Examples of surprising prices

RobM99

Morrison Pink Lady apples 40p   
 Greengrocer 25p (The King of apples - forget that Jazz nonsense) 

London_1

I only buy granulated sugar to whizz up in my blender to turn into caster or icing sugar, its a lot cheaper than paying over the odd for regular caster or icing sugar and handy for cake making take a few seconds to do but saves me quite a bit

JackieO xx

sheilavw

hi youngblueeyes, I don't know ,  but definitely no curry sauce jars of any type in mine (Lancashire)

YoungBlueEyes

There were a few jars of korma here (Yorkshire) when we went shopping earlier. Squished onto the end of a shelf. No minions around to question either

TimSynths

From today's Times- (Apologies- the paragraphs seem to have disappeared. )

Supermarket shelves picked bare as bargain hunters shop around

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JIL

I have an online ocado order coming tonight, I only used them as they offered me 15% off and free delivery. Hunted the bargains and stocked up on some long life products and I have had confirmation of no missing items.

It just makes me wonder what's going on, where is the supply issue?

YorksLass

Granulated sugar in Sainsburys was 75p, then 65p (price lock), now back up to 75p.  I bought a bag a couple of weeks ago in the Co-op, priced at 95p, but I had a 50p membership offer so paid only 45p.     Like JackieO, I whizz granulated up for caster or icing sugar as it saves money and space in the cupboard.

Shopping is definitely becoming more difficult, whatever the reasons might be.  It's a major logistical nightmare and I feel sorry for those people who have specific dietary requirements.  We can eat almost anything - fortunately - but it's still a pain in the bum.

mjm3346

JIL said:

I have an online ocado order coming tonight, I only used them as they offered me 15% off and free delivery. Hunted the bargains and stocked up on some long life products and I have had confirmation of no missing items.

It just makes me wonder what's going on, where is the supply issue?

I use Ocado and the default view if you have booked a slot is to only show out of stock items if they are something you have previously purchased - changing the view (unticking a box) can, depending on the product, show several more items they don't have in stock (I have noticed as well some lines have simply gone altogether)

Rosa_Damascena

TimSynths said:

From today's Times- (Apologies- the paragraphs seem to have disappeared. )

Supermarket shelves picked bare as bargain hunters shop around

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The BiB has thankfully not applied to the Tesco Extra I pass on my way home at the right time, hence it would be unusual for me not to find YS fresh food at the end of the day.

Slinky

TimSynths said:

From today's Times- (Apologies- the paragraphs seem to have disappeared. )

Supermarket shelves picked bare as bargain hunters shop around

 While shortages of most products are temporary, store-specific and sporadic, some items appear consistently harder to come by, such as bottled water, courgettes, fresh orange juice and parmesan.

Good lord, there's nothing there that are actually the necessities of life are there? If you're spending money on bottled water, fresh juice and parmesan, you're not exactly scraping the bottom of the barrel.

And yes, our tap water tastes horrible, I have a Phox water filter that sorts that problem.