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I am relatively highly paid and short of shamefully I never really paid much attention to prices when doing a shop (I live by myself, only occasionally have fri

by AJRF 4y ago

I am relatively highly paid and short of shamefully I never really paid much attention to prices when doing a shop (I live by myself, only occasionally have friends or girlfriend staying over so shop was never huge % of my monthly budget) Recently i've been shopping a few times and when paying i've thought "holy shit _how_ much did X thing cost". Cheese is the big one. One also noticeable thing is security tags on food items that never had them before, meat, the aforementioned cheese, even some deserts. Seems like a lot of items are shrinking too. I never drink Lucozade (a sugary drink here) but when I walk past it I notice the bottles are only about 90% filled now.

VBprogrammer 4y ago
We are very fortunate that on my salary we can put about £1000 a month into savings in a normal month. But in the last couple of months it's gone down to maybe £500. Partly because my partner is on maternity leave but mostly due to bills and mortgage going up. I feel hugely sorry for those people who's finances don't have that buffer built in. It must be a scary time when there is almost nothing left to cut and you are still being expected to pay more.
- bluehatbrit 4y ago
  Similar story here. My salary went up by a considerable amount back in December and our ability to save has now gone back to where it was before that raise with no life style or circumstance change. Lots of people who live mostly pay to pay are very worried.
- AJRF 4y ago
  This is something I keep thinking about. I'm not rich by any means, but way over the national average and if I am starting to get concerned about the cost of things, how the hell can someone on minimum wage cope. I think this comment makes me sound potentially like an asshole (hate talking about money due to this), I don't mean to make it sound that way, just trying to get across it feels like my purchasing power has been greatly affected.
tialaramex 4y ago
In a supermarket beverages like Lucozade should have a price tag indicating the price per 100ml so you can compare that irrespective of whether the containers are filled. Most packaged products that make sense to measure in mass or volume units work the same (but the unit required is different for spices than for flour, for vanilla essence versus water, because you don't buy 5 kilos of nutmeg or 10ml of water)

by AJRF 4y ago

VBprogrammer 4y ago

We are very fortunate that on my salary we can put about £1000 a month into savings in a normal month. But in the last couple of months it's gone down to maybe £500. Partly because my partner is on maternity leave but mostly due to bills and mortgage going up. I feel hugely sorry for those people who's finances don't have that buffer built in. It must be a scary time when there is almost nothing left to cut and you are still being expected to pay more.

bluehatbrit 4y ago
Similar story here. My salary went up by a considerable amount back in December and our ability to save has now gone back to where it was before that raise with no life style or circumstance change. Lots of people who live mostly pay to pay are very worried.
AJRF 4y ago
This is something I keep thinking about. I'm not rich by any means, but way over the national average and if I am starting to get concerned about the cost of things, how the hell can someone on minimum wage cope. I think this comment makes me sound potentially like an asshole (hate talking about money due to this), I don't mean to make it sound that way, just trying to get across it feels like my purchasing power has been greatly affected.

tialaramex 4y ago

In a supermarket beverages like Lucozade should have a price tag indicating the price per 100ml so you can compare that irrespective of whether the containers are filled. Most packaged products that make sense to measure in mass or volume units work the same (but the unit required is different for spices than for flour, for vanilla essence versus water, because you don't buy 5 kilos of nutmeg or 10ml of water)