Anyone notice the steady price increase on everything lately?

Lenin Skynard · 25-04-2014 03:39AM

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »

I will complain about price rises more than most but a little bit of awareness of what to get what where goes a long way.

Your awareness doesn't matter a tap when everyone is increasing their prices, that's what the thread is about.

vandriver · 25-04-2014 10:10AM

Dairygold has gone from 2.24 to 2.69 in little over a year.

staceyjones085 · 25-04-2014 10:31AM

US Netflix is much better I don't know why they just don't have them both the same then we wouldn mind paying the extra

Joanne218 · 25-04-2014 10:32AM

staceyjones085 wrote: »

US Netflix is much better I don't know why they just don't have them both the same then we wouldn mind paying the extra

Yeah if they gave us the us netflix it would be alot better and worth the pay

Pocoyo · 25-04-2014 10:35AM

im only 28 and i remember when you could buy a can of coke 39p dairy milk 32p and tayto for 17p all 3 for 88p!

hit thanks if you remember.

zoomaway · 25-04-2014 11:00AM

What bugs me is the price of minerals in pubs and hotels. Seems like a rip off.Three euros for a glass of coke

25-04-2014 11:06AM

Can't get Bavaria for a euro a can anywhere anymore. I remember when we were stocking up for euro 2012 we filled the boot of the car with slabs at 24 cans for 20 euro. World Cup is only around the corner and a big stock is badly needed!

The One Doctor · 25-04-2014 11:13AM

Lot of people here whining about high food prices and then admitting to shopping in Tesco and Dunnes. Does not compute.

cournioni · 25-04-2014 11:16AM

The One Doctor wrote: »

Lot of people here whining about high food prices and then admitting to shopping in Tesco and Dunnes. Does not compute.

Indeed. Anybody doing their weekly shopping anywhere else other than Aldi or Lidl would want their heads checked if they're trying to keep their spending low.

zoomaway · 25-04-2014 11:19AM

cournioni wrote: »

Indeed. Anybody doing their weekly shopping anywhere else other than Aldi or Lidl would want their heads checked if they're trying to keep their spending low.

So true used to shop in Tesco pre recession now I go to Aldi huge difference in prices.Fantastic value.

Doom · 25-04-2014 11:51AM

In the early 90s, 2 pints and 10 fags for less than a fiver.....

Geuze · 25-04-2014 12:03PM

sdeire wrote: »

2. Buy everything else in the supermarket. Not LIDL or Aldi, yes they're cheaper, but it's British/European imports (for the most part) and we should all be buying Irish. It'll come back to benefit us in the end.

There are plenty of Irish products in Aldi.

But, yes, the profits do accrue to the German owners.

Pocoyo · 25-04-2014 12:13PM

cournioni wrote: »

Indeed. Anybody doing their weekly shopping anywhere else other than Aldi or Lidl would want their heads checked if they're trying to keep their spending low.

Aldi is king,Aldi is god!!!

Homestead once had 4.500 products if the had of opened similar outlets pre aldi they would be massive.

Red Nissan · 25-04-2014 12:17PM

entropi wrote: »

The Netflix increase is tiny compared with what you get out of it.

Netflix has its line and like any studio, it gets boring soon enough.

Especially as one can find on demand anything Netflix has and more for an Internet connection fee only.

What smacks with Netflix is "We've made Massive unbelievable profits!" "We are raising our prices in celebration!".

zoomaway · 25-04-2014 12:21PM

Geuze wrote: »

There are plenty of Irish products in Aldi.

But, yes, the profits do accrue to the German owners.

You are probably right.

I know someone who works in Dunnes but shops in Aldi!

She can't even afford to shop where she works.

25-04-2014 12:23PM

cournioni wrote: »

Indeed. Anybody doing their weekly shopping anywhere else other than Aldi or Lidl would want their heads checked if they're trying to keep their spending low.

Its a complete fallacy that Aldi and Lidl are considerably cheaper for the same quality of product. I don't normally go near them but on occasion I have gone in for something in particular and had a look around and they are just very disappointing compared to the meccas people say they are. Even had the conversation with someone who does go around from shop to shop looking for deals and he also laughed at the suggestion. Cheap aldi products are the same as Tesco value, high quality products are priced the same as normal supermarkets.

Its like people saying that pre-paid electricity is cheaper and they save a fortune even though its actually more expensive. They are just using less.

Supervalue ftw, best quality, reasonable prices and 100% Irish.

Red Nissan · 25-04-2014 12:30PM

Hunter Lively Tennis wrote: »

Supervalue ftw, best quality, reasonable prices and 100% Irish.

On any given day you pay premium in SV. So one has to watch for that, I would give them the best quality award for sure.

And being Irish owned is why I now shop there regularly. But I won't pay them over €5 for a shaving gel, when I can get an Aldi, Lidl or Tesco one for €1.50.

billie1b · 25-04-2014 12:35PM

Hunter Lively Tennis wrote: »

Its a complete fallacy that Aldi and Lidl are considerably cheaper for the same quality of product. I don't normally go near them but on occasion I have gone in for something in particular and had a look around and they are just very disappointing compared to the meccas people say they are. Even had the conversation with someone who does go around from shop to shop looking for deals and he also laughed at the suggestion. Cheap aldi products are the same as Tesco value, high quality products are priced the same as normal supermarkets.

