Prices On The Rise

grumpyoldwoman

Been to Sainsbury's this morning and a 200g jar of Kenco coffee has gone up from £7 to £7.75!

NewPieman

Noticed a 4 pack of 568ml Stella Artois cans in Sainsbury's Local has gone up to £6.75 now (was £6.50 since Summer 2024 and £6.00 before then)

YorksLass

grumpyoldwoman said:

Been to Sainsbury's this morning and a 200g jar of Kenco coffee has gone up from £7 to £7.75!

The 100g jar has gone up from £3.50 to £3.95.  I buy the smaller jar mainly for visitors but do have one cup a day myself and, wouldn't you know it, I'll soon need a new one.  

prowla

badmemory said:

Tesco - venison - both the grillsteaks & meatballs up from £3 to £3.50, which is16.67%, yet the end of the year they could do them on clubcard for £2.50 so really 40%.  Lots of things seem to have gone up by 25p too.  I must admit that I don't pay as much attention to the prices of the fresh fruit & veg & I very rarely buy bread products.

That is deer.

molerat

https://www.cityam.com/food-inflation-to-hit-4-2-per-cent-in-2025-as-cost-pressures-loom-brc-warns/

Shop prices will likely start rising again this year as firms attempt to deal with the extra costs coming down the track as a result of the government’s Budget.     According to projections from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and industry executives, food prices will rise by an average of 4.2 per cent in the second half of 2025.    Non-food prices will also start to rise again, the business group said, having been in deflation since April.

Looks like things won't be slowing down any time soon.

sarah1972

prowla said:

badmemory said:

Tesco - venison - both the grillsteaks & meatballs up from £3 to £3.50, which is16.67%, yet the end of the year they could do them on clubcard for £2.50 so really 40%.  Lots of things seem to have gone up by 25p too.  I must admit that I don't pay as much attention to the prices of the fresh fruit & veg & I very rarely buy bread products.

That is deer.

🤣🤣🤣🤣 brilliant!

badmemory

prowla said:

badmemory said:

Tesco - venison - both the grillsteaks & meatballs up from £3 to £3.50, which is16.67%, yet the end of the year they could do them on clubcard for £2.50 so really 40%.  Lots of things seem to have gone up by 25p too.  I must admit that I don't pay as much attention to the prices of the fresh fruit & veg & I very rarely buy bread products.

That is deer.

Yes it is in both spellings - thank you I needed a chuckle.

What always concerns me is that in doing these CC prices etc are they making the "farmers" accept less payment, which would not surprise me.  But eventually they will just shrug their collective shoulders & say I'm done take my land for solar.  Then even more will need importing & will obviously cost even more.

twopenny

Yup, good for my health perhaps.

I shop mostly at Tescos and the prices have risen steeply, quality down on the ready meals, compared to other supermarkets. Also short on offers at the mo.

They have no loose veg here. Everything is in plastic boxes, wrapped in more plastic (so much for getting rid of carrier bags) - so for one I found myself first time ever, veg going off because I can't use it quickly enough.

However another store still sells loose veg, also more British and Italian veg at  a resonable price

I've found the meat to be very expensive and again, you have to buy the quantity they offer.

So I've started some shopping in local butchers where the price is the same or less and the quality excellent.

Ditto we have small cafe in a nearby village that sells different cheeses in a quantity you ask for. That's a revelation.

It's worth looking around. Supermarkets are no longer the cheapest - but for some a 5min walk to buy local and cheaper is too much. I've tried suggesting - free range eggs half the price of the supermarket and come from just up the road.

molerat

Not directly food related but on TV a pub landlord was saying that to stand still he would need to add 30-40p on a pint from April.

Dizzycap

molerat said:

Not directly food related but on TV a pub landlord was saying that to stand still he would need to add 30-40p on a pint from April.

There's now even more added pressure for pub landlords as Weatherspoons, as of the 2nd January, began selling 99p pints.

Sainsburys admit that their prices have increased, especially on fresh produce, brought about by Reeves disasterous Autumn Budget - Say no more!

It's now cheaper for me to buy meat from my local butcher which is far better quality and much fresher than the aweful often fatty & smelly vacum packed supermarket meat It's even cheaper if I bulk buy and fill the freezer, so that's what I'll be doing this year.