Pasta price in UK doubles as costs of basics rises - BBC News

The price of pasta in the UK has nearly doubled in two years, new research for the BBC suggests.
A standard 500g bag of pasta was 50p two years ago - now it's 95p.
The BBC has been tracking the cost of a small basket of 15 everyday essentials, from oven chips and strawberry jam to pasta sauce and potatoes. The total has gone up by £5.34 - from £15.79 in 2021 to £21.13 in 2023.
Official figures suggest overall UK inflation may have peaked at 11.1% in October. But the rate of food price rises is still running at 16.7%.
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[@Sophiaandersson6077]

The food prices here in Sweden are completly crazy its so awful

[@chucky2316]

I'm in the UK and Ikea's meatballs are a amazing price

[@ramatgan1]

Well Russia is worlds largest wheat exporter. What do you expect when you put sanctions.

[@boota1979]

@@ramatgan1 The UK is largely self-sufficient in production of grains, producing over 100% of domestic consumption of oats and barley and over 90% of wheat. We also import German, French, US and Canadian wheat. Nothing from either Russia or Ukraine.

[@ramatgan1]

@@boota1979Nonsense false stats.

[@ramatgan1]

@@boota1979 Russia is world's largest wheat and food fertilizer exporter. It is really stupid these sanctions and you are paying for your stupid follies.

[@firstname4865]

Tesco, 800 million pounds profit, still can't pay its staff a decent wage

[@Dippy7520]

Used to be people before profits. How that has changed round sadly.

[@gailhasler8435]

Absolutely unconscionable. We in the US have the same problem. These corporations' rate increases are nothing short of loan sharking and ururious. 🤐🤐🤐😜

[@Lora_Lynn]

Cost of transportation is one of the reasons why prices are inflated. Meats, a monopoly on slaughter houses. Chickens,eggs of course you know, the avian flu. Three times the price of normal. In turn any item that uses eggs, you see a substantial price increase.

[@namenotfound8747]

Pasta is a dollar at the 99 cent store, don’t know where you shop.😂

[@kylesmith8128]

War in Ukraine is affecting grain prices above and beyond the normal inflation issues. Pasta is made of grain.

[@radwulfeboraci7504]

In a nutshell, give suits a reason to raise prices and it will be instantaneous. Give suits a reason to reduce prices, aka give up margin, and It's watching molasses in January. Oil prices are just about back to pre-Putin prices. But ask why the stuff that went up is not coming down and you get this guy telling you 'it's complicated' (read yer too stupid to understand). Wasn't complicated when prices went up on the spot. The only way to change the price is to change demand ... stop buying stuff.

[@djbbdfggh]

PRE PUTIN 🤣🤣🤣🤣 WE PUT UP THE PRICES NOT HIM

[@TomNook.]

Notice how he said inflation will drop off... But no mention of deflation (prices going back down)

[@froufou100]

Exactly, they will continue robbing us before our eyes….

[@doyoueventhink6191]

they will never EVER let the prices go back down, the agenda is to artifically induce a famine.

[@mygunisinnocent8028]

It's up in America too. It's why I'm growing my own pasta. Anybody know where they sell pasta seeds?

[@tayluvofficial]

Pasta awesome?

[@samanthaw4955]

I see they named a street in London Kyiv Rd, will they be renaming others as an example, Kabul Avenue or how about Baghdad Drive. Sounds silly ha, just like Kyiv Rd…lol😂

[@foundsoul5024]

Looks like the sanctions are working well for UK

[@user-SubvurzIV]

It's alright though, the 650 people in the house of commons all get to eat their lavish meals and heat their multiple homes at our expense, so they can def be trusted to make this better.

[@robertwatson9940]

Would you like to be an MP then.

[@chucky2316]

I bet you vote for them again and again

[@robertwatson9940]

@@chucky2316 I think Khan.Hancock and Hunt will be voted out at next election.Johnson can come backcand start building buses again.The retoute master was the best designed bus.London has ever had.I would not put Khan charge of ordering buses.He thinks every body is neo nazi.Just because they want to travel to work.If he wants every body to buy a new van.When he changes policy.How does he stop pollution coming from Chemical plants in Russia.It would be nice to have a clear blue sky.

