Current Affairs Cost of living…
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Our energy bill is on course to hit the £500 mark this month, despite us cutting back on the use of it. Using last years projections we should be at around £800. When we first moved in to our house 2 years ago it was between £180 and £220 a month.
Will go up again in April. Need to invest in some new coats.
Will go up again in April. Need to invest in some new coats.
Diesel costs. What I spend in a week now would probably be a month two years ago.
Food costs for sure. But pet food too. I buy 15kg bags of kibble and they've gone up £10-20 depending on brand.
Food costs for sure. But pet food too. I buy 15kg bags of kibble and they've gone up £10-20 depending on brand.
peteblue
Welcome back Wayne
Someone mentioned that people have set up Pet Food Banks…no idea if true…..
The sunlit uplands are quite cold, it turns out.
peteblue
Welcome back Wayne
Glad you are enjoying the ride…..
I wouldn't be surprised. Noticed the rescue I got my dog from are posting that they're taking back dogs due to folk being unable to afford them now. And being devastated about it.
I have a master plan to beat the crisis …
Become a tory
Become an mp
Bully someone
Get nominated for the house of lords
Turn up every day at the lords, eat my subsidised 5 star food, drink copious amounts of subsidised brandy
Pick up my £300 quid a day turning up fee
Simple
Become a tory
Become an mp
Bully someone
Get nominated for the house of lords
Turn up every day at the lords, eat my subsidised 5 star food, drink copious amounts of subsidised brandy
Pick up my £300 quid a day turning up fee
Simple
Restaurant prices seem to be through the roof.
Can't be far off 30%+ price rises around mine.
Quick example. Went for an Indian the other night. Nothing major, 2 adult mains and 1 child, poppadoms, 1 rice and a chapati couple of drinks each. Coffee at the end. Ice cream for the little one.
£110. Last year we were getting that for around £60
Went to tgi Fridays just 2 of us. £58 for 2 mains a couple of soft drinks and a starter that we shared as a side dish.
Ridiculous pricing.
If that continues I can see many places going to the wall. You will get to a point where its just not feasible for the average wage family to go and eat out. On top of everything else.
Can't be far off 30%+ price rises around mine.
Quick example. Went for an Indian the other night. Nothing major, 2 adult mains and 1 child, poppadoms, 1 rice and a chapati couple of drinks each. Coffee at the end. Ice cream for the little one.
£110. Last year we were getting that for around £60
Went to tgi Fridays just 2 of us. £58 for 2 mains a couple of soft drinks and a starter that we shared as a side dish.
Ridiculous pricing.
If that continues I can see many places going to the wall. You will get to a point where its just not feasible for the average wage family to go and eat out. On top of everything else.
peteblue
Welcome back Wayne
I wouldn’t get out of bed for a measly £300 quid…that’s barely an hours work ….
Who mentioned any work ?
Ah, yeah, a pint of beer for sure.
Place I often catch up with my oldest buddies was £3-3.50 a pint last Christmas. Up to £4.50 last month. That's a relatively cheap small town traditional pub. Daresay its much higher elsewhere.
But yeah, I've noticed a combination of prices going up, menu changes or portions getting smaller in the cafés I eat in regularly.
peteblue
Welcome back Wayne
There’s a lot of profiteering going on. Most of the stuff going up in Tesco etc is just that. Restaurants are unfortunately at the end of the price/cost chain and have little influence on costs and therefore prices, it’s a perfect storm for the hospitality trade.
I was reading about egg production and higher prices. While feed and energy costs have gone up, the Tesco’s are trying to blame bird flue for the increase. Yet the real issue is that the additional prices are not being passed down the line to egg producers, who then discontinue production, creating shortages which are now being filled from Italy etc with higher prices again. Tesco’s are doing OK but U.K. suppliers are being driven to the wall……
summerisle
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People afraid of being sick. What a country.
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That's fairly typical practice for Tesco tbf. They've been running a fine line between running suppliers out of business or not for a long time.
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