Does anyone else feel like there has been another large increase in food prices lately?

Saver73

ChihiroSen said:

My weekly grocery bill has gone up by quite a bit recently. I don’t think I am buying particularly different food than before. Rather ironically I have been trying to cook from scratch more to cut costs. I can’t tell if I’m just shopping badly or there really has been another price hike. 

Even with careful budgeting and meal planning I've noticed an increase recently too.  I cook from scratch, batch cook and I do a weekly shop in Aldi.  No top up shops except if milk runs out.

A pack of 4 baking potatoes has gone up from 69p to 79p. A 500g bag of carrots are now 38p up from 33p.

I'd say most of the basic regular items I buy have all increased in price and in recent weeks my shopping is approximately £6-8 more.

At least it is cheaper than other supermarkets!

Eldi_Dos

badmemory said:

My son eats a fair amount of cheese, mostly cheese slices as they are easier.  Now just short of 50p a slice!  I see running out of cheese in our future.  Do not get me started on the price of prune juice.  From under a pound a couple of years ago to just short of £4 now.  Do they think we don't notice that £3.95 may as well be £4.  A bit like we are not expected to realise that petrol at 129.9 a litre is in reality £1.30.  I mean when did you last have 0.1p

Have you thought of getting a cheese plane, before getting one I thought they where just another foodie gadget that would end up at the back of the cupboard but since getting one have been pleasantly surprised how much it is used. Certainly saves on the budget both calories and pence.

joedenise

Eldi_Dos said:

badmemory said:

My son eats a fair amount of cheese, mostly cheese slices as they are easier.  Now just short of 50p a slice!  I see running out of cheese in our future.  Do not get me started on the price of prune juice.  From under a pound a couple of years ago to just short of £4 now.  Do they think we don't notice that £3.95 may as well be £4.  A bit like we are not expected to realise that petrol at 129.9 a litre is in reality £1.30.  I mean when did you last have 0.1p

Have you thought of getting a cheese plane, before getting one I thought they where just another foodie gadget that would end up at the back of the cupboard but since getting one have been pleasantly surprised how much it is used. Certainly saves on the budget both calories and pence.

I use the small grater for my cheese and 30g is plenty for a sandwich.  It would be more than 30g if you slice cheese for a sandwich.

Eldi_Dos

joedenise said:

Eldi_Dos said:

badmemory said:

My son eats a fair amount of cheese, mostly cheese slices as they are easier.  Now just short of 50p a slice!  I see running out of cheese in our future.  Do not get me started on the price of prune juice.  From under a pound a couple of years ago to just short of £4 now.  Do they think we don't notice that £3.95 may as well be £4.  A bit like we are not expected to realise that petrol at 129.9 a litre is in reality £1.30.  I mean when did you last have 0.1p

Have you thought of getting a cheese plane, before getting one I thought they where just another foodie gadget that would end up at the back of the cupboard but since getting one have been pleasantly surprised how much it is used. Certainly saves on the budget both calories and pence.

I use the small grater for my cheese and 30g is plenty for a sandwich.  It would be more than 30g if you slice cheese for a sandwich.

You can slice quite thin slices with a cheese plane and I find it less messy to eat than grated, but either way is good for the budget.

twopenny

Thinking of sandwiches I treat myself to a supermarket sandwich when they are reduced but have noticed, like the ready meals, the fillings are lacking in flavour and substance now on the cheese and egg so it's being cut back on instead of up front raising the price -  so like the cooking, back to making my own.

It's all tricky and very much shopping around. Even Iceland that used to do cheap meals the prices have doubled or tripled.

ExcitableEdgar

Not That I Have Noticed 2bh, But We ALL Shop Different. They Certainly Haven’t & Probably WON’T Come Down !!!

Adesun

Thing is hard for me this days I can't offer myself better food.

purpleivy

Nelliegrace said:

The problem with a 400g block of cheese is that someone cuts great slabs of it for his sandwich or extra snacks. I was buying it most weeks. 
Now he gets his weekly ration of 2oz, just over 50g, less if I have used some in a meal for the two of us, and when it’s gone it is gone. The rest is in portions in the freezer.
Ready-grated cheese might be an easy-to-use alternative to cheese slices? @badmemory.

Would this help with the prunes? With the natural fibre they do reduce the amount you choose to eat. I put some out on the breakfast table in a jam jar rather than the whole packet. 

Research has shown where there is a big pack of stuff, then people will take/use more, whether a food item or something like soap powder. 

MSE_James

I noticed in Sainsbury's last week that several products previously around the 95p or £1 mark are now all £1.10 

pearl123

Retails have warned that prices may increase, due to the national insurance increase. Which means they will increase. 
I always gain the feeling the food prices increase in the New Year. 
It's a worry.