First of all must say Hello and Welcome to some people who have pressed the follower button and also apologies as I found some comments from several days ago that had gone into spam and I hadn't realised. And also thank you for comments on Saturday which I eventually got round to replying to yesterday evening because I got myself stuck into the Jacqueline Winspear library book and forgot to look again at the post.
Now food prices..........................
Every day on TV or Radio someone says food prices are going up, not as much as fuel prices but I wondered exactly how much? In February or March when I did the comparisons between Aldi and Morrisons and Aldi and Asda I had the prices on the blog and when I went to Aldi last week bought things I had also purchased in February or March so looked back at the blog posts to see what I paid then.
(For US readers £1 UK = 1.23$US when I wrote this)
From February Comparison shop
Aldi price February and May
Punnet of Red Grapes £1.49.................Same
Broccoli 47p.....................Up 3p to 50p
Baby Plum Toms 59p .................Up 36p to 95p (possible a bigger punnet)
Unsalted butter 250g £1.48...................Up 27p to £1.75p
Tin Plum Tomatoes 28p............Same
Jar Pitted Olives 49p............Same
6 Cheese/onion in pastry rolls £1.19..........Up 20p to £1.39
From my March Comparison
Aldi price March and May
Frothy Coffee Sachets £0.79................................. Up 6p to 85p
Pasta Penne 500g £0.29...................................Same
Pringles
£1.65......................................Same
Ex-Mature
cheese 400g £1.79.....................................Up 10p to £1.89
Milk 2pt
£0.95...............................Same
Sm.Potatoes500g £0.62.............................. down 2p to 60p
Cucumber £0.43
..........................Up 2p to 45p
6 Braeburn Apples £1.19...........................Up 20p to £1.39
Iceberg Lettuce £0.43 ..........................Up 3p to 46p
Yes, that's proved food prices are going up..... and even my once-a-month pensioners Fish and Chips from up the road has gone from £3.50 to £4 ( but still a bargain as the fish alone is usually £5.25)
I did my main food shop for the month on the 6th and spent just over £50 between Aldi and Asda and eggs from a farm gate stall. I then bought flour and rape seed oil and a couple of freezer things from Morrisons and will only need fresh stuff during the rest of the month.(Flour and cooking oil are the things that we are likely to have a shortage of so I'm getting prepared just in case - either for me or the children)
I bought no meat at all this month as I still have some chicken breasts, one thigh joint and some bacon and sausages in the freezer. Bought lots of cheese and unsalted butter (had to bake for WI on Monday), one pack of vegetarian "bakes" that I've not tried before - taste test coming up.
The picture isn't the whole shop- some went straight into fridge and freezer before I thought about a photo.
The UK have long had some of the cheapest food prices in Europe but now due to Brexit, the war in Ukraine and the effects of the pandemic it seems we will have to pay a much higher price and then I heard India have stopped all exports of flour due to a failed harvest........... It's going to be hard for a lot of people.
It will be interesting to look back at this in the Autumn and see how prices have changed. . Who knows what things will be like by then - recession? war? trade war due to Irish situation, world wide oil shortages?
It's become even more important to carry on growing whatever I can, shop wisely and waste nothing.
Back Tomorrow
Sue