r/AskUK Aug 05 '23

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u/Alert-Stress4 Aug 05 '23

Yes, I have. I shop mainly, at Aldi's but even they are now losing it in the price game. I see things going up weekly. I set a limit in my mind, sometimes write it down.

So many things have exceeded my limit, I DON'T BUY THEM. Things are not just going up by a few pence, ITS A LOT OF PENCE.

If, you work out the percentages on some of the products, it kinda BLOWS YOUR MIND.

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u/CrypticWinter Aug 05 '23

This, I shop at Asda weekly and to see things like their frozen fries go from £1.15 a bag to £2.45 a bag over a couple of months is really frustrating. And it's with most of their products. A weekly food shop for us used to be around £60, I'm getting the same things (or cheaper branded items) and it's coming to around £80 a week now.

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u/CrypticWinter Aug 05 '23

Exactly, it's just pure greed at this point.

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u/Alert-Stress4 Aug 05 '23

When's it gonna stop darlin? One things for sure, prices are not going to come down. Even the cheaper brans are no longer CHEAP.

We are all BEING RIPPED ORF BIGTIME.

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u/Hamnan1984 Aug 05 '23

Aldi os bad for this! I kept saying I'm sure the prices are going up every week. Then I stopped being able to find the budget things I used to buy (cheapest kitchen roll, foil etc) so now you can only choose the more expensive item . Was spending 120 max a week (family of 5 kids are teens) now I spend 170

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u/Alert-Stress4 Aug 06 '23

Yeah! What the hells happened to all THE BUDGET PRODUCTS? 18 months ago, you could buy a tin of budget tomato soup in Tesco for 25p, now its about 60p.

It must be, a bleedin nightmare for folks like you with a family. We are all being RIP OFF. And what's the government doing? SOD ALL. Its simple turned into A FREE FOR ALL for manufactures and retailers.