[@cebukitty]

In the philippines the price of onions increased so much, a kilogram of onions cost more than a kilogram of meat at one point :(

[@chucky2316]

Wow I take it they lived and managed without onions

[@robertwatson9940]

Onions give you acid.I think they are pulling your leg.

[@cebukitty]

@@chucky2316 we did. prices of onions have decreased a bit now. about 30 to 50 USD per kg. how much is a kg of onions in your country at current prices?

[@chucky2316]

@@cebukitty here I'm not sure of kg I'm in the UK but 3 onions just over a pound, free if you grow youre own 😂

[@XxTheAwokenOnexX]

After the price gouging by energy companies, food producers will be next to hike up prices.

[@mycool8357]

Has that not already happened

[@leebozza3639]

All done by design by our lovely WEF loving government!!

[@ydnallah1541]

Britain is swirling faster and faster down the toilet

[@monachaalida7587]

😕

[@doyoueventhink6191]

All as planned by our treacherous leaders and their WEF overl0rds

[@Ass_of_Amalek]

on the plus side, the combination of far lower than expected current gas prices, and very high prices for fresh vegetables, probably has been great for some british greenhouse farmers who decided to gamble on growing a winter crop.

[@GRFC1872]

Handy if we want to top up our lighters

[@chucky2316]

That is called taking responsibility

[@chucky2316]

@Ashiqa Anjum take personal responsibility

[@GRFC1872]

@@dr5290 just buy disposable lighters 10 for £1

[@ascgazz7347]

@@GRFC1872 that would buy you “fuck all” gas, and a shitload of useless plastic, you big dumb spanner.

[@omaral-husein8780]

For the love of god stop raising the prices of things!!!! We can't take it anymore

[@chucky2316]

Man up

[@camilla_k97]

In the Netherlands, the food prices became only about 10% more expensive than 1-2 years ago. If you buy a supermarket's own mark, you pay only about 90 cents for 500 g package of pasta or spaghetti.

[@astroboirap]

@Jonny Gertmunger something smells rotten in the state of denmark

[@foundsoul5024]

@Jonny Gertmunger yeah but you guys still trade with Russia, especially microchips

[@kenclarke769]

Uk is well on the way of third world status . Overwhelming immigration from countries like india to keep wages down .Housing markets, hospitals, traffic...it's all a joke now but who cares .big business and lobbies control the narrative

[@robertwatson9940]

How much was pasta when you had Gilders.

[@robertwatson9940]

@@InsistentlyInterdisciplinary Buy something else to eat.

[@Lewisiaable]

What the hell. Food prices are going up yet wages are the same. Shameful 👎

[@shoelessjoe428]

Just wondering when the "levelling up" starts?

[@davidgray8321]

We could afford all the pasta we wanted if we didnt have to fork out for a TV licence...

[@suspendeddisbelief401]

Get rid of TV then. It's a complete waste of anyone's money.

[@kaoskrew8577]

@@suspendeddisbelief401 Mine went just before Christmas. Waste of time and money. Far better things to do than watch the rubbish on offer on TV

[@daliaa5294]

You still pay for that. I don’t 😂

[@davidgray8321]

@@daliaa5294 Wasn't nessesarily talking about me lol

[@OldOneTooth]

If food prices are crazy but you have food, that's because your stockers were prepared to pay more to import what is left, that means in some parts of the world their shelves are empty.

[@sherryklosterman9895]

OK this is what you do folks. You get flour you get an egg get a little bit of butter and a pinch of salt roll it all together flatten it out roll it together and cut you will have your own noodles and they are much better for you instead of the pasta that you think is good in the stores

[@Captain.Pugwash]

Homemade pasta is great.. but you make it sound like a 5 minute job☺️

[@saarza9991]

@@Captain.Pugwash move yo a**

[@robertwatson9940]

Thanks for the advice.

[@sherryklosterman9895]

@@Captain.Pugwash It doesn’t take long but you use what you have in order to have some thing that is rich in protein. if I can make unleavened bread within 30 minutes all baked and ready to take for The holy sacrament of Jesus Christ then you should be able to make your own noodles in five minutes and then boil it until they’re tender

[@Captain.Pugwash]

@@sherryklosterman9895 half-assed pasta it is, then! 😅

[@littleb9298]

in rural ruzzia, people grow their own pasta and pasta sauce

[@vice.nor.virtue]

good for the ruzzian people who live in bum-fuck nowhere

[@user-mj9tr3ym5t]

Hey p0s mrucan how's your medical bills 🤣🤣🤣

[@gmark007isGianmarcoMaioli]

Aldi coming in clutch with £0.29 per 500g of spaghetti. As an Italian, I can assure you it’s the best budget option BY FAR.

