The price of things that were once cheap

tony71yugo · 16-01-2012, 11:03

Have you seen how much a packet of polo's are now

someones having a laugh. 68p in spar

i thought there had been a pricing mistake i'm sure the last time i bought some they were under 10p.

gemma-the-husky · 16-01-2012, 12:09

when i was young crisps used to be 2D (ie old money)
now they are about 40p = 8 shillings.

same with chocolate bars. i only buy crisps and chocs in multi-packs, and special deals.

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mind you everything goes up all the while doesn't it. some things are cheaper though

electronics. tv's radios, hifi etc etc. all very cheap in comparison to any previous period
cars: cheaper and better relative to previous periods.

Teddybleads · 16-01-2012, 13:00

Pork belly - When i was a kid the butcher used to give it away if you ordered a few joints and it was cheap as chips. now it's gone nouveau-posh and priced accordingly.

BrunoStreete · 16-01-2012, 13:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by tony71yugo

Have you seen how much a packet of polo's are now

someones having a laugh. 68p in spar

i thought there had been a pricing mistake i'm sure the last time i bought some they were under 10p.

When did you last buy them? 1986?

BrunoStreete · 16-01-2012, 13:09

Monkfish is another example like pork belly. Scampi used to be made out of it a lot as it was cheaper and people wouldn't notice.

Porcupine · 16-01-2012, 13:13

Tesco's own brand stuff. They used to be massively cheap. I like their own brand kitchen cleaner in an apple scent. I remember when i first started buying it it cost about £1. Now its a similar price to 'proper' makes.

The same goes with their own brand hand soap and slabs of value butter.

HazzaGrazza · 16-01-2012, 21:18

Chicken breasts! I dont buy them unless on offer or a special meal. £6 for three medium chicken breasts in Tesco and thats market value. i wish i had a butchers near me

degsyhufc · 16-01-2012, 21:44

I'm sure Meanies used to be 5p a bag. It's £1.56 for a 15 pack so they've more than doubled in price. They are addictive though.

CBFreak · 16-01-2012, 22:09

Chocolate bars used to cost about 40p now they are close to 70p and the little bottles of coke which used to be about 60p are now a £1.00! Not to mention the cans which have gained about 20p in the last few years.

More recently I used to buy tesco value toilet roll for about 37 pence not even 2 years ago. Now they cost £1.49.

gemma-the-husky · 16-01-2012, 22:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by HazzaGrazza

Chicken breasts! I dont buy them unless on offer or a special meal. £6 for three medium chicken breasts in Tesco and thats market value. i wish i had a butchers near me

god shout. ordinary chicken is very expensive now.

free range/organic is just silly.

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ham and cold meats on the deli counter is also expensive.

Chewy Duck · 17-01-2012, 05:03

Oysters were a cheap working class food at one point.

BrunoStreete · 17-01-2012, 07:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by CBFreak

Chocolate bars used to cost about 40p now they are close to 70p and the little bottles of coke which used to be about 60p are now a £1.00! Not to mention the cans which have gained about 20p in the last few years.

More recently I used to buy tesco value toilet roll for about 37 pence not even 2 years ago. Now they cost £1.49.

Unfortunately there is a thing that exists called inflation.

sarahj1986 · 17-01-2012, 08:31

I think food in gerneral has increased to levels I never expected, even in the last 5 years theres been a massive price increase on items once cheap. Tinned tuna is a good example, a 4 pack used to cost about £1.50 now its over £3, if your lucky to get it on offer it goes down to £3. Chicken breasts used to be £4 now over £7, if its on the 3 for £10 offer we get or go to the butchers. Things you get from the corner ship ie single packets of crisps, chocolate, sweet etc has massively increased, I remember taking £1 to the shop when I was younger and buying loads now your lucky to get 2 things for that! I did read on the BBC that we are paying less for food these days than in 1862, I have posted the link below but it says in 1862 a third of a persons wages was spent on food now its less than 10%, still feel like its going up massively compared to pay increase...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16450526

Sambda · 17-01-2012, 08:51

Is it me or is cheese (just plain Cheddar, nothing fancy) much more expensive relatively-speaking now than in the 70s (for example)? Damn near £4 for 500g.

Yeah_Jackie · 17-01-2012, 08:53

The price of corned beef is scandalous.

c4rv · 17-01-2012, 09:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by HazzaGrazza

Chicken breasts! I dont buy them unless on offer or a special meal. £6 for three medium chicken breasts in Tesco and thats market value. i wish i had a butchers near me

If you want cheap chicken then Macro has 10kg frozen for around £26 or something. As with tesco market value, don't look too closely at the source. Macro also do fresh chicken, 5kg for £18.

