Apparently the main problem is that previously cheap food items are rising in price disproportionately to inflation, so the way inflation is being measured isn’t giving the full picture of the strain on the economy.
The pandemic seems to be running out of steam though, so hopefully everybody’s economies start to pick up again soon.
64% of British adults are overweight. Less food would be healthy for them.
Well well well if isn’t the consequences of my own actions…
My energy has gone up, but I haven’t noticed any real food price increases. Just checked Tesco and it’s still 29p for 500g pasta, and £1.20 for 1kg of rice so I don’t know where she’s shopping.
Time for some thermal insulation.
A swedish redittor who bought a house in England, once commented in a thread that his was the only house in the neighbourhood where the snow stayed on the roof, after he installed insulation in his new home according to swedish regulations.
For our non UK friends reading this article I just want to point one thing out…
>The cheapest pasta at her local supermarket a year ago cost £0.29 for 500g while today it is £0.70 – a hike of 141 per cent.
This is laughable bollocks.
Quick check online shows you can buy cheap pasta for 20p for 500g.
The real story is we’re facing very real increases in fuel costs. Second hand cars have also gone through the roof. House prices are rising and show no signs of slowing. Our supermarket shopping has not noticeably moved.
My energy prices went up 400 a year, but my wages went up 8k…. winning
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Apparently the main problem is that previously cheap food items are rising in price disproportionately to inflation, so the way inflation is being measured isn’t giving the full picture of the strain on the economy.
The pandemic seems to be running out of steam though, so hopefully everybody’s economies start to pick up again soon.
64% of British adults are overweight. Less food would be healthy for them.
Well well well if isn’t the consequences of my own actions…
My energy has gone up, but I haven’t noticed any real food price increases. Just checked Tesco and it’s still 29p for 500g pasta, and £1.20 for 1kg of rice so I don’t know where she’s shopping.
Time for some thermal insulation.
A swedish redittor who bought a house in England, once commented in a thread that his was the only house in the neighbourhood where the snow stayed on the roof, after he installed insulation in his new home according to swedish regulations.
For our non UK friends reading this article I just want to point one thing out…
>The cheapest pasta at her local supermarket a year ago cost £0.29 for 500g while today it is £0.70 – a hike of 141 per cent.
This is laughable bollocks.
Quick check online shows you can buy cheap pasta for 20p for 500g.
https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/297844134
The real story is we’re facing very real increases in fuel costs. Second hand cars have also gone through the roof. House prices are rising and show no signs of slowing. Our supermarket shopping has not noticeably moved.
My energy prices went up 400 a year, but my wages went up 8k…. winning