Not the fault of the shoppers at all. It is Inevitable after the central bank printed +40% increase in the number of pounds.
Once we did online shopping there was no going back. It got a bit difficult early in covid but the convenience is too much.
None of that seems like a ‘massive shift’, more a gradual change, apart from a fairly big jump in sales at Aldi and Lidl.
More people are using loyalty cards because its becoming increasingly difficult to shop without one without getting ripped off.
*”According to the data, which was compiled for the BBC, the average household made 18 trips to a grocer a month before Covid, but now it is down to around 16 times a month.”*
How on earth is the average household going to the shops 16-18 times per month? That’s getting in for double what I would have estimated. I mean, I’m sure some people will be picking up a meal deal every day, but surely that’s not enough people to skew the data that much?
They could fix this problem tommorow but they have no intention of doing so UNTIL election time perhaps.
>”While we are seeing a return to bigger, more infrequent shops in store, we’ve seen shoppers invest more in their weekly shop, particularly at month-end,” he tells the BBC.
That’s a bit disingenuous reporting. Do people buy more or simply the supermarkets hiked the prices, so people are now getting less despite paying more?
Consumer react to market conditions
This is actually good news, I’d have assumed Brits would be so stuck with inertia that’d just plod along
When I used to go to the supermarket, I was mostly after the essentials, cat food, bread, milk, eggs and bread etc. I’d often come back with treats and stupid spontaneous purchases. I stopped shopping hungry and stuck to a list, but it was still time-consuming, and there was still the additional fuel cost. When I trailed them, supermarket deliveries were often unreliable with unacceptable substitutions. My cat food is now on subscription, and the milkman delivers the essentials. I now get my fresh veg at the local market and my meat from the butcher. It’s working out a cheaper way to shop, with an increase in quality. I don’t use fuel, as I walk to the market. Walking limits the amount you can carry. I know it’s not for everyone, but it’s worked out really well for me. Giving up the supermarket was a great decision. Lastly, I stick to a planned menu. There’s no ‘what shall we have tonight’ or last minute Uber Eats. One certain way to save money is foward planning and self-control.
My biggest change has been binning anything Heinz. £4.50 for fucking ketchup? You must be absolutely insane.
Prices of eggs gone sky high were I am, so I bought ex battery hens for 50p a hen…. Free eggs everyday
The thing that gets me is the price of what I would consider “poor people’s food” which I am quite nostalgic for due to having to have it as a kid. Cans of ravioli and tinned mac and cheese should not cost over £2.
*laughs in Aldi*
During a crisis, there’s really no need to keep shopping at places like M&S and Waitrose. Even Sainsbury’s and Tesco have started milking their customers.
No source link for the Kantar data in their article. Already suspicious. Now I have to go find it myself if I cared enough.
NO idea how they measured how often people went to the shop per month. Which is why I wanted to know.
I often go towards the end of day a few times a week,to see if I can get some bargains,
I never pay full price for meat.
I then freeze it ,if it’s a successful mission.
I’m fortunate/unfortunate that I work for a supermarket
I’ve not done a weekly shop for weeks, possibly months now. I’ve been picking up reductions as I leave and making meals out of those and freezing anything extra I can pick up on the off chance there are no reductions about.
It’s reduced waste and has brought my costs to roughly what they were back in 2019.
When heinz tried to charge £4.50 for a bottle of ketchup they forever lost me as a customer. Hope it was worth it for them in the long run…
Been lidl and aldi regularly for .maybe 10 years now. The other stores are my secondary shop. The big four are too expensive and I never cared about brand names.
Reading this thread as I’m getting hungry. I think its not just the prices. I experienced the following this year:
* shrinkflation – heinz, cadbury’s, walker’s im looking at you guys!
* reformulated recipes – cheaper ingredients, watered down products, more chemicals and additives used e.g. artificial sweeteners
* empty shelves (some know some reasons why but i wont say)
* Stupid labelling – new and improved recipe (yeah you mean you’ve just substituted cheese, meat, flour for worst quality products)
* oh yeah and dont get me on fruit & veg…. Most local markets have shut down, supermarkets got rid of their best before etc so they end up selling us out of date fruit/veg that goes rotten as soon as you take it out of the shelf. I think i need to grow my own, if i could afford a house, garden and rent for an allotment maybe!!
i cant be the only one that read that as ‘massive shit’
LAtest special offer hike, Innocent OJ was on offer £2.50 now increased to £3.00. In between priced at £4.10 (for 1.35L)
I eat practically no meat now. So that’s good for me, the animals and the environment. My diet has massively changed. I eat mostly mushy peas and lentils with pitta bread. I’m way more conscious of prices now. Oddly though, I’ve noticed that the prices between Waitrose where I used to shop and Aldi, where I shop now have significantly shrunken. Surely this is because of supply? I’m not sure.