[@Knight766]

As an Italian the quality of food from Aldi is garbage.

[@gmark007isGianmarcoMaioli]

@@Knight766 If you’re extending to every item in the store, it’s definitely the lowest quality of all supermarkets in the UK. However, I was specifically talking about their spaghetti. I was also surprised by one of their knock off brands for pesto (Cucina Italiana). Decent enough and on par with what you’d find in any Coop, Esselunga or Conad in Italy.

[@athejbaka7084]

You’re not Italian. Being Italian is about ethnicity blood and ancestry your parents are Africans and so are you

[@Knight766]

@@athejbaka7084 WTF are you talking about spaghetti-brain? Being Italian is about being Italian, meaning you have grown up and lived a significant portion of your life living in Italy, interacting mostly with other Italians. Ancestry has nothing to do with it

[@athejbaka7084]

@@Knight766 Actually no if I live in a barn am I a horse? No of course not your blood and genetics are the reason your Italian. Simply living somewhere doesn’t change your ethnicity DUH 🙄

[@planetturla9995]

Try to check food price in Poland from last year many products like bread or fruits going double price. Also fuel are still very expensive thats really crazy.

[@astroboirap]

you eat rotten potatoes and bland boiled meat anyway

[@planetturla9995]

@@astroboirap Do not get it.

[@foundsoul5024]

Looks like those sanctions on Russia are working

[@elenadunn15]

Blame Putin.

[@wankmaster69]

@@elenadunn15 blame Putin for your Father who left you

[@blanne9628]

then why is it all these companies are making record profits?

[@zoranhorvat4197]

pasta is made with the most expensive food today eggs or the corn for gluten sensitive, so what even the car company from Germany with peace logo knew that they have no car but chicken aerodinamics in commercial

[@puffinjuice]

Authentic pasta does not contain eggs

[@HOPEfullBoi01]

What is your source, United Stater news? Since when are eggs (which aren't an ingredient in most pasta anyway) "the most expensive ingredient"?

[@bowiefaniamiam8118]

A basket of essentials has gone up way more than a fiver 😡😡😡

[@robertwatson9940]

Did you buy a bag of oats.Thats the cheapest food.

[@emeleseru4635]

In fiji a btl of 500ml coke is $2:90,from $2:00a btl price's has gone up too in Fiji

[@chrishazael3157]

Amazingly not one mention of Brexit

[@dhirajgamersxyz7216]

The price of 500g pasta in India is approx 2 pounds 🇮🇳🤣🤣

[@declangaming24]

Just got some pasta today don't get the BS about it me and mum spent about £50 on shopping

[@declangaming24]

@@mybeautifullife4169 bot

[@chucky2316]

Declan I applaud you and youre mum personal responsibility it's not the govts or the tax payers job too feed and clothe people

[@declangaming24]

@@chucky2316 go lidl of aldiit's cheaper then the big supermarkets tesco, asda, sainsbury ect

[@declangaming24]

@@ashiqaanjum7375 stop commenting with that hashtag don't know what it is but it glitches youtube

[@trancevoyagesessions]

Who’d have thought that leaving the EU and putting red tape between us and produce from EU nations like Italy would raise prices… #Brexit pasta doesn’t come from Ukraine!

[@emiliaemiko1869]

Well and it's not only energy/ gas and food... The weather too. The hybrids need to do.

[@mrmemory3.14]

Sometimes food prices go up at ridiculous rates with no reason

[@mariodevodier5786]

Food's soveregnity is the answer. There is a clear economic war against the European country and European citizens to put them in poverty and without voice . All the European Country had become food self sufficient and sow grain in every place where it's possible big or little, also in the their own garden. Like hour grandfather did during the war. Crops and barn in the counteryard. It's a low level answer but it's the only one we can do.

[@emilybrookharrison7562]

Food 🍱 is really expensive here 🇺🇸 and so is alcohol 🍺 it’s not fun

[@chucky2316]

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger why are you complaining make youre own

[@rayray117]

Life was good before 2019. Eggs was so affordable.

