Cost of living crisis

[mumbles87]

Just been watching some youtube videos an old friend of mine put up.

Her and her family (4 kids) have converted an old bus and moved into it

amazing stuff to watch them go through how they cope day to day. bills down from £1300 to £400 which is great

just the extremes people going to in the cost of living crisis to manage through

hats off to them.

[DaveWHU1964]

Food inflation at 13.3%. Highest level since records began 18 years ago. Undoubtedly it will also have been the highest level since at least the early 80s …

https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... icult-year

[hammers92]

Food inflation at 13.3%. Highest level since records began 18 years ago. Undoubtedly it will also have been the highest level since at least the early 80s …

https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... icult-year

It’s way more than that in reality. Supermarkets have tried to take the piss and see what they can get away with. Plenty of products that’s gone way and above the advertised inflation rate.

[bubbles1966]

"Cost of living fears don’t stop Brits spending record £12bn in supermarkets in run-up to Christmas"

[Tenbury]

Stop Press : 'People spending More to Buy the Stuff they Need'.

[dasnutnock3]

Stop Press : 'People paying More to Buy the Stuff they Need'.

[Denbighammer]

Stop Press : 'People panic buying a load of **** they dont Need despite the fact they can't afford it'.

[westham,eggyandchips]

"Cost of living fears don’t stop Brits spending record £12bn in supermarkets in run-up to Christmas"

Just to back that up.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64225230

[RichieRiv]

Just to back that up.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64225230

Doesn't quite suit the narrative being pushed out every morning on BBC Breakfast/GMB/Today - destitution, poverty and we are all ****ed.

Then again the handwringers just dismiss it with rudimentary logic - "well of course sales have increased, inflation has increased derr!".

As I have always said if you want to see the state of the economy use your own eyes.

[westham,eggyandchips]

Doesn't quite suit the narrative being pushed out every morning on BBC Breakfast/GMB/Today - destitution, poverty and we are all ****ed.

Sainsbury's being the tip of the iceberg I'd wager.

[bubbles1966]

Breakfast TV=Office Crabtree TV

Good Moaning Britain.

[Tenbury]

Bloody Marxists.

[SammyLeeWasOffside]

As I have always said if you want to see the state of the economy use your own eyes.

It will be industries reliant on deposable spending that (again) take the hit, leisure, entertainment stuff. If the household heating bill is 4k come next august how many season ticket holders will have to think carefully?

[fmgod]

It will be industries reliant on deposable spending that (again) take the hit, leisure, entertainment stuff. If the household heating bill is 4k come next august how many season ticket holders will have to think carefully?

I don't disagree but then thousands is going into making the retail and leisure bigger in Canary Wharf vastly bigger and other areas, attendances seem to be up at sports

[sendô]

Just been watching some youtube videos an old friend of mine put up.

Her and her family (4 kids) have converted an old bus and moved into it

amazing stuff to watch them go through how they cope day to day. bills down from £1300 to £400 which is great

just the extremes people going to in the cost of living crisis to manage through

hats off to them.

This is one of those capitalist dystopia stories that gets rebranded as heartwarming b*llocks isn't it?

[bubbles1966]

It will be industries reliant on deposable spending that (again) take the hit, leisure, entertainment stuff. If the household heating bill is 4k come next august how many season ticket holders will have to think carefully?

If the price of petrol holds at under £1.50 , inflation in that part of the household basket will be calculated as minus 20/25% by midsummer.

[YorksHammer]

If the price of petrol holds at under £1.50 , inflation in that part of the household basket will be calculated as minus 20/25% by midsummer.

144.9p a litre near me as of a day or two ago.

Thing is, it won't hold that because the duty rise comes in April adding - I think - 12p a litre despite the actual cost decrease.

After I'd got the kids to bed last night I lit three candles and read a book for 90 minutes. I don't think I've had a light on in the house when I'm up and by myself for about two months. When I work from home I run my laptop off the battery for as long as possible rather than plug it in.

[Hummer_I_mean_Hammer]

144.9p a litre near me as of a day or two ago.

Thing is, it won't hold that because the duty rise comes in April adding - I think - 12p a litre despite the actual cost decrease.

After I'd got the kids to bed last night I lit three candles and read a book for 90 minutes. I don't think I've had a light on in the house when I'm up and by myself for about two months. When I work from home I run my laptop off the battery for as long as possible rather than plug it in.

you know that you can get an LED reading light which will cost next to nothing to run. Rather than possibly straining your eyes.

[bubbles1966]

144.9p a litre near me as of a day or two ago.

Thing is, it won't hold that because the duty rise comes in April adding - I think - 12p a litre despite the actual cost decrease.

That assumes they'll stick. I'm not sure they will.

They have already u-turned on the u-turn with alcohol and gone back to Kwarteng's original plan: https://news.sky.com/story/alcohol-duty ... s-12771585

[Shabu]

There's a major egg shortage here.

It's up to $10 for a dozen regular eggs.

My shop hasn't raised our prices but it's one box per customer so we're having outraged people all day :lol: