Trying really hard to OS but the prices keep going up

roseydosey

Meal planning sounds like a good idea, however, I would still need to shop regularly for milk/bread etc.....and by the sound of things it would be best to shop local.
Melie3 I know what you mean about selling the car...I'm thinking about this too as its getting to expensive to run. Sadly, my kids will miss it too..

mary43

This petrol increase lark is getting ridiculous.............surely the government should step in a reduce the amount of tax they take.
I don't drive but OH needs his car to get to work as there's no bus route and both our families live a distance away...........would take an all day journey to visit them.
We grow our own veg as it is, well as much as possible, and I think more people may start doing the same at this rate.
But meal planning is going to be pretty important............it's all driving me a bit nuts !

Scarlett25

This is a sign of the times - 30% more people are using money-off vouchers and coupons in supermarkets, shops, cafes and petrol stations in a bid to beat the credit crunch. With rises in food prices and the cost of living, 1 in 3 people are actively looking out for discount vouchers.

I've always looked out for coupons in magazines, newspapers etc so it's good people are starting to use them more!

tim_n

Where still accepts random coupons? I remember asda used to take any old coupon at the check out as long as it was in date regardless whether you bought the product or not. Does that still go on?

melie3

roseydosey wrote: »

Meal planning sounds like a good idea, however, I would still need to shop regularly for milk/bread etc.....and by the sound of things it would be best to shop local.
Melie3 I know what you mean about selling the car...I'm thinking about this too as its getting to expensive to run. Sadly, my kids will miss it too..

its just been one of the worst 2 months so far for us moneywise( DH off ill for 2 months and no pay only SSP) im not a political person, and dont really have much clue about these price hikes, but why has fuel gone up? i understand that food goes up because it costs more to then transport the stuff, and why do banks increase their interest rates, when BoE have held them? surely this is adding to inflation? i am aware that interest rates have to rise to lower inflation, but it may cause us to go into resession.... sorry if ive gone off topic... im all for meal planning, but im finding it harder and harder to keep the cost down.

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quickly learn to adapt. I have the t shirt and so have other members of the forum from the 70s and 80s, when the recession was much much worse. We survived and so can you

Work out what cannot be reduced perhaps petrol for getting to work if cycle/bus is out of the question. Make allowances

Then step down a grade at home ie work out where you can make savings eg
meat meals

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> bean meals with a little bit of meat/thick soups
tumbler drier

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> line or airer dry
using 3 hob rings for dinner

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> all on 1 hob ie stew/or steamer
lots of spend on card

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> cash out and split into envelopes

basically our meals were much much simpler. No fancy stuff using a pinch or tsp of an expensive ingredient

There are lots of other ways and basically it is a question of simplifying our lives.

mary43

Bad time for us as OH is not working at the moment.........the whole economy thing baffles me but as far as I can tell oil prices have gone up, therefore petrol/diesel, so deliveries go up..........someone may well not the ins and outs of it far better than me. All I know is that with food prices soaring along with petrol gas and electric I'm wondering how we're going to cope this winter if it carries on and I'm sure I''m not the only one who is concerned about it.
Then there's council tax !! For the love of me I can't see what extra things we've got for the extra amount we pay.
It all gets beyond me I'm afraid.
I'm trying to work my fuel bills out and finding that such a minefield..........do I stay as I am ? Do I go for capping ?
Mind boggles it really does

sb44

kittie wrote: »

quickly learn to adapt. I have the t shirt and so have other members of the forum from the 70s and 80s, when the recession was much much worse. We survived and so can you

Work out what cannot be reduced perhaps petrol for getting to work if cycle/bus is out of the question. Make allowances

Then step down a grade at home ie work out where you can make savings eg
meat meals

---

> bean meals with a little bit of meat/thick soups
tumbler drier

---

> line or airer dry
using 3 hob rings for dinner

---

> all on 1 hob ie stew/or steamer
lots of spend on card

---

> cash out and split into envelopes

basically our meals were much much simpler. No fancy stuff using a pinch or tsp of an expensive ingredient

There are lots of other ways and basically it is a question of simplifying our lives.

All I remember from the 70's were the power cuts as I was only a teenager so don't know how my parents coped with food bills etc.

calleyw

tim_n wrote: »

Where still accepts random coupons? I remember asda used to take any old coupon at the check out as long as it was in date regardless whether you bought the product or not. Does that still go on?

yes Asda, Tescos and waitrose do and you don't have to buy the product.

I believe they will accept up to10% off some stores accept more others will not even accept the 10 % off as it is down to managers.

I don't bother as neither my local tescos or asda take them without buying the product :mad:


Yours


Calley

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the envelope way, sb44. Paying cash for groceries etc and no spending at all on things we didn`t need in order to live