Are things slightly more expensive today?

Amik

Is it just me or is everything a bit more expensive today?

I bought a sausage roll for breakfast for E1.05 (1.00 last week) and soup for lunch for E2.10 (2.00 last week).

Is Brexit starting or did something budget related kick in this week?

Cee-Jay-Cee

€2.10 for soup!!! I'd want a proper bowl, spoon and a sandwich along with it for that price!!

Deebles McBeebles

Just greedy businesses OP.

B_ecke_r

€3.60 for 2 Jambons the other day!

was that hungover I'd have given her a Score to be honest

mad muffin

Of course. To satiate the share holders and the upper management ridiculous remunerations. Corporate greed knows no bounds.

Prices go up slightly. Products volume goes down slightly. We pay more. We get less. Corporate get rich.

homosapien91

Probably the increase in hospitality tax taking effect

bazz26

Brexit will be blamed/justified for the rises most likely.

Mr. Incognito

QE

Quantitive Easing. The Central Bank started printing money to drive inflation up to deal with historical debts which are reduced in real terms.

Amik

homosapien91 wrote: »

Probably the increase in hospitality tax taking effect

I think you found it!

https://www.thejournal.ie/vat-rate-hospitality-sector-budget-2019-4276194-Oct2018/

Damn, and I was thinking of getting a haircut tomorrow, too. :P

Blitzkrieger

VAT has gone up so everything's going to go up. The price of a pint went up two weeks ago.

BuboBubo

Has anyone noticed things getting smaller but the price remains the same - shrinkflation!

bazz26

That's going on for years.

Deebles McBeebles

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2057961523/are-things-slightly-more-expensive-today

You should see it now, past-Amik. Present-Amik is feeling the burn even more. Only future-Amik will have it worse. At least diesel is still cheap and Putin is dead.

Ubbquittious

Ahh 2019, when cheap stuff still existed

riclad

Nothing to do with brexit, its general inflation,cafes have to raise prices, basic items, like meat,cheese ,pork are going up in price, also energy prices are rising, cafes ,shops, need to have heating and lights on when they are open .theres a supply chain crisis, a standard shipping container has gone up in cost by 5 to 10 times .shops or cafes dont make anything, when the items they sell go up they either raise prices or

go out of business

Its like the 70s ,inflation is back in full force, with rising energy costs

of course Gen z does not remember the 70s, inflation, rising fuel prices .its a shock to them

spacetweek

Ireland had very low inflation from 2013-2020, less than 1% a year. Now that it's high again, it feels very painful. However much of the increase has gone on fuel which is double what it was 5-7 years ago.

xxxxxxl

Me and the partner noticed there sneaking up the price on the bottom end. Stuff that was 90c now like €1.50. Sugar drink are cheaper than none sugar. Wine that's around the €7 mark is 11.5% for red.