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Old 03 January 2013, 12:42 PM
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Went into Morrisons for our croissants,5 for a pound

Got to the counter, and guess what ?

It's 4 for a pound since january 1. 20% overnight
Old 03 January 2013, 12:45 PM
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it'll help with the new year diet
Old 03 January 2013, 11:21 PM
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Food prices on some items are going up by about 20% in the last year, i noticed a kilo bag of mixed frozen veg was £1 6 months ago then went to £1.10 and a couple of weeks ago £1.20 so again 20% in a year.

The price of Chicken has risen more than that and many other items you have to buy each week have in creased by 10% or more in the last year.

I have noticed that Tesco is now more expensive on some items than sainsburys and tesco just keep putting up their prices
Old 03 January 2013, 11:28 PM
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Food has increased by a significant percentage. On some items you don't notice as either it is a few pence here and there or there will be a 'half price' offer for a few weeks and then when the offer finishes the price has increased beyond the original.
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Originally Posted by Adrian F
Food prices on some items are going up by about 20% in the last year, i noticed a kilo bag of mixed frozen veg was £1 6 months ago then went to £1.10 and a couple of weeks ago £1.20 so again 20% in a year.

The price of Chicken has risen more than that and many other items you have to buy each week have in creased by 10% or more in the last year.

I have noticed that Tesco is now more expensive on some items than sainsburys and tesco just keep putting up their prices
wow, never knew people actually bought that stuff!
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Originally Posted by dpb
Went into Morrisons for our croissants,5 for a pound

Got to the counter, and guess what ?

It's 4 for a pound since january 1. 20% overnight
I hope you ran to the nearest internet enabled computer and posted this along with your fury on a forum..... oh wait...
Old 05 January 2013, 03:49 AM
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Can't give specific examples but im pretty certain it costs another 20 % a year to fetch a decent pair leather shoes on the high street
Old 05 January 2013, 08:51 AM
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0.5% base rates and hundreds of billions of "quantitative easing" destroying Sterling - who'd have thought prices would go up?

Luckily things like desktop computers and video players are cheaper, so the headline inflation figure is close to 2% when inflation on everything we actually need to buy regularly is much higher.
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Video players?







(iv got 2 in the basement ready for skipping )

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I'm not sure about the desktops either, as far as can see lqptops have just gone down

,to equal desktop prices!
Old 05 January 2013, 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Scooby Soon!
wow, never knew people actually bought that stuff!
You'd have to pay me to eat that stuff
Old 05 January 2013, 11:09 AM
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I stopped off to buy a bottle of Bacardi yesterday,its gone up £5.00 in a week..
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Originally Posted by dpb
I'm not sure about the desktops either, as far as can see lqptops have just gone down

,to equal desktop prices!
must remember who my audience is next time...
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