Are rising prices affecting your shopping/lifestyle?

[aomorigum 0]

There was a big think on the tv this morning that had groups of people talking about how the rising prices of everything is affecting their shopping and lifestyles in general.

 

I must say I haven't really changed what I buy or noticed that much the cost of things, but I can imagine if people are struggling with low income it could be a real headache.

[grungy-gonads 54]

Certainly noticed the rising cost of petrol. It sure costs a lot to fill up.

[bobby12 0]

Apart from petrol, I dont notice prices rising. I heard on the news some things went up, milk, bread etc, but didn't really notice.

[thursday 1]

If you haven't noticed, then you haven't been buying food.

 

Clothes have remained about the same but the food bills are quite shocking.

 

But the wine here has gotten a lot cheaper.

[Tubby Beaver 209]

Bread in Japan is a major rip-off anyway. anywhere from from 100-300 yen for a "loaf" of bread with 6-8 slices, sometimes less!! What a gyp!

[I'm Sexy 0]

I notice many food price is increase.

But my wage does not!

[bobby12 0]

We need to become farmers. Or Saudi oilmen.

[Tubby Beaver 209]

Or even Lotto winners

[thursday 1]

A lotto win won't sustain in the long term, not even if you invested it wisely. There are no wise investments, it's all gambling. And the rules keep changing.

[indosnm 0]

Dunno about that Thursday.. 8% in cash at the moment here. Almost 0 risk, much better than the casino (stockmarket) at the moment..

 

Only thing that has affected my spending habits has been a lack of income! (none!) Time to get a job...

[Molochan 0]

I notice a lot with food prices

[HelperElfMissy 42]

My weekly trip to the grocery store has gone from $250-300 up to $450-500 per trip now. Sometimes I visit once sometimes twice in a week - and we also have take out nights. I have noticed the increase in food. It has not changed by buying habits, just the bend in the credit card as it melts under heavy use!!

 

Petrol - cost me $115 to fill my tank today. It used to be about $80, has been in the $90's since about March ....now we have a big jump to $115.

 

Interestingly without any concious efforts my power bill, home phone bill, mobile phone bill and gas bill are ALL lower than this time last year. Wonder what has made that difference? Especially when the actual price of all of these has increased!

[NoFakie 45]

In Hakuba, the big blocks of cheese that used to be in the supermarkets have all disappeared. It used to be 1000 yen for a kilo of mild European cheese like Samsoe and Maribo. You can't even get it online at that price anymore. So we don't eat as much cheese.

 

Loads of other things are going up too, but that and petrol are the ones that are really noticable. We've just moved and our new place doesn't use kero, but if it did, I bet we'd notice that too.

 

People who commute by car in Hokkaido or Tohoku, use kero for heating, and earn inaka wages must be really feeling it.

[muikabochi 208]

There are some shortages going on here as well.

 

No butter in the supermarket last night. Not a bit of it.

Margarine was limited to one per person.

[JA2340 16]

Originally Posted By: Mamabear

Petrol - cost me $115 to fill my tank today. It used to be about $80, has been in the $90's since about March ....now we have a big jump to $115.

On that, it just cost me 56 bucks to fill the Suzuki Jimny with ULP! Hasn't ever been that much before!

And, it;s been over $100 for the Navara for a few months now. (But, it is a bigger tank and diesel)

[thursday 1]

That is scarey, shortage of butter? when they had a huge butter mountain in the EU? And so many tomatoes that they used to bulldoze them from one end of the huge warehouse to the other.

 

There was a rice shortage here a coupla months back. All the rice was gone from the shelves. The central gov stepped in and ordered all suppliers to supply Hong Kong (window to the world). But it's like 25% more expensive now.

[NoFakie 45]

Tokyo Electric just said that they're going to put up electricity bills "honkakuteki ni" from next January. I don't know what that means, but probably "a lot". I suppose the good news is that its not going up till then.

[thursday 1]

whatabout those living hand to mouth? it must be really difficult now.

[indosnm 0]

Yes it is..

[Error404 0]

Honkakuteki sounds pretty ominous. I wonder just how much that will be.

 

Haven't noticed many changes in restaurants I often go to.

[Rag-Doll 0]

Originally Posted By: muikabochi

There are some shortages going on here as well.

No butter in the supermarket last night. Not a bit of it.
Margarine was limited to one per person.

Why is that? I've seen it mentioned a couple of times. What on earth would suddenly prevent people from making butter?

[thursday 1]

Think I'd better get an extra lump tonight.

[JapaneseSnowBunny 0]

Recently the restaurant I go to has message saying about price rise and most menu is more expensive now by about 50-100 yen.

[muikabochi 208]

I really don't know Rag-Doll, but I have asked a few people at work and apparently butter is in short supply round here generally.

[BagOfCrisps 24]

UK. Today.

 

Tesco and Asda are to cut the cost of thousands of everyday groceries in a move that threatens to start an all-out supermarket price war.

 

Tesco, the country’s biggest retailer, will reduce the price of 3,000 items by up to 50 per cent from Monday in an attempt to win back customers struggling to cope with record petrol prices and energy bills.

 

Asda has promised to sell ten staple items, including bread, eggs and butter, for only 50p from today as part of a campaign that it claims will win over thousands of shoppers from rivals.

 

Supermarkets are having to reduce prices despite soaring costs because cash-strapped families are cutting back on their weekly shopping to afford higher electricity and gas charges, motoring expenses and mortgages.