The Price Of Food.

[sandyRoe]

I bought a loaf and 6 eggs this morning from the local corner shop.  The cost was £4.09.

I know supermarkets have economies of scale and can sell goods cheaper but that did seem a lot for the stuff I bought.

[ABSpareEditor]

Were the eggs from Clarence Court? 😲

[Redhelen72]

Its because its a local corner shop - they inflate the prices or don't have the buying power that the supermarkets do.

So i would expect to pay £2 - £2.50 in a supermarket

[sandyRoe]

I did think one of them might have not been a hen's egg but came from the goose that lays the golden eggs.  

No they're all ordinary and expensive.

[pastafreak]

Ooo...Clarence Court eggs are nice ☺☺

[sandyRoe]

Instead of a little red lion stamp do they have a crown on them?

[Redhelen72]

love a clarence court egg - and love it when I go home and get to shop at waitrose and buy their posh eggs too lol

[gingejbee]

At Waitrose, I could get a loaf and 6 eggs for less than £2...or as much as £6.50ish - all depending on exactly what I chose.

Of course you pay for the convenience of a corner shop...we don't have any such thing, and Waitrose is the nearest food store.

[ladybirder]

Was it a small loaf or large?  Were they large, medium or small eggs?  Some charge more for brown eggs than white ones.

[sandyRoe]

Ladybirder,

The loaf was an 800gr Hovis Granary and the eggs large free range.

I know we pay for the convenience of having a local shop.

[barry1010]

That loaf is around £2 in the major supermarkets, large free range eggs £1.70 ish

[youngmafbog]

Doesnt seem too bad for a corner shop.  They have to make a living you know, business rates/rents/thefts....

[naomi24]

//That loaf is around £2 in the major supermarkets, large free range eggs £1.70 ish//

 

So £3.70 and you paid £4.09.  As small shops go, 39p more seems very reasonable to me.  

[10ClarionSt]

I bought a 210 box of PG Tips tea bags for £5.50 in Tesco yesterday. That compares with the previous purchase of the same product, which was a 240 box costing £4.80. That equates to 26p per tea bag, compared to the previous price of 20p per tea bag. That's what they call shrinkflation. No reason given for this insult but at Tesco, Very Little Helps.

[gingejbee]

^it's also what they call very bad maths!

Cost per bag is 2.6 and 2 pence respectively.

[pastafreak]

Tesco is not the one to blame for fewer tea bags, smaller candy bars, or less corn flakes in a package. It's what manufacturers do to try to keep our loyalty.