Cost of your weekly shop - Rising? Newbie!

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margaretclare wrote: »

The supermarkets have to be blamed for a lot of this, and they are just in competition with each other to cut prices at every turn. Today we received a free leaflet from Somerfield saying half-price this, that and the other. Asda (Wal-mart) is one of the worst for screwing down prices, and people have come to expect food to be cheaper and cheaper.

Well said. My employers, Waitrose, get a lot of flak for being "expensive", but we're only expensive compared to places that sell food below cost in order to rope people in to buying other, more expensive goods - all we do is sell things at the price they're worth.

DUKE

I was devastated when I went to Lidl yesterday - chicken had gone up from £1.99 to £2.50, best minced beef (it's cheaper than the other MB) from £1.49 - £1.89. I got a few bits and pieces and decided that I couldn't afford to be there any longer :eek:

I don't believe there's any such thing as a healthy diet as a little bit of everything .....

Looks like I may have to start buying those micro meals or whatever They got some great deals on at B&M Stores 49p and it's all supposed to be natural ....

ryandj

nimpoppy wrote: »

iceberg lettuce. Where it used to be about 62p for this lettuce, you are now looking at paying 1.25.

I was in the market today, icebergs at 69 p, and all the other veg far cheaper than the supermarket.

I seem to remember iceberg lettuces costing 99p at some times of year before, even as much as 10 years ago when I used to work in a restaurant and do the shopping for it, so they are subject to seasonal / demand type price fluctuations I think, and depends on the farmers yield as well.

BenL

nimpoppy

I couldn't reseist but to let you know that Icebergs are 50p at the moment in Tesco.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=949843

Hope this doesn't screw up your figures too much. I am looking forward to this weeks Iceberg price update! Can we have a graph as well

CopperPlate_2

Good thread, thanks nimpoppy.

I've noticed a big hike in the cost of our food each week. It has just meant that we've begun to source it from different places - local butcher, discount supermarket, ASDA, small shop, wholesaler, etc. The majority are within walking distance, others we need to travel, but we try and plan the journey there to coincide with other travel so we're not overly using the car.

The example nimpoppy gave about milk is so true. We try to buy OMSCO labelled milk wherever we can. It apparently guarantees the farmers a higher price than normal for the milk. At the end of the day we need milk, so if I can buy something (albeit slightly more expensive for me) that will give the farmers a better deal, then I feel I should. A few pence saved by me is all well and good, but I think about the suppliers and farmers who are squeezed by the multiples and to feel guilty (yes, I know over a couple of pints of milk is pathetic).

The BOGOF offers that the stores promote are great - the only downside is that, invariably, it's the supplier who has been forced into providing the discount to the retailer in order that the retailer can then sell it for BOGOF/MULTIBUY, etc. The retailer isn't generally taking the hit on this...but if the suppliers don't play the game... Sorry, I've gone off-topic.

Yes, lettuce is very expensive. And that's us in June already! Supposed to be 'in season'!?

olly300

CopperPlate wrote: »

The BOGOF offers that the stores promote are great - the only downside is that, invariably, it's the supplier who has been forced into providing the discount to the retailer in order that the retailer can then sell it for BOGOF/MULTIBUY, etc. The retailer isn't generally taking the hit on this...but if the suppliers don't play the game... Sorry, I've gone off-topic.

I've noticed with those deals that while one supermarket i.e. Sainsbury's will do the offer on BOGOF another i.e. Asda will just have the item on the reduced price so you only have to buy one of them.

CopperPlate_2

Yes, that's often true. But, the reduce price has already been factored into the price the supplier has been paid. So, although the supermarket is offering the goods at a reduction, the effective cost is more often than not borne by the supplier.