Turkeys vote for Brexit!

[AtW]

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

[sasguru]

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

[Paddy]

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.

[AtW]

Fake News!!!

Price of black caviar is about the same as before!

HTH

JRM

[greenlake]

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.

[Paddy]

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 ?

[vetran]

Do you mean Royal Beluga at £3k or Lupfish at £2.25 ?

The man buys his SOFA at DFS of course he means Lupfish.

[AtW]

The man buys his SOFA at DFS of course he means Lupfish.

Still waiting for my delivery

[Mordac]

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...

[original PM]

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.