Rising Prices

[Baron99 779]

6 minutes ago, Rockers rule said:

Hello Padders.

Your extortionate £4 Beer,

now £2.50 Hot Dog,

& Fish 'n' Chips at a £10

are only dear if you buy them.

 

The £2.20 cup of Coffee makes me laugh and always has.

I love my Coffee & my fav brand can be bought for around the same price for a jar full of the stuff.

 

OK the Scottish frugal-ness might be showing through

but we have reevaluated our eating habits partly down to the emergence of CoriV .

Casseroles, stews etc can easily last a couple of days each so that's the weeks menu sorted.

 

Fish 'n' chips are over priced, go for the cheaper (Yorkshire) Fish cake.

If iv'e a full plate i'm happy.

 

just off to buy some Black Pudding & some 23p tins of Mushy peas.

Iv'e already got the Mint sauce so that's me sorted for dinner.

 

Keep inflation down - find an alternative.

 

 

 

Hubbard's Bake Beans from Sainsburys, large tin, 23p.  Add a some black pepper to them while cooking, perfect. 

 

Sainsburys own brand soups, 55p per tin, compared to Heinz at 95p - £1 or Baxters selling at around £1.20 to & £1.30.  Nothing wrong with the Sainsburys brands. 

Edited July 20, 2021 by Baron99

[Rockers rule 673]

10 minutes ago, Baron99 said:

Hubbard's Bake Beans from Sainsburys, large tin, 23p.  Add a some black pepper to them while cooking, perfect. 

 

Sainsburys own brand soups, 55p per tin, compared to Heinz at 95p - £1 or Baxters selling at around £1.20 to & £1.30.  Nothing wrong with the Sainsburys brands. 

See, that's what i'm talking about.

I'd put Marmite in't Beanz though

(now that the price of Marmite has gone back down.)

which is another example of what I was saying.

Marmite went up to nearly £4 a jar which is only expensive if you buy it.

(Morrisons own yeast extract is cheaper and nearly as good (ish) )

 

I always shopped at Morrisons till this all started then found Lidl.

£1.69 for a pack of (8) Chicken thighs (fresh) carrots 30p & every thing else to make a stew reasonably priced.

Mince (fresh) between £2 & £4 (guess which one I go for) again a nice Shepard's pie can last a couple of days.

Tuna bake, Packs of Tinned Tuna (shop around for the best deal) £3 for 4/6 tins.

Pasta, there giving the stuff away now & again  something that will last 2 days easily.

 

Keep safe eat well.

 

 

[Padders 2,850]

10 minutes ago, Rockers rule said:

See, that's what i'm talking about.

I'd put Marmite in't Beanz though

(now that the price of Marmite has gone back down.)

which is another example of what I was saying.

Marmite went up to nearly £4 a jar which is only expensive if you buy it.

(Morrisons own yeast extract is cheaper and nearly as good (ish) )

 

I always shopped at Morrisons till this all started then found Lidl.

£1.69 for a pack of (8) Chicken thighs (fresh) carrots 30p & every thing else to make a stew reasonably priced.

Mince (fresh) between £2 & £4 (guess which one I go for) again a nice Shepard's pie can last a couple of days.

Tuna bake, Packs of Tinned Tuna (shop around for the best deal) £3 for 4/6 tins.

Pasta, there giving the stuff away now & again  something that will last 2 days easily.

 

Keep safe eat well.

 

 

100% with you on your posts Rocker.

I'm exactly the same as you...And that's the reason I was complaining ..

The seaside resorts have bumped up their prices, knowing most people have a few bob to spare..

No holidays abroad, everyone flocking to the seaside,  whey hey, lets take advantage..

No problem at all with prices locally.

 

Stay cool Rocker.

 

[Rockers rule 673]

4 hours ago, Padders said:

100% with you on your posts Rocker.

I'm exactly the same as you...And that's the reason I was complaining ..

