Trying really hard to OS but the prices keep going up

cuddlymarm

Hi

I tend to make a list in September and put a few tins and packets away a week up to Christmas ( I make a list and then tick off as I go along) and then just need fresh stuff but I think I'll make a list of useful things to keep (loo rolls, toothpaste etc as well as food) OH went BK 2 weeks ago and I know things are definately get much tighter.

Good luck to everyone :rotfl: :rotfl:

Penelope_Penguin

Hi there :beer: We have an existing thread discussing how to cope with rising prices, so I'll add this thread to that one. Some threads you might find useful include:

Storecupboard essentials

OS bad weather store cupboard

Meal building blocks for the freezer

Cheap recipe threads include:

Cheapest recipes???

Meal for two for 50p. Suggestions?

The Cheapest Healthy Meal Ever!

Feed 6 for £1.62

Cheapest meal

Your Cheapest Evening Meal.

cheap, easy family meals

Show Jamie How To Cook On A Budget Champagne Contest

Meal idea's under £1

Supermarket speciual offers can be found on the Shop Don't Drop board.

Interestingly, this isn't a new problem. This thread goes back nearly 2 years Storecupboard prices gripe.

Penny. x

sb44

I would def say rice is one thing to stock up on because of the price rises.

I used to buy Tesco quick cook rice but the price shot up.

I found that Lidl were selling boxes of rice for 89p a couple or so weeks ago so got some to try. It is far nicer than the Tesco one, didn't stick together as much.

Anyway, went in to get some more the other day and it has gone up to £1.19 which is more than a 33% price increase!

What are the government trying to fob us off with, is it about 3 or 4% increase.

shaz_mum_of__2

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

Hi there :beer: We have an existing thread discussing how to cope with rising prices, so I'll add this thread to that one. Some threads you might find useful include:

Storecupboard essentials

OS bad weather store cupboard

Meal building blocks for the freezer

Cheap recipe threads include:

Cheapest recipes???

Meal for two for 50p. Suggestions?

The Cheapest Healthy Meal Ever!

Feed 6 for £1.62

Cheapest meal

Your Cheapest Evening Meal.

cheap, easy family meals

Show Jamie How To Cook On A Budget Champagne Contest

Meal idea's under £1

Supermarket speciual offers can be found on the Shop Don't Drop board.

Interestingly, this isn't a new problem. This thread goes back nearly 2 years Storecupboard prices gripe.

Penny. x

Penny i just spent ages posting a post (must have been while you merged the thread and now i can't find it ) any ideas??

Not sure i wanted to be merged the idea for the thread was more emergency preparedness than grocery but appreciate you have to try to keep the number of threads down i will probably just start a blog and link to that instead

Thanks

Shaz

mary43

Good idea shaz - storing for emergencies covers all sorts of things,not just food.

ceridwen

Hi Shaz

Blog....my ears pricked up......:j errr.... please.....:T You knows I likes encouraging "interesting others" to start up blogs.....heh!

This is the thing....with blogs there's the advantage of editorial control....say what you please....any nasty comments can get edited out (though - the only comment I've had to edit out so far was a spam one someone put....but all other comments have been useful and/or amusing and/or supportive to date).

So - yep - go for it...watya gotta lose?:D

knittingnelly

A blog would be good There was a sort of emergency preparedness thread wasn't there, but it went off over to discussion time and I didn't follow it much after that, I think it's still going.

Go on, start a blog! Then i can visit and pester like I do to ceridwen :rolleyes:

ceridwen

knittingnelly wrote: »

A blog would be good There was a sort of emergency preparedness thread wasn't there, but it went off over to discussion time and I didn't follow it much after that, I think it's still going.

Go on, start a blog! Then i can visit and pester like I do to ceridwen :rolleyes:

You know you're always welcome our Nelly!:D I'll get the kettle on shall I?;)

moanymoany

sb44 wrote: »

I would def say rice is one thing to stock up on because of the price rises.

I used to buy Tesco quick cook rice but the price shot up.

I found that Lidl were selling boxes of rice for 89p a couple or so weeks ago so got some to try. It is far nicer than the Tesco one, didn't stick together as much.

Anyway, went in to get some more the other day and it has gone up to £1.19 which is more than a 33% price increase!

What are the government trying to fob us off with, is it about 3 or 4% increase.

Sadly sb it isn't all the governments fault, it is the world cost of food and the oil price rises. If only it were as simple as a different vote!

This morning there has been tell of even further fuel price rises. Belts are going to be worn tighter in the future.

ceridwen

I'm sitting here thinking "Thank goodness I "fixed" my gas/electric price rises for the coming year at that horrific 13% a week or so ago". I'd be feeling sick - and frightened - right now if I hadnt. Was it 60%/70% they said earlier this morning on the radio that they thought gas might go up this year (because of that artificial linkage to the price of oil):eek: :eek: My mouth fell open at just how high the figure was anyways! Whew! I have the feeling that unless/until things improve then once my fuel price fix finishes at end of August next year that my gas could end up NEVER being used at all (and its what runs my central heating!:cool: ). So my central heating, sitting room fire and hotwater heating (apart from my electric shower) are gas-powered. I'm just sitting here thinking "Thank goodness the new cooker I had to buy recently is electric". I did think about swopping to a gas cooker instead - but was uncomfortably aware how vulnerable gas prices are - so decided to stick to my cooker being electric....thank goodness.....:rolleyes:

Once September next year comes - then I guess I could end up boiling up kettles for all hotwater uses (except that electric shower) - so I'm using electric as the fuel concerned instead of gas. I can see my gas sitting room fire sitting there surplus to requirements - I wont take it out - as I will be crossing fingers the Government will break that darn price link between gas and oil and I can use it again in the future. The central heating next winter onwards - well I will leave it in place. I assume my radiators will be okay for running off "alternative" energy - once it has been established for sure exactly what your ordinary householder in the street needs to do to their home - AND how it is going to be paid for by those of us on low salaries.

A woodstove isnt possible for many people - even if one doesnt live in a smokeless zone. It cant be operated the way other heating can - ie on and off as and when required, there isnt enough wood around for everyone to have one, many of us have nowhere to store the wood and many of us couldnt physically chop it up anyway.