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Has anyone else noticed how the price of things are going up in the supermarket,At Tesco,s Butter has gone up 20p a packet,flour has gone up about 35p,and it seems to be the norm at other shops too, we get eggs delivered to the door and the lady says they will be 25p dearer next week..its all blamed on the recent floods....:eek:

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I hadn't noticed. I do my shopping online so I just tend to go down my list of usual items, clicking the things I want to re-order. I only look at the total, not the individual items. 20p is quite a lot for something to go up by all at once isn't it? All these 20ps will add up to quite a bit.

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It will be the floods, but it's taken time to have an affect, then again if you chose to shop at tesco. :)

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I can't say I've been taking a lot of notice but I will certainly have my eye on the ball on Thursday when I go to Asda. Forewarned is forearmed or so they say.

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Why would the floods have affected the price of these items??.. I don't recall seeing floating dead cows or hens during the flood, so why should butter and eggs soar in price? (edit).. I thinks it's the "poor" farmers pulling a fast one to make a few quid for xmas!

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thought the weekly shop was a few ackers dearer this week,will take more notice next week cheers granny. ----------mancie ya didnt see the floating dead cows n hens?:rofl38::rofl38::rofl38::rofl38::rofl38::rofl 38:

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Grain crops were seriously affected by floods and so the price of animal feedstuffs increased

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shows how much i know about farming!! always thought cows ate grass.

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If Flour Has Gone Up. Then The Price Of Bread Will Soon Follow,,,,it Wouldent Be So Bad If The Prices Went Down Again After ,,

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Animal feedstuffs?.. Ok..and here's me thinking cow's ate grass! :D
still got time to edit.. Cashy shows great minds think alike :D

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Now you are dreaming Granny,that never happens!!:(

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Haymaking for winter silage was not possible so farmers need to buy in animal food. Poultry farmers have always bought grain -hens do not live on worms alone :D
- Research news item

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Sorry Margaret but I'm not convinced.. they don't do much haymaking for winter silage in places like Hull..someone is making a quick few quid and using the floods as an excuse.

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Flooding’s effect on food prices imperils drive against inflation - Times Online
Cows do not live on grass alone :D
Flooding, fuels and interest rates affect food prices
3 links now all saying the same

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one big reason for the worldwide price increases (not just in the UK) is that many farmers have jumped onto the bio diesel bandwagon , and are switching crops , dairy prices are going thru the roof because of a new Chinese Govt. policy of requiring milk to be available for all school children , they have the money to buy up supplies worldwide because they are making so much foriegn exchange on the cheap rubbish that the west buys . :rolleyes: :eek:

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Even fish and chips are going up.

Floods push up price of fish and chips | This is Money

Still, at least the price of rice should be coming down.:D

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It's true.. Bangladesh gets worse floods than here all the time ,but it dosent put up the price of chicken vindaloo n rice!

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...and peas 'n' rice stays competively priced, despite the frequent hurricanes they have in the Caribbean.:D

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so were being Conned, Ripped Off. whats new?;)

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Don't hold your breath, hon:D

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I am reluctant to suggest it, but do you ever get the idea that things like the flood are just convenient excuses for business to increase profits without putting any effort into improving their products or services? Or am I just a little too suspicious?

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Next thing you know will be the price of gravy on yer chips has gone up because the flour to thicken the gravy has gone up due to the recent floods...this has caused the flour producing farmers to divert the crops to China because of the recent surge in the demand in bio-fuels :D

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I suppose you could always substitute crude oil for the gravy:confused:

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How can the cows eat grass if the fields are flooded?:confused:

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Probably they use snorkels to reach the grass; then take huge mouthfuls, rise to the surface, and chew their cud while swimming on their backs.;)

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looks like they'll be selling watered down milk from now on then :rolleyes: ;)