What Is It With The 20% Increases On Food?

[Zinger549]

12 hours ago, Anna B said:

Thanks for that. I'm asking for an elderly friend actually. 

That's in East London. I assume the prices will be similar across England.  He leaves the milk on the doorstep in a cool bag so doesn't actually knock on the door.

Edited June 13, 2022 by Zinger549

[iansheff]

I wonder if the supermarkets will produce record profits next year, because some one is certainly making a fortune out of all these price increases. Prices don't seem to go up by 2 or 3 percent but seems to be 10% at a time if not more. I saw today packs of Anchor butter up to £4.50 for 500g, single fresh baguettes have gone up 10%, only a few weeks since they put them up 25%.

[Dromedary]

20 minutes ago, iansheff said:

I wonder if the supermarkets will produce record profits next year, because some one is certainly making a fortune out of all these price increases. Prices don't seem to go up by 2 or 3 percent but seems to be 10% at a time if not more. I saw today packs of Anchor butter up to £4.50 for 500g, single fresh baguettes have gone up 10%, only a few weeks since they put them up 25%.

You bet your life they will, another reason to have a windfall tax next year on Supermarket profits as well.

 

[Anna B]

Can of rice pudding (own brand) 20p in Aldi at the moment. A good staple to have in your store cupboard.

 

Still no frozen lasagne, which is one of the best I've had, and was only 75p last time. No doubt that will have gone up enormously if they ever get it back. Also fresh baby tomatoes still 49p a pack which is the cheapest I've seen.

Edited June 15, 2022 by Anna B

[Guest sibon]

1 minute ago, Anna B said:

 

 

Still no frozen lasagne, which is one of the best I've had, and was only 75p last time. No doubt that will have gone up enormously if they ever get it back.

I don’t think that horse meat is in season until the autumn.

[carosio]

Bottle of Oasis soft drink Iceland £1.35, Home Bargains 59p

Carton of skimmed milk Aldi. Lidl 65p, Morrisons still 59p, some of their "basics" canned stuff cheaper too.

[Dromedary]

2 hours ago, carosio said:

Bottle of Oasis soft drink Iceland £1.35, Home Bargains 59p

Carton of skimmed milk Aldi. Lidl 65p, Morrisons still 59p, some of their "basics" canned stuff cheaper too.

Iceland is another expensive food store that's why they can now offer a 10% discount to those over 65. 

[ECCOnoob]

3 hours ago, Dromedary said:

Iceland is another expensive food store that's why they can now offer a 10% discount to those over 65. 

I don't believe it's that simple. They are taking a hit on the over 65 discount because it's a good marketing gimmick. Just the same as many other retailers are pushing hard on the "blue light discounts" or "loyalty cards vouchers" etc. It's all costs out of a marketing budget as a PR tool.

 

There are far wider reasons why stores like Iceland or more expensive generally.   Firstly, a big contributor to the price on the shelf is the buying power of the company. Iceland is certainly nowhere near as big in number of stores or scale compared to the big four like Asda, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Morrisons and that means it will not have the ability to drive down the wholesale price or hardball suppliers compared to its rivals.

 

Also, it's store format is very different so it will have less ability for storage and distribution compared to the massive warehouses that other supermarkets have.

 

Let's also not forget, that when Iceland was formed many years ago, it had an entirely different business model. It was supposed to be a specialist frozen food centre which, like Bejam, for many years were operating alongside supermarkets who had a bigger focus on general groceries and dry goods. As time has moved on, the supermarkets have expanded their frozen range to not only rival places like Iceland, but complete you overtake it. Iceland itself has suddenly had to diversify and start catching up in a difficult market.

 

Finally, there is a locations, unlike many of its supermarket rivals who focus on big huge out of town warehouses with lots of parking, many Iceland locations are within Suburbs or town centres or malls. Less space, Less parking and often higher rent.

 

Its pretty much the same reason why the big brand supermarkets who also have small subsidary stores in town centre locations often have different prices to those prices in the superstore out of town.

 

It's not always so black and white.

[trastrick]

Maybe a little off topic but a serious question.

 

After chasing a cockroach around my room this morning, I had a flashback to Heeley, circa 1946.

 

Did anyone ever hear of cockroaches and locusts being sold in the U.K., like figs and dates, during the war?

 

Folks used to call them that when I was a kid.

 

And apparently they are eaten around the world, still.

Edited June 17, 2022 by trastrick

[Anna B]

1 hour ago, trastrick said:

Maybe a little off topic but a serious question.

 

After chasing a cockroach around my room this morning, I had a flashback to Heeley, circa 1946.

 

Did anyone ever hear of cockroaches and locusts being sold in the U.K., like figs and dates, during the war?

 

Folks used to call them that when I was a kid.

 

And apparently they are eaten around the world, still.

Yes, insects are eaten all over the world as a generous source of protein, especially locusts. 

 

We will be eating them here soon. Have you not noticed how we are being softened up to accept the idea? Often mentioned in cookery and food programmes.

Edited June 17, 2022 by Anna B