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Not the fault of the shoppers at all. It is Inevitable after the central bank printed +40% increase in the number of pounds.
Once we did online shopping there was no going back. It got a bit difficult early in covid but the convenience is too much.
None of that seems like a ‘massive shift’, more a gradual change, apart from a fairly big jump in sales at Aldi and Lidl.
More people are using loyalty cards because its becoming increasingly difficult to shop without one without getting ripped off.
*”According to the data, which was compiled for the BBC, the average household made 18 trips to a grocer a month before Covid, but now it is down to around 16 times a month.”*
How on earth is the average household going to the shops 16-18 times per month? That’s getting in for double what I would have estimated. I mean, I’m sure some people will be picking up a meal deal every day, but surely that’s not enough people to skew the data that much?
They could fix this problem tommorow but they have no intention of doing so UNTIL election time perhaps.
>”While we are seeing a return to bigger, more infrequent shops in store, we’ve seen shoppers invest more in their weekly shop, particularly at month-end,” he tells the BBC.
That’s a bit disingenuous reporting. Do people buy more or simply the supermarkets hiked the prices, so people are now getting less despite paying more?
Consumer react to market conditions
This is actually good news, I’d have assumed Brits would be so stuck with inertia that’d just plod along
When I used to go to the supermarket, I was mostly after the essentials, cat food, bread, milk, eggs and bread etc. I’d often come back with treats and stupid spontaneous purchases. I stopped shopping hungry and stuck to a list, but it was still time-consuming, and there was still the additional fuel cost. When I trailed them, supermarket deliveries were often unreliable with unacceptable substitutions. My cat food is now on subscription, and the milkman delivers the essentials. I now get my fresh veg at the local market and my meat from the butcher. It’s working out a cheaper way to shop, with an increase in quality. I don’t use fuel, as I walk to the market. Walking limits the amount you can carry. I know it’s not for everyone, but it’s worked out really well for me. Giving up the supermarket was a great decision. Lastly, I stick to a planned menu. There’s no ‘what shall we have tonight’ or last minute Uber Eats. One certain way to save money is foward planning and self-control.
My biggest change has been binning anything Heinz. £4.50 for fucking ketchup? You must be absolutely insane.
Prices of eggs gone sky high were I am, so I bought ex battery hens for 50p a hen…. Free eggs everyday
The thing that gets me is the price of what I would consider “poor people’s food” which I am quite nostalgic for due to having to have it as a kid. Cans of ravioli and tinned mac and cheese should not cost over £2.
*laughs in Aldi*
During a crisis, there’s really no need to keep shopping at places like M&S and Waitrose. Even Sainsbury’s and Tesco have started milking their customers.
No source link for the Kantar data in their article. Already suspicious. Now I have to go find it myself if I cared enough.
NO idea how they measured how often people went to the shop per month. Which is why I wanted to know.
I often go towards the end of day a few times a week,to see if I can get some bargains,
I never pay full price for meat.
I then freeze it ,if it’s a successful mission.
I’m fortunate/unfortunate that I work for a supermarket
I’ve not done a weekly shop for weeks, possibly months now. I’ve been picking up reductions as I leave and making meals out of those and freezing anything extra I can pick up on the off chance there are no reductions about.
It’s reduced waste and has brought my costs to roughly what they were back in 2019.
When heinz tried to charge £4.50 for a bottle of ketchup they forever lost me as a customer. Hope it was worth it for them in the long run…
Been lidl and aldi regularly for .maybe 10 years now. The other stores are my secondary shop. The big four are too expensive and I never cared about brand names.
Reading this thread as I’m getting hungry. I think its not just the prices. I experienced the following this year:
* shrinkflation – heinz, cadbury’s, walker’s im looking at you guys!
* reformulated recipes – cheaper ingredients, watered down products, more chemicals and additives used e.g. artificial sweeteners
* empty shelves (some know some reasons why but i wont say)
* Stupid labelling – new and improved recipe (yeah you mean you’ve just substituted cheese, meat, flour for worst quality products)
* oh yeah and dont get me on fruit & veg…. Most local markets have shut down, supermarkets got rid of their best before etc so they end up selling us out of date fruit/veg that goes rotten as soon as you take it out of the shelf. I think i need to grow my own, if i could afford a house, garden and rent for an allotment maybe!!
i cant be the only one that read that as ‘massive shit’
LAtest special offer hike, Innocent OJ was on offer £2.50 now increased to £3.00. In between priced at £4.10 (for 1.35L)
I eat practically no meat now. So that’s good for me, the animals and the environment. My diet has massively changed. I eat mostly mushy peas and lentils with pitta bread. I’m way more conscious of prices now. Oddly though, I’ve noticed that the prices between Waitrose where I used to shop and Aldi, where I shop now have significantly shrunken. Surely this is because of supply? I’m not sure.