Examples of surprising prices

double_dutchy

We use a hands free tin opener, currently £16 on amazon - no strength required!

Culinare C50600 One Touch Electronic Tin Opener | White | Plastic/Stainless Steel | Automatic Can Opener | Battery Operated/Hands-Free Use/Magnetic Lid Removal | Batteries Not Included : Culinare: Amazon.co.uk: Home & Kitchen

Doom_and_Gloom

GaleSF63 said:

Doom_and_Gloom said:

GaleSF63 said:

I do have a tin but I'm putting off trying it as it needs a can opener and I don't manage them very well. That's the trouble with the cheapest versions - rarely ring pull cans.  

I struggle with normal tin openers due to my disability and I wouldn't be without my EZSqueeze one. When the last one broke my OH went out and bought me a new one within a day. Usually they are around the £14-15 area but in my opinion worth it. My OH has used it and says it is a breeze compared with usual openers.

Eeek, £27 on Amazon! At the moment I use the old-fashioned butterfly opener, turning it by putting a screwdriver through the holes. I've tried a few different ones and come to the conclusion the problem is with the modern cans - the rim is too deep and the metal too bendy.

£14.50 in Mr S if that helps any if you are in one or order from them. Never bought it for more than £15 yet. What they want on that site you showed is a ridiculous amount and would certainly come under an example of price rises!
It has handled all cans I've put to it so far, including ones where the pull ring came off!

CJRyder

After going through many tin openers (because DW couldn't understand the instruction of "Stop putting them in the sink!") we settled on the Japanese style tin opener with a sharp blade, handle and elbow grease required. The only tin openers that haven't die in my kitchen are manual ones with no moving parts...

KxMx

This discussion has prompted me to realise I never bought a tin opener for my new home, I moved in 5 months ago. 

I find ring pull tins the easiest so the reason I've not noticed the lack of one, is I always buy tins with pulls so haven't needed one. 

Brie

Best can openers in the world - Swing A Way.   Lent mine to a neighbour a few years back as he ran a fish and chip place and their industrial strength can opener had died.  Mine was better and he was reluctant to return it (but did because he's nice).  Next time I was in Canada I bought him one as they didn't seem to be available here at that time.  Think they were about £3 then.  

fyi - they wash well in hot water, just dry them thoroughly as they might get a bit of rust otherwise.  But in 30+ years they only reason I have bought one was to give to someone or to replace one that was stolen (by a not so nice friend).  Never had one break or stop working easily.  Even my aged in laws found it easy to use.

Swing-A-Way Heavy-Duty Can Opener, 18 cm (7") - White : Amazon.co.uk: Home & Kitchen

MikeJXE

We the public are being ripped off, people power can change that by not buying top brands and prices will soon come down. I used to buy Kellogg's cornflakes at about £2 now they are £2.85, I changed to Tesco at 90p for a larger box. Kellogg's isle space is packed and Tesco brands often are out of stock. I used to buy tea cakes at 80p and they were often out of stock, now you can have as many as you want at £1.40 

Brie

I'm hoping to get to the local "past it's best" food shop tomorrow.  It's a warehouse that sells things that the big stores don't want as they are either past the BBD or it's too close for them to be comfortable stocking the items.  A friend has alerted me to the fact that a niche tea (sorry forgot the brand) has 4 boxes for £3.  Normally these are about £3 per box.  The date on them is next April which is fine and besides tea doesn't go off like some things.  My only problem with the place is that you have to buy a big box of an item - so 12 bottles of ketchup for £4 or similar.  It's great if you can split the box between a couple of households or if you use a lot of something.  Or, as with tea, the expiry is really of no consequence.  I bought Taylor coffee pods from them previously that were past their BBD as that didn't matter to me.  What did matter was getting some truly excellent coffee - 10 boxes of 10 pods each for a total of £4.  I bought £20 worth which lasted me a few months.  About the only time I bulk buy!

YoungBlueEyes

I wish I had one of those shops near me, I’d never be out of them. 

Actually no I don’t, for I’ve no room! 

Rosa_Damascena

YoungBlueEyes said:

I wish I had one of those shops near me, I’d never be out of them. 

Actually no I don’t, for I’ve no room! 

With the cost of things these days, it is worth making the room!

CJRyder

Rosa_Damascena said:

YoungBlueEyes said:

I wish I had one of those shops near me, I’d never be out of them. 

Actually no I don’t, for I’ve no room! 

With the cost of things these days, it is worth making the room!

"Well, I can't use my bed, but I have enough coffee pods to survive the apocalypse!"

I have one of these shops nearby. Unfortunately DW isn't as squirrel-stash happy as me, and says things like "You only need one bag of pasta, not five!", "Stop buying rice!" and "Honey, what's in this cupboard?"... So I haven't been in yet!