Time when every penny counts
Published Date:
06 May 2008
By dc
The spiralling cost of filling up the trolley has seen the price of some essential products shoot up by more than 60 per cent in the last year.
Internet comparison website www.mysupermarket.co.uk provided us with data outlining the difference between the cost of groceries between April 21, 2007, and the same date this year.
Website bosses have urged shoppers to visit their site to ensure they are getting a bargain for groceries in a time when every penny counts.
Johnny Stern, director of mySupermarket. co.uk, said: "Once again we are seeing increases in the price of the average family's food basket, with wheat and dairy based products going up as much as 61 per cent.
"The challenge is that whichever supermarket you shop in, product prices are constantly moving and it's very difficult to manually keep track of the best priced products."
Butter was the subject of one the biggest price increases in the past year, with the price of a 250g packet increasing from 58p to 94p in Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury's, an increase of 62.1 per cent.
Both Tesco and Asda raised the price of bread by 20.4 per cent, from 54p to 65p, while Asda's 800g thick sliced white loaf rose 5p to 59p.
Twelve medium free range eggs shot up by 47.4 per cent from £1.75 to £2.58 in all three stores last year and the supermarkets also put up the price of six pints of semi-skimmed milk by 16.7 per cent from £1.68 to £1.96.
A 250g pack of mild Cheddar now costs £1.52 in all three stores up by 25.6 per cent from £1.21.
The biggest price increase at Tesco was a 67.1 per cent hike on 80 home brand tea bags, which rose from 82p to £1.37, while both Asda and Sainsbury's put the price of a 420g tin of beans up by 25 per cent from 28p to 35p.
The full article contains 340 words and appears in Lincolnshire Free Press newspaper.
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Last Updated:
02 May 2008 4:14 PM
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Source:
Lincolnshire Free Press
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Location:
Spalding