Its like people saying that pre-paid electricity is cheaper and they save a fortune even though its actually more expensive. They are just using less.

Supervalue ftw, best quality, reasonable prices and 100% Irish.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
SPOT THE SUPERVALU OWNER HERE, CHEAP, 100% IRISH, HA HA HA
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

brevity · 25-04-2014 12:41PM

Supervalu are one of the most expensive in my opinion. Granted you are supporting Irish produce/Irish companies but if you cannot afford to do that then it's kind of moot point.

I'd generally shop in Aldi or Lidl. There are plenty of Irish products there that people can buy.

Red Nissan · 25-04-2014 12:42PM

billie1b wrote: »

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
SPOT THE SUPERVALU OWNER HERE, CHEAP, 100% IRISH, HA HA HA
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

You left out Best Quality ~

seamus · 25-04-2014 12:43PM

The quote the Sunscreen song:

Accept certain inalienable truths
Prices will rise, politicians will philander, you, too, will get old
And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young
Prices were reasonable, politicians were noble
And children respected their elders

The last five years of relatively static prices is the statistical blip. The economy is recovering, quite strongly, and prices will begin to rise again, in earnest.

The race to stand still begins once again.

cletus van damme · 25-04-2014 12:46PM

Diego Simeone wrote: »

Completely agree with you on point 1, not on point 2 though. Price competition is good for Irish producers. If everyone adopted your policy, Irish exports wouldn't be doing so well. Plenty of Lidl and Aldi produce is Irish anyway.

some of the produce is irish but a lot isn't.
whether people in other countries adopt a policy on buying local produce or not isn't really relevant. we should look to benefit irish society in particular irish jobs by buying local.

cournioni wrote: »

Indeed. Anybody doing their weekly shopping anywhere else other than Aldi or Lidl would want their heads checked if they're trying to keep their spending low.

i can't do a full shop in alid/lidl , they don't have everything. end up finishing somewhere else as well as going to the butcher.
for what i save it probably not worth the hassle.

Tigger · 25-04-2014 01:06PM

Stavros Murphy wrote: »

Ok. Pick a different index - go for "price of a pint index" - that 4*... or whatever index you want to choose. Any you pick, you'll come to the same conclusion, average wages have not kept pace with real costs of living. Or am I wrong? If so, show me how. I'll tell you now, a lot of people will read what I posted above and go "fcuk me, yeah....jasus, I remember I was on..."

http://www.finfacts.ie/Private/bestprice/guinnessindex.htm

pint index dissagrees

Red Nissan · 25-04-2014 01:11PM

Tigger wrote: »

http://www.finfacts.ie/Private/bestprice/guinnessindex.htm

pint index dissagrees

Not sure what that says, it seems to say we should be paying almost double what we are paying for a pint.

But the Government are responsible for some 80% for the current price.

The One Doctor · 25-04-2014 01:13PM

Hunter Lively Tennis wrote: »

Its a complete fallacy that Aldi and Lidl are considerably cheaper for the same quality of product. I don't normally go near them but on occasion I have gone in for something in particular and had a look around and they are just very disappointing compared to the meccas people say they are. Even had the conversation with someone who does go around from shop to shop looking for deals and he also laughed at the suggestion. Cheap aldi products are the same as Tesco value, high quality products are priced the same as normal supermarkets.

Its like people saying that pre-paid electricity is cheaper and they save a fortune even though its actually more expensive. They are just using less.

Supervalue ftw, best quality, reasonable prices and 100% Irish.

Yep, SuperValu is great if you're a fan of getting ripped off. Their prices are on a par with Superquinn.

Wait a second...

jester77 · 25-04-2014 01:21PM

Haven't really noticed any difference here, can still get decent deals like 20 x 0.5L beers for €6.

kneemos · 25-04-2014 01:22PM

The One Doctor wrote: »

Yep, SuperValu is great if you're a fan of getting ripped off. Their prices are on a par with Superquinn.

Wait a second...

Dunnes I don't get,they have these huge stores yet stock little more than the bare basics.A lack of variety and crappy own brands will see them left behind I suspect.

cloud493 · 25-04-2014 01:31PM

People don't shop around for stuff and complain about price increases

Tigger · 25-04-2014 01:36PM

Red Nissan wrote: »

Not sure what that says, it seems to say we should be paying almost double what we are paying for a pint.

But the Government are responsible for some 80% for the current price.

it says that wages have risen above the cost of a pint
i rember when a pint was £1.50 a 20 box of jonny blue was £2.00
but we are still better off than we were
same applies to someone pricing cans of coke
its €7.50 for 18 in tesco at the moment
thats much cheaper than €1.20 or whatever out of the fridge

Tigger · 25-04-2014 01:42PM

zoomaway wrote: »

You are probably right.

I know someone who works in Dunnes but shops in Aldi!

She can't even afford to shop where she works.

i know people that work for Porsche they too have this issue

Anyone notice the steady price increase on everything lately?

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