Vast_Girth · 17-01-2012, 09:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by HazzaGrazza

Chicken breasts! I dont buy them unless on offer or a special meal. £6 for three medium chicken breasts in Tesco and thats market value. i wish i had a butchers near me

It is nearly always on offer though (the frozen stuff anyway)

bowland37 · 17-01-2012, 09:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by HazzaGrazza

Chicken breasts! I dont buy them unless on offer or a special meal. £6 for three medium chicken breasts in Tesco and thats market value. i wish i had a butchers near me

The frozen ones are usually much cheaper.

Asda 'chosen by you' frozen Chicken breast fillets are £5.52 for 1KG and the quality is quite decent, albeit with 13% added water.

Shrike · 17-01-2012, 11:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chewy Duck

Oysters were a cheap working class food at one point.

As was Salmon.

Its only since WWII that chicken & turkey have become cheaper than beef - due to intensive farming

elliecat · 17-01-2012, 11:31

butter even the Tesco Value/Sainsbury Basic is over £1 now, also flour seems to have gone up and that is still the basic/value stuff. I keep putting off baking anything as it costs to get the ingredients now.

I bought a can of coke in the newsagents the other day and it was 87p!

burton07 · 17-01-2012, 11:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by bowland37

The frozen ones are usually much cheaper.

Asda 'chosen by you' frozen Chicken breast fillets are £5.52 for 1KG and the quality is quite decent, albeit with 13% added water.

It would be interesting to weigh them once thawed, to see how much ice you were paying for!

chinchin · 17-01-2012, 11:39

Food and non alcoholic drink prices have doubled to trebled in the last few years.

burton07 · 17-01-2012, 11:55

Aah, but computers and televisions are cheaper.

cbe21ok · 17-01-2012, 12:13

62p for a Mars Bar in our COOP, same shop sells a pack of 4 (same size) for £1, There has to be summit wrong there surely. 55p for a packet of Walkers crisps as well. I dunno who buys them.

bowland37 · 17-01-2012, 12:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by burton07

It would be interesting to weigh them once thawed, to see how much ice you were paying for!

Presumably it's 87% of 1KG which is 870g. At £5.52 I still think it's good value.

16-01-2012, 11:03	#1
tony71yugo Inactive Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 510	The price of things that were once cheap Have you seen how much a packet of polo's are now someones having a laugh. 68p in spar i thought there had been a pricing mistake i'm sure the last time i bought some they were under 10p.

16-01-2012, 12:09	#2
gemma-the-husky Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: UK Posts: 17,858	when i was young crisps used to be 2D (ie old money) now they are about 40p = 8 shillings. same with chocolate bars. i only buy crisps and chocs in multi-packs, and special deals. ----- mind you everything goes up all the while doesn't it. some things are cheaper though electronics. tv's radios, hifi etc etc. all very cheap in comparison to any previous period cars: cheaper and better relative to previous periods.

16-01-2012, 13:00	#3
Teddybleads Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 6,118	Pork belly - When i was a kid the butcher used to give it away if you ordered a few joints and it was cheap as chips. now it's gone nouveau-posh and priced accordingly.

16-01-2012, 13:09	#4
BrunoStreete Inactive Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 7,071	Quote: Originally Posted by tony71yugo Have you seen how much a packet of polo's are now someones having a laugh. 68p in spar i thought there had been a pricing mistake i'm sure the last time i bought some they were under 10p. When did you last buy them? 1986?

16-01-2012, 13:13	#6
Porcupine Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Suffolk Posts: 21,392	Tesco's own brand stuff. They used to be massively cheap. I like their own brand kitchen cleaner in an apple scent. I remember when i first started buying it it cost about £1. Now its a similar price to 'proper' makes. The same goes with their own brand hand soap and slabs of value butter.

16-01-2012, 21:18	#7
HazzaGrazza Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,412	Chicken breasts! I dont buy them unless on offer or a special meal. £6 for three medium chicken breasts in Tesco and thats market value. i wish i had a butchers near me

16-01-2012, 21:44	#8
degsyhufc Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Up North Posts: 58,791	I'm sure Meanies used to be 5p a bag. It's £1.56 for a 15 pack so they've more than doubled in price. They are addictive though.

16-01-2012, 22:09	#9
CBFreak Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 22,069	Chocolate bars used to cost about 40p now they are close to 70p and the little bottles of coke which used to be about 60p are now a £1.00! Not to mention the cans which have gained about 20p in the last few years. More recently I used to buy tesco value toilet roll for about 37 pence not even 2 years ago. Now they cost £1.49.

16-01-2012, 22:10	#10
gemma-the-husky Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: UK Posts: 17,858	Quote: Originally Posted by HazzaGrazza Chicken breasts! I dont buy them unless on offer or a special meal. £6 for three medium chicken breasts in Tesco and thats market value. i wish i had a butchers near me god shout. ordinary chicken is very expensive now. free range/organic is just silly. -------------------------------------- ham and cold meats on the deli counter is also expensive.

