Cost of Living - Shrinkflation is speeding up at an alarming rate

[Johno please?]

didn't realise sugar was increasing - energy costs for sugar beet/cane processing ?

Here are the ten food items that have risen the most over the last month: Mar23 YoY

1. Olive Oil: 49.2%
2. Sugar: 42.1%
3. Low-fat milk: 38.8%
4. Whole milk: 37.9%
5. Pasta products and couscous: 36.8%
6. Margarine and other vegetable fats: 33.9%
7. Sauces, condiments and spices: 33.7%
8. Cheese and curd: 33.6%
9. Eggs: 32%
10. Frozen vegetables other than potatoes and other tubers: 30.2%

Heres a tip then, stop drinking milk from an animal and save yourself some money

 

[Puzzled]

Got to love the rich telling the poor that they need to accept they are going to be permanently poorer. Such a depressing time we live in economically for the past 10 years. Massive wage stagnation for the middle class, skyrocketing house prices, now higher interest rates to foolishly combat high food and energy prices.

Its badly worded but he also makes the point that companies need to stop passing on costs to customers to maintain the same profit margins, they need to accept that this current market is less profitable and take a hit.

 

[Richie]

Heres a tip then, stop drinking milk from an animal and save yourself some money

Care to show how this is the case?

I checked my local supermarket just now (online) and, after disregarding anything on "special offer", it appears that vegan milk is more expensive than real milk.

 

[Lopéz]

Care to show how this is the case?

I checked my local supermarket just now (online) and, after disregarding anything on "special offer", it appears that vegan milk is more expensive than real milk.

He's a militant vegan, so it's likely an agenda post rather than anything based on facts.

 

[Richie]

He's a militant vegan, so it's likely an agenda post rather than anything based on facts.

Oh yeah, I get that.

Me and him have had a few back and forth exchanges, usually because he spouts crap that is incorrect and is unable to back it up once challenged, over and above posting some random "facts" and anecdotal stories from militant vegan websites.... Who, of course, dont have an agenda

 

[jpaul]

so, vegan drink increased their margin to track milk even though the couple of tbs of oats, price increase, doesn't justify it - they could take market share, but the ethical vegan shareholders said no.

e: Aldi song was good https://youtu.be/EWnLox61Kgw

 

[Hagar]

Vegan milk is bound to be more expensive as vegan cows are a rarity.

Perhaps a bit of shrinkflation may reduce some of our excessive waistlines.

 

[Trifid]

Vegan milk is bound to be more expensive as vegan cows are a rarity.

All cows are vegan, they only eat grass...

 

[Hagar]

All cows are vegan, they only eat grass...

Accepted

 

[Griffo]

All cows are vegan, they only eat grass...

The vegan cows take extra care to avoid any passing insects.

 

[Haggisman]

I used to pay 6 pence for train from Bordsley Green to New Street - Not been on a train for about 40 yrs now. Are they still steam

I'll let you know if one ever actually turns up.

 

[Mrwong]

In that respect interesting that monoplies commission rejected the Microsoft Activision purchase it's the only way, for UK, to hang onto things, till death us do part, like ARM, too.

sugar

25% of children born today will be obese by age of 10 ... so perhaps price is of hidden benefit

More to do with crap food.

 

[Uther]

Heres a tip then, stop drinking milk from an animal and save yourself some money

Yes because oat milk is so much cheaper. Oh wait...

 

[Efour]

He meant human milk....

 

[Richie]

All cows are vegan, they only eat grass...

No they dont.

During milking, they receive feed in the form of pellets as well which can include bone meal and other stuff albeit, their diet is mostly grass.

 

[Junglist]

They'll also eat meat if the opportunity arises.

 

[Roar87]

Cow looks starving though and the humans are just watching and smiling like complete animals

 

[Trifid]

No they dont.

During milking, they receive feed in the form of pellets as well which can include bone meal and other stuff albeit, their diet is mostly grass.

It was meant to be a joke...

 

[jpaul]

whose zooming who ? actually not a joke in 2021
Animal meal from poultry and insects may be used in pig feed and animal meal from pigs and insects is allowed in poultry feed. Ruminant gelatin and collagens may also be added to non-ruminant feed. For ruminants, the ban on animal meal in the feed remains in force, due to the risk of BSE. The total ban on meat-and-bone meal was introduced in 2001 during the BSE crisis, as this disease spread through feed.

More to do with crap food.

sugar is part of that - government needs to reverse high fat sugar salt promotion U turn (loobbyist power/brexit) to reduce it/obesity & use psychology on yoots

what will Keir do

 

[GIBURROWS]

whose zooming who ? actually not a joke in 2021
Animal meal from poultry and insects may be used in pig feed and animal meal from pigs and insects is allowed in poultry feed. Ruminant gelatin and collagens may also be added to non-ruminant feed. For ruminants, the ban on animal meal in the feed remains in force, due to the risk of BSE. The total ban on meat-and-bone meal was introduced in 2001 during the BSE crisis, as this disease spread through feed.





sugar is part of that - government needs to reverse high fat sugar salt promotion U turn (loobbyist power/brexit) to reduce it/obesity & use psychology on yoots

what will Keir do

Depends what the corporations tell him to do.