It’s anecdotal but one thing I noticed, a bag of own brand Aldi crisps used to be 95p about five months ago. Same product is now £1.25.
I struggle to believe the production cost increase justifies charging 31% more.
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It’s anecdotal but one thing I noticed, a bag of own brand Aldi crisps used to be 95p about five months ago. Same product is now £1.25.
I struggle to believe the production cost increase justifies charging 31% more.
I've been a yellow label hunter for a while now. Always go to M & S to pick up a few treats and look around for any good deals that can be put in the freezer.
Over the last few visits I've got pork belly strips reduced from £4.50 to £1.50, Sausages reduced from £3.50 to 79p, Gammon steaks from £4.50 to £2 so its definetly worthwhile to do and its good quality food. Just means planning meals a bit better so you know when to defrost them.
Definetly helps with the budgetting while also feeling like you are treating yourself to decent grub.
Also checked my internet bill and it jumped up £8 a month. Funnily enough i was going to upgrade to 900mb as me and the wife both work from home and the price for that upgrade has stayed the same so will now only cost me £1 extra per month.
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A new bakery/coffee shop has just opened in Oxton. Charging 8 quid for a fancy dan loaf, 3 quid for a croissant, a fool and his money....
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Probably not the place but a few really easy Martin Lewis money supermarket bonuses for switching accounts , £200 a time . Pretty easy to rack up £400 plus in a matter of minutes really . Free dough at a time when it’s needed , if you can have £1200 to stick in there .
Given the rising price of food I’ve gone all in on my allotment this year.
Going for chillies, tomatoes, cucumbers, fennel in the greenhouse and spuds, courgettes, garlic, leeks, onions and chard in the raised beds.
Also gonna plant radish, beetroot and lettuce plus mobs of herbs. I reckon it should save a fair amount if if all grows.
Going for chillies, tomatoes, cucumbers, fennel in the greenhouse and spuds, courgettes, garlic, leeks, onions and chard in the raised beds.
Also gonna plant radish, beetroot and lettuce plus mobs of herbs. I reckon it should save a fair amount if if all grows.
The mrs and I a couple of months ago decided to set ourselves a weekly budget of £200 , that is to do our food shop and other expenses like fuel or a night out, it doesn’t cover household bills which we account for separate. What we have found though is that since we know we have a budget we tend to spend less and at the end of the week we are usually left with a bit of money we haven’t spent. If we have £50 left we simply only draw £150 out of the bank for the beginning of the new week and we have our £200 budget once more. By not using our cards to pay for stuff we are saving ourselves a bit of money too. Might not work for everyone and everyone’s budget needs are different but it seems to be working for us.
Must add that every other week I work away for a minimum of 4 days where all my meals are paid for so that saves a bit at home too.
Must add that every other week I work away for a minimum of 4 days where all my meals are paid for so that saves a bit at home too.
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Same here, £8 per month more from April (BT), now £39 p.m. Makes me fume when I see their advert on TV for £26 p.m. for
’new customers only’
This sounds class, I am very envious.
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£3.40 a pint of lager in my local. Thursdays are £2.50 a pint all day … admittedly this is due to the pub struggling for custom during the week. Have no idea how pubs are surviving these days.
Production costs may well have risen, but so will cost of raw materials, cost to transport the raw materials, energy costs for manufacturer, costs for the transport to the warehouse, warehousing costs, transport costs from warehouse to DC, DC storage costs, transport from DC to stores, stores energy costs, increased interest costs for all of those providers etc etc etc.
I'm not saying every cent increase is justified, but with that many links in the chain from a potato in the ground to a packet of crisps in your hand, there is a lot more than just production costs which impact the cost of goods. And while the supermarkets don't seem to be doing it very tough, many of the other links will be on very tight margins, so can't absorb any further costs.
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