Nutritional recession

[Dimples81]

@GdnPolitics: Britain in nutrition recession as food prices rise and incomes shrink https://t.co/Xyg8MZ5k

What are people's thoughts? Farm foods is the cheapest place I know...

 

[Bevziibubble]

It is scary how much food prices have risen. We shop in Aldi and I used to think it was quite cheap but noticed how much the food bill has risen over the last year

 

[shellie]

Food prices have gone up to ridiculous prices on some things. I find that I spend a lot less than a lot of people I know by cooking from scratch and only buying biscuits or crisps occasionally as a treat, so these arent included in my weekly shop. our meals are healthy and I never feel the children go without.

For breakfast I avoid the likes of coco pops etc... as I feel they are a rip off and don't last 5 minutes. Instead I will buy a big box of weetabix, or a box of asda own porridge, which is half the price (and just as good in my opinion) as ready brek, or we will have toast.

I will buy shops own eggs (under £2 for 15 - great for making omlettes when you want a quick tea, or poached/boiled egg and toast which is filling if you are hungry), passata (under 30p a box, does a whole meal and is a lot cheaper than buying ready made pasta sauce!) Tinned tomatoes, frozen veg, and dried spaghetti and pasta, which are a cheap, and not much different to the more expensive brands, plus they last longer than fresh.

I do buy fresh potatoes, onions, carrots and peppers, but I find these do a few meals and the value range again are not much different to the other ranges.

A big bunch of tescos or asdas own bananas are around a pound and either apples or oranges are usually on special offer for the same price so I will buy these.

I have a slow cooker, I got it for about £10 in the januray sales and it is fantastic for throwing things in while I'm doing the childrens breakfast in the morning, then the tea in the evening is quicker to prepare than a ready made meal. My sister puts hers in the slow cooker the night before and just switches in on in the morning so the tea is ready when she gets home from work.

I think although food prices are getting higher, part of the problem may be helped if more people knew how to cook meals from scratch. I don't mean fancy meals you see chefs doing on the telly with weird or expensive ingredients, I mean staple family meals like stews, pastas, soups, that can be made cheaply and are are healthy and tasty.

Also planning meals ahead for the week saves a lot of money, especially if you just shop for meals, not extras like sweets and crisps etc... and only buy offers if they are things you know you will be using anyway and it will work out cheaper in the long run.

I know this sounds like obvious advice, but my sister did her shopping the other week and it was over £100, whereas my shopping bill was under £30, for the same amount of people fed for the week. That is a BIG difference. My children never go hungry, if they say they are hungry in between meals I will get them something to eat, like toast, or fruit or yoghurt.

I've had friends say to me "I cant afford healthy food" and then go out and buy meals from the chippy or multi packs of crisps and chocolate. I may be boring, but when I see the price of chippy meals I think "I could get 2 bags of shopping for that price!" So I get it once in a blue moon as a treat.

I think what I am trying to say (sorry its taken so long, lol.) Is that, yes, food prices are getting silly. But with a bit of planning, there is no need for anyone to go hungry. xxx

 

[Mummy2B21]

Yep its quite scary how much food has been going up.

 

[lhancock90]

I shop in Asda, £90 a week for me, OH, LO and 2 pets with babymilk for Ivy.
It seems to be buying less and less.