Prices are going up

[stevewool]

Is it me or have other folk noticed things seem dearer in your shopping basket.
We did a big shop the other day at farmfood, and even Emma noticed that something's have gone up only a few pence but added all together it does make a Difference.
The offers like so many for £10 seems to be harved and so on.
We dpmour shopping when it is needed and shop at Aldi, wilcos and the famous farmfoods.
I wonder if it was those biscuits, chocolate bars and the Magnums that may have made the bill higher, No it was everything else.

[bigmarco]

Yep your right Steve and this is borne out by the fact the inflation figures have crept up the last few months.

[Terpe]

Prices are increasing here too..........no escape it seems

Heard today that the standard Jeepney fare will be P8 from the current P7

[stevewool]

Prices are increasing here too..........no escape it seems

Heard today that the standard Jeepney fare will be P8 from the current P7

Wow, it's a good job you have your bike Peter.

[fred]

Looking at the average shopping bill in UK (2015) of 83 Quid a week,seems about the same as 10 years ago!!
Did I get that wrong?

[Michael Parnham]

Looking at the average shopping bill in UK (2015) of 83 Quid a week,seems about the same as 10 years ago!!
Did I get that wrong?

For me personally I pay about £40 per calendar month on food shopping

[Tawi2]

For me personally I pay about £40 per calendar month on food shopping

£40 per MONTH??How do you manage to budget to that level michael?A guy i work with went to harrods at the weekend and spent around £500 on oysters and champagne in the food court for him and his wife,thatbwould have kept you fed for a YEAR (he also spent £1500 on a pair of shoes for her ).

[Michael Parnham]

If you want a breakdown I can give you one also I will mention I have some cracking roast dinners and a proper different breakfast every day, it's so easy really. I still eat the same as we used to eat in the 1940's

[Michael Parnham]

£40 per MONTH??How do you manage to budget to that level michael?A guy i work with went to harrods at the weekend and spent around £500 on oysters and champagne in the food court for him and his wife,thatbwould have kept you fed for a YEAR (he also spent £1500 on a pair of shoes for her ).

Never had an oyster

[stevewool]

If you want a breakdown I can give you one also I will mention I have some cracking roast dinners and a proper different breakfast every day, it's so easy really. I still eat the same as we used to eat in the 1940's

I need to see this break down on your bill of £40 per calendar month on food shopping.also i bet you are glad some months are shorter then others.

[stevewool]

Looking at the average shopping bill in UK (2015) of 83 Quid a week,seems about the same as 10 years ago!!
Did I get that wrong?

Years ago we used to spend more the we should have and thrown away way to much too, but now we shop wise, its very rare we throw anything away.
We could live on a lot less then that amount and we do, i am lucky the 2 kids buy there own junk food most days and only at the end of the money they may see whats in the fridge or freezer, they have even been known to open a can of beans and switch the toaster on, now thats amazing .

[stevewool]

£40 per MONTH??How do you manage to budget to that level michael?A guy i work with went to harrods at the weekend and spent around £500 on oysters and champagne in the food court for him and his wife,thatbwould have kept you fed for a YEAR (he also spent £1500 on a pair of shoes for her ).

Some people spend way to much and some people seem to have to go to the same shops because of that shops name to get there food or cloths, they dont know there is another world of shops out there, but if they can afford it why not.
Dont mention handbags and there cost ,

[Tawi2]

Never had an oyster

Next time your on isla del fuego visit sandugan,near kiwi dive,theres a fisherman will get you a bag-full for 300 peso,stick them on a bit of corrugated sheeting over the embers of a fire and add a bit of calamansi,or just eat them fresh and raw.

[stevewool]

Next time your on isla del fuego visit sandugan,near kiwi dive,theres a fisherman will get you a bag-full for 300 peso,stick them on a bit of corrugated sheeting over the embers of a fire and add a bit of calamansi,or just eat them fresh and raw.

Many many years ago we was in Cancale France, and the oysters there are fantastic, picked fresh and just buy what you are wanting and eat straight away.
My son who was around 8 then tried them and this one oyster must have gone down his throat and back again so many times it ended up warm, he would not give in but everytime he tried to swallow it he wrench it back up, the seagulls was following him for a long time that morning waiting.

[Longweekend]

For me personally I pay about £40 per calendar month on food shopping

Michael, please let us know how you do this? my son is at Uni and I send him £200.00 per month and he says he struggles on that....

[Tawi2]

Michael, please let us know how you do this? my son is at Uni and I send him £200.00 per month and he says he struggles on that....

My sons at uni,kids have it hard,but they are inventive when it comes to cheap recipes,pastas and stuff.

[Michael Parnham]

Never had pasta apart from tinned spaghetti, will give you a breakdown later today and I just hope he can cook because I've never met anyone in my life who knows how to boil an egg properly yet

[stevewool]

Michael, please let us know how you do this? my son is at Uni and I send him £200.00 per month and he says he struggles on that....

Works out around £1.31 each day, this is going to be interesting.how to feed yourself or a family of 4 on this amount

[stevewool]

My sons at uni,kids have it hard,but they are inventive when it comes to cheap recipes,pastas and stuff.

