The book I read recently ‘Across a Waking Land; A 1,000 Mile Walk Through a British Spring’ (it’s been very useful for blog posts!) begins
just as Russia invades Ukraine and the author says he thinks this will have a really serious affect on food supplies and prices. It certainly has, coupled with the long term effects of Covid (higher costs after the slowdown of manufacturing etc ) and Brexit (difficulty in getting foreign workers for harvesting and packing).
Luckily I could check out how much prices had changed because last year in March I was doing the ‘Eating Basics Challenge’ and had photos of shopping with prices. This is just one week – an average sort-of shop.
What I wrote a year ago and the prices then. New prices at the end of March 2024 in RED .
Milk down 10p, chicken thighs the same. Everything else is up in price, fruit and vegetables by more.
AL Bread 39p (20 slices and 2 crusts) I divided these into 5 x 4 slices and the two crusts and popped all but one in the freezer. Now 45p
AL British Chicken Thighs 1kg = 7 = £2.85 Wrapped individually and frozen .SAME
AL Pears 97p (They were on offer at 30% off) NOW £1.69
AS Back Bacon 300g =£1.40 ( I wanted to buy their cheaper ‘Cooking Bacon Pieces’ at 90p but not in stock) NO ESSENTIALS RANGE ANYMORE so 300g now £2.25
AS Pineapple pieces 49p NOW 71p
AL 2 Pints milk £1.30 (Makes up to 4 pints when mixed half and half with water) £1.20
AS Grated Cheese 500g = £2.60 I have NEVER EVER bought grated cheese before – lazy – except the crazy thing is that this is cheaper than a block of cheese at the moment so for this experiment it works. NOW £2.99
AS Head of Broccoli 34p NOW 79p
AL 1kg Carrots 50p NOW 65p
AL 500g Parsnips 50p NOW 65p
AL 6 Mini Apples 59p NOW 99p
A year ago the total was £11.93 – NOW £15.22
We certainly are paying the price for all the things that have happened in the last 7 years.
I wish I knew for sure that farmers are benefitting from the price increases – but I doubt they are .
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