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The cheapest of something has become much more expensive, whereas the middle range has only gone up a little. e.g. Aldi: 250g cheapest butter was £1.45 now £1
by walthamstow 4y ago
The cheapest of something has become much more expensive, whereas the middle range has only gone up a little.
e.g. Aldi:
250g cheapest butter was £1.45 now £1.95
250g premium butter was £1.95 now £2.10
That's an 8% increase for me because I always bought the nice stuff anyway and I continue to but it's a 35% increase for someone who was already buying the cheapest item.
- adwww 4y agoThere's also a notable lack of choice recently. One tiny example I was frustrated by recently... soy sauce. You used to be able to get light / dark / reduced salt / premium versions of soy sauce in most supermarkets. Recently I had a couple of weeks where I couldn't find any at all, and now it's down to just a single brand of supermarket own dark soy sauce.
- walthamstow 4y agoI'm a bit of a food/cooking nut so since covid supply issues I now buy anything I'm not willing to substitute in bulk from reliable outlets (usually ethnic shops) and rely on supermarkets only for basic perishable 'English food'- vegetables, meat, dairy. Though even those items are in poor supply sometimes.
- MerelyMortal 4y agoIt looks like stuff that has higher margins go up less. With higher margins, sellers can still profit the same price per unit (even if that profit has less purchasing power) than items with smaller margins.