49p.
Tinned tomatoes still  28p they don't have any.
They also had no passatta  or tomato puree is there issues with tomato  product's?
Sanitary  towels were  49p for 14 now 59p they still  49p in aldi for now.
Cheap shampoo/ conditioner  was 55p now 59p.
Bag simply  mozzarella  55p it's 49p morrisions. 
No hot chocolate  at all.
Hardly any reductions
Loads of gaps
Mine hardly ever has the £1.50 veg boxes and the weekly  meat/, veg deals hardly been amazing. 

Morrisions  noticed few more rises  there just buy essentials  can't get lidls or aldi. Offers and reductions.
The 6pack Value choc mouse  gone up again  price  match  aldi was 60p think 75p now.
They are cheap on 6freerange eggs 55p they are small.
They expensive  on cereals and drinks.
They cheaper  on some cheese 
Expensive  for crisps compared aldi or lilds. 

I don't have asda near me it's quite  a drive  so put  off by 3 item limit as we family of 6 plus dog.
Finding it harder shop  around  as work 3.5 days now have 1 car and alternate days off to husband  so we end up going big tesco  grocery items mainly once a month evening. 
We then do large fresh shop meats and chilled  some frozen at aldi. 

Used like coop frozen meal deal for kids was £5 now £6.
Also small tesco fo pizza and pudding deal £5 with club card now £6.
Kids gutted tesco meal deal gone up from £3 to £3.40.

Things that going up that struggling  with  is milk we get through  6pints a day I keep long life for cooking  or emergency  but that's gone up.
Cheese would say we get through  400g block  a week.
Frozen  chips just lidls/ aldi not branded. Was once 99p bag now £1.59..
Toiliet  rolls all gone up. Even getting cheapest  is over  £1

Luckily  I bulk brought  cooking  oils start of year so not been impacted by that yet.
Going to buy  a air fryer which hoping cheaper  than oven chips. 

Bread I can still find reduced and freeze.
Plus olio always has bread so I always freeze. 
Finding reduced  meats is much harder.
Fresh fruit and veg even in fridge these days doesn't keep for long.
I try buy deodorants  and toothpaste  on offer  or pound shop/ savers.
Find wilkos cheapest  cleaning items.
Aldi shower gels 55p.
Trying to bulk but long life food and non foods.

Tesco: Cesar dog food £4.60/kg, Minced beef 500g £3.60kg. The animal is getting more expensive food than the family. Don't let it run the household budget with expensive food and treats. Try looking a big sack of dried food and water, if the animals don't like it tough.

I feel the same about kids. Too much catering to their fussiness and utter nonsense.

Our dog is a rescue sighthound who will eat anything and does lol. The cats are also rescues and have a combination of Sheba/Gourmet Perle and YS fish/meat. Rescue pigeon get a mix of corn, Trill and sunflower hearts.

These animals are my family and if I have to make a sacrifice to keep them fit and healthy I will.

Rosa_Damascena

Aldi's throws (which are a really good product btw) have gone up - the double sized used to be less than £20 and are now £35. I'm pleased I have bought so many as impulse buys when they were reduced to something very affordable, they keep me nice and warm in the cold and easily washed.

weenancyinAmerica

We are having trouble getting cat food here - no cans of branded cat food at all on the shelves in the three places we usually shop. Out of stock on the order sites. May have to go with entirely dry food - and having two unhappy indoor cats and two unhappy feral cats. It has been a couple of weeks of bare shelves. Only a couple of cans of the store's own brand in one shop - none in the others. Someone mentioned pilchards and sardines for cats if necessary - does anyone have some ideas. 
We finally got our husky to eat a certain type of food, moist in pouches, after she refused 12 different brands of canned dog food, and then it was missing in the stores also. Found a slightly more expensive brand she will eat and ordered enough for the next month. But those have been missing on the shelves also so I am glad I stocked up. Our prices are going up so fast also - I keep telling people it is a world-wide thing - not just a local problem. But they all seem to want to blame it on the current politicians. I don't think replacing them will help here.  

wort

I hate the Aldi price match. 
I used  to be very loyal to lidls and aldi then start of the year realised not all common basics  were cheaper in big tesco
Value squash 
Cereals gone up too .
Carton drinks for lunch  boxes were 40p now  same ones price matches with aldi in September  to 68p aldi  price  so 28p rise.
Where aldi goes other follow  used be could find odd its cheaper  in morrisions  or big tesco not so much these days.

Things noticed past week aldi  

Value pasta penne and spagetti  gone up in aldi from 32p to 35p.
Tinned  basic tomatoes 28p now 32p.
Squirty  cream £1.59 it's £1.05  lilds. 
Bramwells aldi Ketchup  was 62p now 89p
@gailey_2 , I am just back from Aldi I got bramwells ketchup for 65p for 650g.

wort

About cat and dog food look up raw feeder suppliers . I get 500g for 95p it’s a perfectly balanced 80% meat 20% bone 20% organ meat. And they deliver, need freezer space tho.

RobM99

Sea bass fillets in Morrison.  £5.50 for 95g.   Just about £60 a kilo!  *swoon

Floss

zaxdog said:

arnoldy said:

Tesco: Cesar dog food £4.60/kg, Minced beef 500g £3.60kg. The animal is getting more expensive food than the family. Don't let it run the household budget with expensive food and treats. Try looking a big sack of dried food and water, if the animals don't like it tough.

I feel the same about kids. Too much catering to their fussiness and utter nonsense.

Our dog is a rescue sighthound who will eat anything and does lol. The cats are also rescues and have a combination of Sheba/Gourmet Perle and YS fish/meat. Rescue pigeon get a mix of corn, Trill and sunflower hearts.

These animals are my family and if I have to make a sacrifice to keep them fit and healthy I will.

I agree - I live alone with my cat, whom I have been employed by for almost 9 years. Yes, she costs me £26.75 a month for her jabs, dry & wet food, litter & insurance, but I don't begrudge her this at all, it is worth the relatively small expense to me.

EssexHebridean

The wretched Aldi & Lidl price match has now just turned into an excuse for none of them to have any incentive to try to be cheaper any more hasn't it! Now they all know they're safe to put prices up because all the others will immediately match that price because they know they can get away with it! Frustrating that it's now being used exactly in the opposite way to how it was originally intended!