And sharing helps too when trying to budget,

[stevewool]

Never had pasta apart from tinned spaghetti, will give you a breakdown later today and I just hope he can cook because I've never met anyone in my life who knows how to boil an egg properly yet

Last time I boiled a egg it turned into a right mess, I heated the water and placed the egg into the water on a spoon, I waited for 2 minutes and then emptied the water then ran the cold water into the pan to cool the egg,
I then placed the egg in the egg cup then removed the outter wrapping, and there was all the mess,
These cadburys cream eggs are useless hard boiled.

[stevewool]

Never had pasta apart from tinned spaghetti, will give you a breakdown later today and I just hope he can cook because I've never met anyone in my life who knows how to boil an egg properly yet

Last time I boiled a egg it turned into a right mess, I heated the water and placed the egg into the water on a spoon, I waited for 2 minutes and then emptied the water then ran the cold water into the pan to cool the egg,
I then placed the egg in the egg cup then removed the outter wrapping, and there was all the mess,
These cadburys cream eggs are useless hard boiled.

[Tawi2]

Works out around £1.31 each day, this is going to be interesting.how to feed yourself or a family of 4 on this amount

I went into town at the weekend,bought a newspaper,had 2 coffees and a bit of cheesecake,that was £12 gone,anyone who can survive on £1.31 a day i take my hat off to them,thats hardcore budgetting.

[stevewool]

I went into town at the weekend,bought a newspaper,had 2 coffees and a bit of cheesecake,that was £12 gone,anyone who can survive on £1.31 a day i take my hat off to them,thats hardcore budgetting.

Depends if you are budgeting for yourself which is still very good , but for a family of either 2/3 or maybe 4 people , I think you should change your name to Mr yellow label, or even Mr just past the sell by date, which is still ok to eat in my eyes,

[stevewool]

I went into town at the weekend,bought a newspaper,had 2 coffees and a bit of cheesecake,that was £12 gone,anyone who can survive on £1.31 a day i take my hat off to them,thats hardcore budgetting.

I am sure you have been in the Philippines to long in your life time, you are spending 9 days worth of food money all in one day,.
What's there saying spend and eat all today, tomorrow someone will help me,

[Terpe]

Meet the woman who lives on £1 a day

http://www.mirror.co.uk/money/meet-w...ives-1-6951458

[stevewool]

Meet the woman who lives on £1 a day

http://www.mirror.co.uk/money/meet-w...ives-1-6951458

Back to basic, when I was a young boy, most things was home made, lots of stews where made that lasted for days, lots of veg but very little meat, plus loads of home made cakes, so it can be done in some cases, but shopping at M&S and places like these, it would be very differcult. Plus fighting the other folk waiting for the discount stickers being put on,

[Tawi2]

As a kid i sometimes used to go to bed hungry,rumbling stomach time,because my parents liked ciggies and alcohol and my mum sisnt understand the word budget but we used to get rabbits,pheasants,hare,parteidge and salmon when the season was right,always had salmon september,and shamed to say we used to sneak out at night to a farmers field,me and my brother,maybe 11 or 12 years old in the dark,steal a bag of potato's and we had chips every night for tea following our nocturnal skulduggery,necessity is the mother of invention.

[stevewool]

shamed to say we used to sneak out at night to a farmers field,me and my brother,maybe 11 or 12 years old in the dark,steal a bag of potato's and we had chips every night for tea following our nocturnal skulduggery,necessity is the mother of invention.

Snap and if we wanted a pudding we would take next doors rubbarb, or apples, gooseberry infact anything that was in season and easy to get

[fred]

As a kid i sometimes used to go to bed hungry,rumbling stomach time,because my parents liked ciggies and alcohol and my mum sisnt understand the word budget but we used to get rabbits,pheasants,hare,parteidge and salmon when the season was right,always had salmon september,and shamed to say we used to sneak out at night to a farmers field,me and my brother,maybe 11 or 12 years old in the dark,steal a bag of potato's and we had chips every night for tea following our nocturnal skulduggery,necessity is the mother of invention.

That`s Very cool Tawi..Brings back 100 memories of the stuff me and my mates used to get away with back in the day.
Details?? Whats the point?
No one would believe me anyway!

[Michael Parnham]

Monday breakfast, 1bowl of porridge with a tablespoon of treacle, lunch, two slices of bread and pork dripping with a little salt, dinner, toad in the hole with potatoes carrots brussel sprouts and gravy. during the day three mugs of tea and two or three glasses of water. Tuesday, breakfast, 1 boiled egg with two slices of bread and butter, lunch cup of coffee and dunk half a dozen digestives, dinner, finney haddock cooked in milk with boiled potatoes. Wednesday, breakfast 1 rasher of bacon and one fried egg with two slices of bread, lunch, cheese and onion sandwich, dinner, liver and onions with mashed potatoes and gravy. Thursday, breakfast French toast or eggy bread, lunch, cheese and piccalilli sandwich, dinner, sausage and veg stew cooked in slow cooker with pancake. Friday, breakfast, shredded wheat with hot milk, lunch, slice of fruit cake, dinner, roast chicken thigh with Yorkshire pudding veg and gravy. Saturday, breakfast, pancakes with treacle, lunch, hard boiled egg and tomatoe sandwich, dinner, shepherds pie. Sunday, breakfast toast and marmalade, lunch, belly pork roast dinner with veg Yorkshire pudding and gravy. There maybe slight variations some days for instance steak pie and chips for dinner. When I do my weekly shop on Friday I will give you the breakdown on the cost.