Cost of your weekly shop - Rising? Newbie!

PROLIANT

And also keep an eye out for the river cottage spin off with HFW @ 21:00 on a wednesday.

LilMissEmmylou

DO iiiiit lol its yummy :T I was commenting in the car at the weekend actually how the tesco own yogurts have gone up from 16p a pot to 28p a pot from i was pregnant with DD who is now 17 months - so about 2 yrs ago. Thats what a high % of increase, mental!

nimpoppy wrote: »

admittedly i could bake my own bread.... hmmm...

MYLITTLESISTERLOLA

I'd had to say the OP is right about lettuce, Our local shop is now charging £1.89 I nearly feel over and said 'no thanks' went to LIDL instead it was about 90p, I find LIDL really good for fruit & veg
MLSL
Self Confessed Lettuce Price Watcher !!

I have stocked up on soup, sauces, meat ( in freezer ), breakfast cereals etc when on offer and have vowed to only by bread, milk and a few essentials every week ( no cake, buns, sweets, biscuits etc, I'm losing weight by the day )
The more often you shop the more you spend, I find anyway
I've started to do a weekly planner for dinner and it works a treat ( stops those can't find anything for dinner lets get a takeaway, we've never been so organised and I find our meals are healthier & more enjoyable )
The last two weeks for a family of 2 adults and a 4 year old we've only spent £10/wk
Also started to use a long forgotten slow cooker ( both adults work full time ) some great recipes on the oldsytleboard
Don't get me wrong we're not quite on the bread line yet but a saving is a saving:D MSE style

PROLIANT

The only problem is with consumers driving down prices by demanding cheaper good's is that farmers/producers are suffering to the point where either their business will fail or they resort to cutting corners and doing things the wrong way if you understand my meaning, ergo battery chickens vs organic, but as Hugh Fernley Whittenstall said "YOU CAN GROW STUFF ANYWHERE, EVEN IN YOUR WINDOW BOX", this comes down to attitude to life and if people are not prepared to give it a go and open their eyes and become more self sufficient then I'm afraid we will all become slaves of consumerism.

nimpoppy

That was my point reallya bout the £77 shop. It was more that I used to spend about 45 quid but it has gone up to about £70 for the same basket if you like (or trolley)

nimpoppy

I can only speak from experience about the farmer issue. We have experienced just this as I come from a 5 generation farming family. We have had to move away from cattle and milk production completely and have been forced after 250 years or so of historical farming to having a cross country course and riding stables. It was the only way that we were going to hang onto the farm in any form. The price that we would get on a litre of milk is 17p. The supermarkets take all the profits and the farmer is seeing none.

DaisyFlower

Haha I knew I couldnt possibly be the only one to notice the price of lettuces :rotfl:

We have two giant snails that love lettuce and cucumber so its a staple item for us. Maybe its time to learn how to grow our own.

Prices of various items have creeped up lately, my monthly shop is usually around £180 but it was £205 this month.

olly300

If you live in a flat you can grow cut and come again salad leaves on your window sills. I know because I have done it. Just makes sure you grow more than one variety.

Nomad25

am I the only one who will openly admit to having neither the time or inclination to grow/make stuff, does that mean I shouldn't complain and that I should just suck it up on the price increase front?

nimpoppy

this might sound like a ridiculous excuse for not growing anything on my window sills but I don't have windows in my flat!!!

I have double doors that go to the outside then in the other rooms i have a round peephole type window and a velux!!! ha ha, i just realised that i don't have any windowsills!