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Post by swampmongrel on Jan 18, 2024 16:29:12 GMT
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Post by musik on Jan 18, 2024 16:33:19 GMT
I am a sad old anorak who has been using an accountancy programme to record all my expenditure since 2002. I tend to eat exactly the same things Monday to Friday and alternate a couple of menus at the weekend, so I basically buy the same stuff every week. (So much easier than having to think about what I might want to eat on any particular day. ) My annual grocery expenditure over the last 5 years has been as follows (I also always use the Aldi store just up the road, so it really is a like for like comparison): 2019 - £1,100.02 2020 - £1,214.18 (+10.4%) 2021 - £1,213.27 (- 0.07%) 2022 - £1,318.40 (+8.66%) 2023 - £1,579.85 (+19.83%) Not sure what the rest of you will make of that other than last year food/grocery prices rose a hell of a lot more than the official rate of inflation. That's my man!👍 On food and liquids (I don't drink coffee or alcohol) bought at grocery stores to be consumed at home: 2017 : £665 2018 : £1,068 2019 : £1,424 On average,thanks to Covid-19 from nov/dec 2019 in China: 2020: £3,550 2021: £3,550 2022: £3,550 2023: £3,550 Many articles up here by more than 200%. I'm also on a special diet for medical reasons. Some prices ridiculous.
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Post by foster on Jan 18, 2024 16:51:35 GMT
Prices in Belgium so ridiculous that people including myself go abroad for our (big) food shopping.
Once a month I'll do my main shop in Germany or the Netherlands.
A few years back I found the UK cheap and used to make a point of doing a full shop when there, but not anymore.
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Post by questionable on Jan 18, 2024 17:10:25 GMT
I am a sad old anorak who has been using an accountancy programme to record all my expenditure since 2002. I tend to eat exactly the same things Monday to Friday and alternate a couple of menus at the weekend, so I basically buy the same stuff every week. (So much easier than having to think about what I might want to eat on any particular day. ) My annual grocery expenditure over the last 5 years has been as follows (I also always use the Aldi store just up the road, so it really is a like for like comparison): 2019 - £1,100.02 2020 - £1,214.18 (+10.4%) 2021 - £1,213.27 (- 0.07%) 2022 - £1,318.40 (+8.66%) 2023 - £1,579.85 (+19.83%) Not sure what the rest of you will make of that other than last year food/grocery prices rose a hell of a lot more than the official rate of inflation. Corporate greed is the underlying factor. It absolutely is but the government don’t give a flying fuck as they benefit from increased petrol and food sales. In no way are we strapped for cash but the wife’s asked for a number of raised garden beds as she’s want to grow her own vegetables.
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Post by foster on Jan 18, 2024 17:10:33 GMT
Prices in Belgium so ridiculous that people including myself go abroad for our (big) food shopping. Once a month I'll do my main shop in Germany or the Netherlands. A few years back I found the UK cheap and used to make a point of doing a full shop when there, but not anymore. Just realised that the post is no where near as hard hitting as expected. It's well below par and quite frankly I'm ashamed. Must try harder in 2024.
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Post by swampmongrel on Jan 18, 2024 19:54:49 GMT
I am a sad old anorak who has been using an accountancy programme to record all my expenditure since 2002. I tend to eat exactly the same things Monday to Friday and alternate a couple of menus at the weekend, so I basically buy the same stuff every week. (So much easier than having to think about what I might want to eat on any particular day. ) My annual grocery expenditure over the last 5 years has been as follows (I also always use the Aldi store just up the road, so it really is a like for like comparison): 2019 - £1,100.02 2020 - £1,214.18 (+10.4%) 2021 - £1,213.27 (- 0.07%) 2022 - £1,318.40 (+8.66%) 2023 - £1,579.85 (+19.83%) Not sure what the rest of you will make of that other than last year food/grocery prices rose a hell of a lot more than the official rate of inflation. That's my man!👍 On food and liquids (I don't drink coffee or alcohol) bought at grocery stores to be consumed at home: 2017 : £665 2018 : £1,068 2019 : £1,424 On average,thanks to Covid-19 from nov/dec 2019 in China: 2020: £3,550 2021: £3,550 2022: £3,550 2023: £3,550 Many articles up here by more than 200%. I'm also on a special diet for medical reasons. Some prices ridiculous. In Musik and AlliG I have finally found my people. Numbers below are monthly averages in EUR family of four. It’s all supermarket spending so includes a reasonable amount of booze and non food ‘groceries’. Not especially scientific because kids eat more as they grow etc. . 2021 - 722 2022 - 772 (7% increase over the previous year) 2023 - 875 (13% increase over the previous year) before 2021 the numbers didn’t change that much. 2023 -
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Post by NassauDave on Jan 19, 2024 10:08:37 GMT
Corporate greed is the underlying factor. It absolutely is but the government don’t give a flying fuck as they benefit from increased petrol and food sales. In no way are we strapped for cash but the wife’s asked for a number of raised garden beds as she’s want to grow her own vegetables. Buy her a shovel and see how interested she is in a few weeks.
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Post by NassauDave on Jan 19, 2024 10:10:18 GMT
All of our food prices are insane and the quality and choice are shite.
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Post by musik on May 7, 2024 9:41:49 GMT
In 26 months my food budget has risen by more than 150%. It goes up and down the latest years.
The even more ridiculous increase was between 2017 to 2020.
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