Weekly shopping basket up 15%

[DimPrawn]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7362676.stm

High food costs have added £15 to a weekly supermarket shop for a family of four in the UK, new research suggests.

Comparison website MySupermarket.co.uk says a basket of 24 staple items including tea bags, milk and eggs costs 15% more than it did 12 months ago.


AND

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7360664.stm

From 1 April, Scottish and Southern Energy customers have been paying, on average, 14.2% more for their electricity and 15.8% more for gas.

In early January, Npower put prices up for its electricity customers by 12.7%, while its gas price rose by 17.2%. EDF put up electricity tariffs by 7.9% and gas prices by 12.9%. British Gas increased gas and electricity prices by 15%.

Scottish Power increased gas bills by 15% and electricity bills by 14%, and E.On put up gas bills by 15% and electricity tariffs by 9.7%.



Thank goodness government inflation has only risen to 2.5%

[Gonzo]

The average family of four now spends £115 a week on groceries You don't get many bottles of champagne for that!

Seriously, you don't seem to be able to get a bottle of Veuve Cliquot for under £30 these days. It is not funny.

[oracleslave]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7362676.stm

High food costs have added £15 to a weekly supermarket shop for a family of four in the UK, new research suggests.

Comparison website MySupermarket.co.uk says a basket of 24 staple items including tea bags, milk and eggs costs 15% more than it did 12 months ago.


AND

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7360664.stm

From 1 April, Scottish and Southern Energy customers have been paying, on average, 14.2% more for their electricity and 15.8% more for gas.

In early January, Npower put prices up for its electricity customers by 12.7%, while its gas price rose by 17.2%. EDF put up electricity tariffs by 7.9% and gas prices by 12.9%. British Gas increased gas and electricity prices by 15%.

Scottish Power increased gas bills by 15% and electricity bills by 14%, and E.On put up gas bills by 15% and electricity tariffs by 9.7%.



Thank goodness government inflation has only risen to 2.5%

Slow news day huh?

[PAH]

I see it as a great way of enforcing diets on the obese.

[Zippy]

Seriously, you don't seem to be able to get a bottle of Veuve Cliquot for under £30 these days. It is not funny.

It's around £35 wherever I've seen it - the country has gone to the dogs.

PS - let me know where you've seen it for £30

[threaded]

It's around £35 wherever I've seen it - the country has gone to the dogs.

PS - let me know where you've seen it for £30

But the good news is that when I buy bike parts from the UK or USA they are really really cheap! A quality titanium frame, delivered, for less than 10.000 Dkr, now that is good!

[Gonzo]

It's around £35 wherever I've seen it - the country has gone to the dogs.

PS - let me know where you've seen it for £30

My local Waitrose has it for £30.16.

That is for the NV stuff, not the vintage

[Bagpuss]

You are being ripped off

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.../ixportal.html

[BrilloPad]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7362676.stm

High food costs have added £15 to a weekly supermarket shop for a family of four in the UK, new research suggests.

Comparison website MySupermarket.co.uk says a basket of 24 staple items including tea bags, milk and eggs costs 15% more than it did 12 months ago.


AND

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7360664.stm

From 1 April, Scottish and Southern Energy customers have been paying, on average, 14.2% more for their electricity and 15.8% more for gas.

In early January, Npower put prices up for its electricity customers by 12.7%, while its gas price rose by 17.2%. EDF put up electricity tariffs by 7.9% and gas prices by 12.9%. British Gas increased gas and electricity prices by 15%.

Scottish Power increased gas bills by 15% and electricity bills by 14%, and E.On put up gas bills by 15% and electricity tariffs by 9.7%.



Thank goodness government inflation has only risen to 2.5%

But luxuries like eating out are getting cheaper - government has skewed the figures to pull the wool over the eyes of the prols.

On the whole, people get the government they deserve.

[Lucy]

On the whole, people get the government they deserve.

Zimbabwe?
Burma?
North Korea?
Sudan?
DRC?
Belarus?
Turkmenistan?