The seaside resorts have bumped up their prices, knowing most people have a few bob to spare..

No holidays abroad, everyone flocking to the seaside,  whey hey, lets take advantage..

No problem at all with prices locally.

 

Stay cool Rocker.

 

Avoid the seaside.

Country side (the biggest thing I miss about Sheffield)

right on your door step, no Arcades or overpriced Coffee,

(unless you go to Matlock Bath)

Our kids were brought up on it & now their kids are doing the same.

One of the daughters took her daughter to Malham.

Little un loved her first vision of a real waterfall (Janet's Foss)

while happily watching frogs play.

 

Avoid the commercialism,

get back to nature,

its cheaper.

 

Keep safe. 

[Padders 2,850]

48 minutes ago, Rockers rule said:

Avoid the seaside.

Country side (the biggest thing I miss about Sheffield)

right on your door step, no Arcades or overpriced Coffee,

(unless you go to Matlock Bath)

Our kids were brought up on it & now their kids are doing the same.

One of the daughters took her daughter to Malham.

Little un loved her first vision of a real waterfall (Janet's Foss)

while happily watching frogs play.

 

Avoid the commercialism,

get back to nature,

its cheaper.

 

Keep safe. 

I was in Whitby Tues/Wed/Thurs  absolutely jam packed, heaven knows what It's like at weekends..

Friday went to see relatives in Brid..

Now Bridlington is a very family friendly place, price's are always reasonable, not anymore.

Maybe (hopefully) in the near future, when holidays abroad become the norm, we will get back to the Status Quo. (reckon you like them)

Thank's for sharing your wisdom with me.

[El Cid 214]

9 hours ago, Rockers rule said:

just off to buy some Black Pudding & some 23p tins of Mushy peas.

Iv'e already got the Mint sauce so that's me sorted for dinner.

My 90 year old relative is just the same. He has £90,000 in the bank though, at some point you have got to become a spender.

[ECCOnoob 1,021]

3 hours ago, Padders said:

I was in Whitby Tues/Wed/Thurs  absolutely jam packed, heaven knows what It's like at weekends..

Friday went to see relatives in Brid..

Now Bridlington is a very family friendly place, price's are always reasonable, not anymore.

Maybe (hopefully) in the near future, when holidays abroad become the norm, we will get back to the Status Quo. (reckon you like them)

Thank's for sharing your wisdom with me.

Define "reasonable".  What sort of comparators are we looking at here and what circumstances?

 

I always have concern with any sort of thread like this that there is a lot of rose tinted nostalgia regarding what prices seaside resorts, accommodation and caterers should be charging. There seems to be a distinct lack of awareness that the world has moved on since the black and white days and there has been significant rises to businesses in not only wage costs, but supply of materials and stock and even rent prices.  Many of those overheads are significantly above foreign holiday resorts which may not have the same land value or even minimum wage regulations.

 

I've seen quite a lot of vicious complaints across the internet from people talking about "rip-off" holiday companies or seaside resorts charging a "bomb" because they can.   But let's face it, most of these businesses were on the brink of collapse due to their forced closure during covid lockdown and before that were feeling the squeeze thanks to the abundance of cheap package holidays abroad. Given the fact that we are now right in the peak of summer holiday season and many of these UK resorts have finally got an opportunity to tap into a little bit of captive audience -   do we really blame them for putting up their prices which would be natural course of supply and demand in any event.

 

Now, I know that not everyone lives comfortably and to some every penny matters.   But there has to be some balance here.

 

Eating out is never going to be same outlay as cooking at home.  That seaside hotel in the middle of peak season is never going to cost the same as some generic chain travel tavern stuck out in the back end of the A47 booked on a wet Tuesday in November.     

 

At the end of the day it's simply business. They are not charity and they are there to make a profit.   I can guarantee most of us customers don't go to our place of work without renumeration. Neither will the holiday businesses and their staff.