17-01-2012, 05:03	#11
Chewy Duck Inactive Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 457	Oysters were a cheap working class food at one point.

17-01-2012, 07:45	#12
BrunoStreete Inactive Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 7,071	Quote: Originally Posted by CBFreak Chocolate bars used to cost about 40p now they are close to 70p and the little bottles of coke which used to be about 60p are now a £1.00! Not to mention the cans which have gained about 20p in the last few years. More recently I used to buy tesco value toilet roll for about 37 pence not even 2 years ago. Now they cost £1.49. Unfortunately there is a thing that exists called inflation.

17-01-2012, 08:31	#13
sarahj1986 Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Warwickshire Posts: 8,099	I think food in gerneral has increased to levels I never expected, even in the last 5 years theres been a massive price increase on items once cheap. Tinned tuna is a good example, a 4 pack used to cost about £1.50 now its over £3, if your lucky to get it on offer it goes down to £3. Chicken breasts used to be £4 now over £7, if its on the 3 for £10 offer we get or go to the butchers. Things you get from the corner ship ie single packets of crisps, chocolate, sweet etc has massively increased, I remember taking £1 to the shop when I was younger and buying loads now your lucky to get 2 things for that! I did read on the BBC that we are paying less for food these days than in 1862, I have posted the link below but it says in 1862 a third of a persons wages was spent on food now its less than 10%, still feel like its going up massively compared to pay increase... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16450526

17-01-2012, 08:51	#14
Sambda Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 3,228	Is it me or is cheese (just plain Cheddar, nothing fancy) much more expensive relatively-speaking now than in the 70s (for example)? Damn near £4 for 500g.

17-01-2012, 08:53	#15
Yeah_Jackie Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Jackie's World Posts: 15,321	The price of corned beef is scandalous.

17-01-2012, 09:03	#16
c4rv Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Essex Posts: 16,218	Quote: Originally Posted by HazzaGrazza Chicken breasts! I dont buy them unless on offer or a special meal. £6 for three medium chicken breasts in Tesco and thats market value. i wish i had a butchers near me If you want cheap chicken then Macro has 10kg frozen for around £26 or something. As with tesco market value, don't look too closely at the source. Macro also do fresh chicken, 5kg for £18.

17-01-2012, 09:13	#17
Vast_Girth Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 5,263	Quote: Originally Posted by HazzaGrazza Chicken breasts! I dont buy them unless on offer or a special meal. £6 for three medium chicken breasts in Tesco and thats market value. i wish i had a butchers near me It is nearly always on offer though (the frozen stuff anyway)

17-01-2012, 09:34	#18
bowland37 Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 4,230	Quote: Originally Posted by HazzaGrazza Chicken breasts! I dont buy them unless on offer or a special meal. £6 for three medium chicken breasts in Tesco and thats market value. i wish i had a butchers near me The frozen ones are usually much cheaper. Asda 'chosen by you' frozen Chicken breast fillets are £5.52 for 1KG and the quality is quite decent, albeit with 13% added water.

17-01-2012, 11:10	#19
Shrike Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Nottingham Posts: 11,480	Quote: Originally Posted by Chewy Duck Oysters were a cheap working class food at one point. As was Salmon. Its only since WWII that chicken & turkey have become cheaper than beef - due to intensive farming

17-01-2012, 11:31	#20
elliecat Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 8,707	butter even the Tesco Value/Sainsbury Basic is over £1 now, also flour seems to have gone up and that is still the basic/value stuff. I keep putting off baking anything as it costs to get the ingredients now. I bought a can of coke in the newsagents the other day and it was 87p!

17-01-2012, 11:37	#21
burton07 Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sitting at my PC Posts: 9,434	Quote: Originally Posted by bowland37 The frozen ones are usually much cheaper. Asda 'chosen by you' frozen Chicken breast fillets are £5.52 for 1KG and the quality is quite decent, albeit with 13% added water. It would be interesting to weigh them once thawed, to see how much ice you were paying for!

17-01-2012, 11:39	#22
chinchin Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Great Britain Posts: 32,525	Food and non alcoholic drink prices have doubled to trebled in the last few years.

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The price of things that were once cheap

17-01-2012, 11:55	#23
burton07 Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sitting at my PC Posts: 9,434	Aah, but computers and televisions are cheaper.

17-01-2012, 12:13	#24
cbe21ok Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Close to the Toon Posts: 1,465	62p for a Mars Bar in our COOP, same shop sells a pack of 4 (same size) for £1, There has to be summit wrong there surely. 55p for a packet of Walkers crisps as well. I dunno who buys them.

17-01-2012, 12:16	#25
bowland37 Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 4,230	Quote: Originally Posted by burton07 It would be interesting to weigh them once thawed, to see how much ice you were paying for! Presumably it's 87% of 1KG which is 870g. At £5.52 I still think it's good value.