Price of food. - Page 4

grannyclaret · 21-06-2008, 11:05

I tend to shop around and when things are B.O.G.O.F. i stock UP.I cant believe how the price of everything as gone up... its now £1.29. at Tesco,s for a warbertons loaf.....Shheeese you could get a full weeks shopping for that once..............

grannyclaret · 21-06-2008, 11:08

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Originally Posted by jaysay

Just something that depressed me this morning. There is a report out this morning which says that the average family is now £8 a week worse of because of extra taxation, but we should stop moaning, we've never been so well off, well accroding to a Labour MP that is

Tories are just as bad if not worse....most of them are toffee nosed S***s anyway...............i.m.h.o.

jaysay · 21-06-2008, 11:58

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Originally Posted by grannyclaret

Tories are just as bad if not worse....most of them are toffee nosed S***s anyway...............i.m.h.o.

I'm cut to the quick GC

I'll have you know that my nose is round and red due to Thwaites over the years

WillowTheWhisp · 21-06-2008, 13:10

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Originally Posted by Eric

your prices seem way high.

They are. The basic cost of living here is getting ridiculous.

Benipete · 21-06-2008, 13:49

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

They are. The basic cost of living here is getting ridiculous.

My daughter tells me her shopping bill for the three of them has gone up £25 a week in the last month.

pussycat · 21-06-2008, 14:28

my shoppin bill has double in the last few months, i spend about 100pound every 4days, i have 4 teenaged boys , and they eat me out of house and home, there is 8 in the family , even they have notised food has gone up

Eric · 21-06-2008, 16:38

Buddy of mine just got back from that side of the pond ... it was his first time in England and he loved the country, and found the natives very friendly once they found out he was Canadian and not American ... But he did comment on the high cost of basic living ... And he did not spend all of his time in London. Apart from trips to Scotland and Wales and Liverpool (he's a big Beatles fan) he spent quite a bit of time with some friends of his who ended up in Mansfield. I suppose that prices in Mansfield would be pretty well representative of what is the norm.

panther · 21-06-2008, 17:15

Just nipped to morrisons.....wish i never bothered!, half the stuff in there is dearer than Asda

.....The only thing i found good was Weetos at half price..

flashy · 21-06-2008, 18:08

i agree with you on that one panther, they are a bit more expensive but the thing with morrisons is they have a lot of bogof offers on all the time

panther · 21-06-2008, 18:23

yeh but not the things im after

Eric · 26-06-2008, 18:10

I was just talking to a friend of mine about the increased cost of food .... much of our food is hauled long distances, and with the increased price of diesel fuel, food prices are going up. I thought I would throw out a few prices from a flyer I received from a local store to see how they compare with what you are paying. Produce Town is a middle of the road place; prices at Loblaws would be a little higher, and at Food Basics, a little lower.

All prices are in Canadian dollars; so, to compare, you will have to convert.
1 pint of strawberries, $1.99. Local romaine lettuce, 79 cents. English cucumbers, 79 cents, Ontario strawberries, $3.75 a quart. Seedless green grapes, 99 cents. Green peppers, 99 cents a pound. Peaches, 49 cents a pound. Pineapples, $1.99 each. Mangoes, 2 for 99 cents. Value pack of meat: 5 lbs lean ground beef, 5 lbs boneless chicken breasts, 5 lbs boneless pork loin chops, 5 lbs top sirloin steak, for $79.00.

Damn ... this is making me hungry ... time for a snack

panther · 26-06-2008, 18:15

40p for a cucumber , also lettuce over there!, its 70p over here!!

tosh · 26-06-2008, 19:53

i would say mine about £70 to £80 and that's with going aldi for my fruit and feg. i shop round now ware i did not bother be for.

Mancie · 26-06-2008, 20:11

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Originally Posted by grannyclaret

I tend to shop around and when things are B.O.G.O.F. i stock UP.I cant believe how the price of everything as gone up... its now £1.29. at Tesco,s for a warbertons loaf.....Shheeese you could get a full weeks shopping for that once..............

You may be correct Granny.. I reckon that must be around the time Oliver Cromwell was running the Country! just out of interest ..what did you think of Cromwell at the time?

Eric · 26-06-2008, 21:58

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Originally Posted by grannyclaret

I tend to shop around and when things are B.O.G.O.F. i stock UP.I cant believe how the price of everything as gone up... its now £1.29. at Tesco,s for a warbertons loaf.....Shheeese you could get a full weeks shopping for that once..............

Whole wheat or white bread: 3 loaves for $3.29.

Didn't do much grocery shopping back in the day; but I remember when fish and chips were 1/6d ...