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Weekly shopping now costs £27 a week more, say expertsThe average family is now spending £27 a week more on food than they were a year ago, new figures revealed.

A basket of 24 common supermarket items such as tea bags and pasta sauce costs 27% more than it did 12 months ago, according to a survey.

The figure has increased from 21% last month.

Inflation is costing a family spending around £100 a week on groceries an extra £1404 over a year.

The supermarket price survey found Basmati rice is up 110% in 12 months from 90p for 1kg to £1.89. A one litre bottle of pure corn oil costs £1.38, up from 49p in August last year - a 181.6% increase.

An 800g thick sliced white loaf rose to 72p from 48p a year ago, a 50% increase. Six pints of semi-skimmed milk are 26% more expensive - a rise from £1.68 to £2.12 - than a year ago at Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury's.

Customers are paying 32% more for a dozen medium free-range eggs at the top three supermarkets, according to MySupermarket.co.uk - from £1.95 to £2.58.

Granulated sugar saw the biggest decrease, from 98p a year ago to 84p today - a 14% reduction. Also in the basket of goods were cheese, potatoes, bolognese sauce and cornflakes.

Demand for basic agricultural goods has led to huge increases in global grain prices in recent months.

Those costs then pass on down the food chain to meat and dairy products as farmers pay more to feed livestock.

My weekly shop has come down,but only because before we just threw things in the trolley and got out Mr Plastic himself and didnt give a hoot what we wasted!!

Mines the same Plastic. I commented to hubby last week that our weekly shop is half the cost of this time last year.

We too used to throw things in the trolley. Now we have a list and I go on Asda and work out how much it's going to cost me.

The only time I might put something extra in is if it is something we normally buy, don't particularly need at that time, but is BOGOF.

I use a nifty tool...
I go on to Asda online shopping site and act as if I am doing an online order by adding the things I need to the basket as normal... doing it at home means I think carefully about meals and don't buy on impulse...

Then the site adds up your shopping so you can see how much it will cost... you can take things out or add in as you need to... then when I am done save the list as one of my "shopping Lists" (Asda site lets you have 10 of these at any one time).

Then I just print out the list and go to the shop to buy exactly that and nothing else. (I don't finish the order on line cos they charge you for that)...

This way I plan at home while I am not hungry.
It tells me just how much I am spending.
And I can also see what offers are out there to 'tweak' the budget.

I've found this really helpful to me so hope it might help anyone else [:)]

That's more or less what I do Til, except I don't print it out,I have my own list.

I sometimes compare prices on certain items with Tesco, and if they are cheaper there, I will get them from there.

Well Ladyh I think your kids are lucky - home cooking and someone teaching them the value of money and sensible shopping... good for them in every way so you should be proud [:)]

Sell the idea to Channel 4 ladyh - they could make a cracking series out of it!!!!!!!!

It'd solve your financial problems as well.[:D]

If you think the figures on the increase on food price is bad - inflation is virtually now on 4% as the factory gate price inflation increases. 5% in inflation is coming due to the gas price increase......

my average shop has gone up by about 10-15 pound a week and I'm not buying anything different!!

when will it end??

We don't eat extravagantly but our shopping has gone up by the same Ang, it's a never ending battle. Even by going to the cheap shops I've noticed the prices rising slowly each week.

I've been lucky with my food bill halving, but that's because I no longer just throw stuff in the trolley willy-nilly. After a few more months of this, I reckon I will see it rise, particularly as all the Christmas stuff will start creeping in in the next few weeks and we have that to look forward to.

I am lucky with clothes in as much as I wear a uniform for work and just jeans and t shirt at home, most of which are bought on ebay. Hubby doesn't work so he is in scruffs.

We rarely go out so have no need of really nice clothes. I am hoping that my allowances will continue to be enough.

We do the same lady h , as hubby and I both do permanent nights. When not working I cook and if not we look after ourselves. I do freeze a lot, of spag bol, shepherds pies and curry as health wise I dont like steve eating junk, and he will rather than cook, I am even making the beefburgers now as I know they wont have the fat in them and they are nicer and cheaper.
The cost of stuff is becoming a worry, I agree, they go up quickly enough but will they come down again, I doubt it or if they do it will be slowly.

Ang x

It is always the stuff you never buy that is on special - usually the luxury items. Obviously to tempt people, but of course it's not a special offer if you wouldn't normally eat them!

ladyh, I wouldn't have the first idea how to make burgers or anything. Hubby does the cooking.

I can switch the microwave on though!

We have problems freezing stuff because theres 6 of us here and the freezer isnt too big. We have another freezer in the shed but the way the electric prices are going, i dont want to use it and we are not in an IVA.
Besides, i cant cook anyway. They would all laugh if they opened the freezer and found something i had cooked staring out at them.

Our youngest lives only on certain things, one being cheese and the price of that has gone through the roof.
Luckilly though, the oldest lives on nothing but pasta (smart price at that) so he kind of compensates for the extra we have to spend feeding the little one.

kallis3 wrote:

I wouldn't have the first idea how to make burgers or anything. Hubby does the cooking.

I can switch the microwave on though!

I could start a Recipe section Kalli [:D][:D]