 

Edited July 20, 2021 by ECCOnoob

[Rockers rule 673]

4 hours ago, Padders said:

I was in Whitby Tues/Wed/Thurs  absolutely jam packed, heaven knows what It's like at weekends..

Friday went to see relatives in Brid..

Now Bridlington is a very family friendly place, price's are always reasonable, not anymore.

Maybe (hopefully) in the near future, when holidays abroad become the norm, we will get back to the Status Quo. (reckon you like them)

Thank's for sharing your wisdom with me.

Status Quo was one of my favorite tools when Management were trying to play silly buggers back in my Union official days.

 

Keep safe.

 

 

 

 

[Baron99 779]

Tips for people wanting fish & chips at the East Coast.  

Scarborough - get your fish & chips up in the main Town centre, not down on the front, you'll find it's cheaper. 

Whitby - don't fall for the prices at the over rated Magpie Café.  A recommendation from Rick Stein years ago doesn't justify charging an arm & a leg for bog standard fish & chips. 

Edited July 21, 2021 by Baron99

[Bargepole23 337]

33 minutes ago, Baron99 said:

Tips for people wanting fish & chips at the East Coast.  

Scarborough - get your fish & chips up in the main Town centre, not down on the front, you'll find it's cheaper. 

Whitby - don't fall for the prices at the over rated Magpie Café.  A recommendation from Rick Stein years ago doesn't justify charging an arm & a leg for bog standard fish & chips. 

Each to their own, but why would you want to spend your day out traipsing up the hill to save a few quid for fish and chips in Scarborough?

[Rockers rule 673]

10 hours ago, ECCOnoob said:

Define "reasonable".  What sort of comparators are we looking at here and what circumstances?

 

I always have concern with any sort of thread like this that there is a lot of rose tinted nostalgia regarding what prices seaside resorts, accommodation and caterers should be charging. There seems to be a distinct lack of awareness that the world has moved on since the black and white days and there has been significant rises to businesses in not only wage costs, but supply of materials and stock and even rent prices.  Many of those overheads are significantly above foreign holiday resorts which may not have the same land value or even minimum wage regulations.

 

I've seen quite a lot of vicious complaints across the internet from people talking about "rip-off" holiday companies or seaside resorts charging a "bomb" because they can.   But let's face it, most of these businesses were on the brink of collapse due to their forced closure dusring covid lockdown and before that were feeling the squeeze thanks to the abundance of cheap package holidays abroad. Given the fact that we are now right in the peak of summer holiday season and many of these UK resorts have finally got an opportunity to tap into a little bit of captive audience -   do we really blame them for putting up their prices which would be natural course of supply and demand in any event.

 

Now, I know that not everyone lives comfortably and to some every penny matters.   But there has to be some balance here.

 

Eating out is never going to be same outlay as cooking at home.  That seaside hotel in the middle of peak season is never going to cost the same as some generic chain travel tavern stuck out in the back end of the A47 booked on a wet Tuesday in November.     

 

At the end of the day it's simply business. They are not charity and they are there to make a profit.   I can guarantee most of us customers don't go to our place of work without renumeration. Neither will the holiday businesses and their staff.

 

All very commendable Ecconoob

and i'm sure some of us can we can be accused of living with rose coloured spectacles,

but it still doesn't explain how the price of Penny Duck has risen to astronomical proportions over the last 50 years.

 

keep safe

& let 'Frugal'  be your second name

 

 

 

 

 

[hauxwell 243]

I was very disappointed when I had take away fish and chips from The Maggie Cafe. I’ve tasted a lot better.

 

Before lockdown I use to go to Whitby quite a lot for the day off season.  It’s well serviced by buses from where I live. With all the fish and chips shops in Whitby I nearly always end up going to Wetherspoons for lunch. There is a nice view of the Harbour.

 

I agree  with Baron99, if you are on a tight budget and especially if you have children  get your fish and chips in the town centre