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    Turkeys vote for Brexit!

    UK shoppers face most expensive Christmas dinner in a decade

    Shoppers who scour the high street for the best possible deals will still face the most expensive Christmas dinner in a decade.

    The UK’s cheapest traditional festive spread will cost nearly 6% more than last year after the hot summer combined with uncertainty about Brexit to drive up the price of turkey, sprouts and Christmas pudding, according to the latest annual survey by Good Housekeeping magazine.

    Even for those prepared to shop around for the cheapest options, the traditional meal will cost £3.11 per head, up from £2.94 last year and 25% higher than the £2.48 recorded in 2016, which was a 10-year low. Seven of the 10 supermarkets studied were more expensive than a year ago. The total price for a basket of 11 goods to feed a family of eight works out at £24.90.

    More from the source: UK shoppers face most expensive Christmas dinner in a decade | Money | The Guardian


    #2
    Originally posted by AtW View Post
    UK shoppers face most expensive Christmas dinner in a decade

    Shoppers who scour the high street for the best possible deals will still face the most expensive Christmas dinner in a decade.

    The UK’s cheapest traditional festive spread will cost nearly 6% more than last year after the hot summer combined with uncertainty about Brexit to drive up the price of turkey, sprouts and Christmas pudding, according to the latest annual survey by Good Housekeeping magazine.

    Even for those prepared to shop around for the cheapest options, the traditional meal will cost £3.11 per head, up from £2.94 last year and 25% higher than the £2.48 recorded in 2016, which was a 10-year low. Seven of the 10 supermarkets studied were more expensive than a year ago. The total price for a basket of 11 goods to feed a family of eight works out at £24.90.

    More from the source: UK shoppers face most expensive Christmas dinner in a decade | Money | The Guardian

    It's as nothing compared to what's coming next year
    Hard Brexit now!
    #prayfornodeal

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      #3
      Due to the fall in the pound, prices are up at the wholesalers and cash & carry warehouses by +/- 10%. The price rises are not being passed on to the consumer in full. Small businesses have been hit the worst as business rates and rents have increased.

      F***ing Tories are just for hedge-fund gamblers and off-shore investors. They do not care about small business and they s**t on contractors.
      "A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell

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        #4
        Fake News!!!

        Price of black caviar is about the same as before!

        HTH

        JRM

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          #5
          Originally posted by AtW View Post
          The UK’s cheapest traditional festive spread will cost nearly 6% more than last year after the hot summer combined with uncertainty about Brexit to drive up the price of turkey, sprouts and Christmas pudding, according to the latest annual survey by Good Housekeeping magazine.
          FTFY.

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            #6
            Originally posted by AtW View Post
            Fake News!!!

            Price of black caviar is about the same as before!

            HTH

            JRM
            Do you mean Royal Beluga at £3k or Lupfish at £2.25 ?
            "A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell

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              #7
              Originally posted by Paddy View Post
              Do you mean Royal Beluga at £3k or Lupfish at £2.25 ?

              The man buys his SOFA at DFS of course he means Lupfish.
              Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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                #8
                Originally posted by vetran View Post
                The man buys his SOFA at DFS of course he means Lupfish.
                Still waiting for my delivery

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by AtW View Post
                  Even for those prepared to shop around for the cheapest options, the traditional meal will cost £3.11 per head, up from £2.94 last year and 25% higher than the £2.48 recorded in 2016, which was a 10-year low. Seven of the 10 supermarkets studied were more expensive than a year ago. The total price for a basket of 11 goods to feed a family of eight works out at £24.90.
                  £3.11 per head? The biscuits to accompany the cheese course usually cost more than that. I thought this was a contractor forum...
                  His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by AtW View Post

                    Even for those prepared to shop around for the cheapest options, the traditional meal will cost £3.11 per head, up from £2.94 last year and 25% higher than the £2.48 recorded in 2016, which was a 10-year low. Seven of the 10 supermarkets studied were more expensive than a year ago. The total price for a basket of 11 goods to feed a family of eight works out at £24.90.
                    So for a family of four there will be an increase of 68p....

                    To put that into perspective it seems petrol has dropped by 7-14 p per litre - so any shortcomings should be easily covered.

                    This is not Soviet Russia you know.

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