[@castlev1986]

keep them going up baby

[@officialth3egde882]

We need to bring back real basic cooking classes on TV and in schools. Ready meals and lack of food knowledge in young people is the problem.

[@officialth3egde882]

@@ashiqaanjum7375 I mean u can buy cheaper unpackaged products from the market. But u need to know what you are buying and how to prep it. E.g slaw, u need just carrots, cabbage, onions and mayo. £2. That's enough for one week. But u can buy it ready made for the same price for one meal only. Another example is popcorn. U can buy the real dried corn for a pound, it will last one week if used daily or microwave one for the same price but just for one portion.

[@LearnWithEase87]

What does this have anything to do with the ridiculous price increase on basic ingridients lol. Even if you know how to cook you are still paying double for some ingredients.

[@officialth3egde882]

@@LearnWithEase87 that's my solution what's yours?

[@officialth3egde882]

@@LearnWithEase87 prices will always rise but the knowledge of how to save money will never change.❤️

[@officialth3egde882]

@@Davedani687 Trust me kids need this social media is not teaching them the hard reality of life.

[@paulsamson6039]

Why is it that we are now producing over a third of our electricity from renewables but the price keeps going up?

[@Penguins_antartica]

At work I get 2 sandwiches, one pot noodles and a fruit for free😂😂, at least I can say I eat 🫡

[@notknown5777]

Hmp 3 course

[@curiositycloset2359]

Sounds like you're eating shite

[@mrrayong]

moved to thialand and there plenty of fresh food, cheap its amazing enjoy been poor with your green deal .

[@robertwatson9940]

Plenty of food in every country.Supermarkets are full.

[@AA-ul8kr]

Let them eat cake?

[@forlatagate1]

Revelation 6:6, NIV: Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, 'Two pounds of wheat for a day's wages, and six pounds of barley for a day's wages, and do not damage the oil and the wine!' It's inevitable.

[@emmajane646]

God will not let us go hungry. Either the ravens will feed us or bread will fall from heaven. If we are to go without, we will get through. He will NEVER fail us.

[@Boo-pv4hn]

Have a look at butter.. it’s gone up ALOT

[@utubebroadcaster]

But Brexit was meant to make everything a lot cheaper? I don't understand why in the EU there's no food shortages and prices have jumped a lot less. What could it be...

[@chucky2316]

You are lazy and should work harder

[@davidrosaline455]

The war, covid and the financial backlash from it. It's like brexit haters forget the world immediately went to shit when it was done then it went to shit again immediately after everyone forget unvaxxed people were the scourge of the earth. And it's never gotten better. It must be nice not being able to remember current and recent events and just blaming it on whatever you don't like

[@sebastianguerre6868]

The failure of the winter tomato, aubergine and cucumber crop is nothing to do with the UK. They don't grow here in February lol. Poland, Portugal and Ukraine have cheaper food then the UK but Germany doesn't and France doesn't and Spain doesn't and Norway doesn't and Denmark doesn't and Switzerland doesn't and Holland doesn't and Belgium doesn't and Iceland doesn't. I think you're confusing correlation and causation.

[@Tommy459]

@@sebastianguerre6868 Who told you to list things, are you a bot? I think you are confusing vegies with pasta. Also you did not point out the difference between causation and correlation. I.e. the supporting text does not constitude a casual support relation with your conclusion and barely andy correlation(unless price of veggies greatly affect the price of pasta). Also you know nothing about confounding variable and casual statistics.

[@sebastianguerre6868]

@@Tommy459 Perhaps you should watch the video before commenting on it.

[@markjackson9827]

The price of bread has also, last year 65p for a loaf of bread 12 months later its £1.35, we cannot carry on like this, you have to blame the government of the day, say what you will about covid and the war, they are complete shambles , you can bet your life those prices wont come back down to what they were even when inflation does start to come down, shocking country to live in, anyone that can get out should do so.

[@flashmasstock]

1:54 "so high that I can kiss the sky"

[@Redpilled66]

Well cutting yourself off from your biggest trading partner and largest trading block in the world probably didn't help. And sanctioning yourself from the biggest exporter of gas and oil in the world probably another. Domino effect.

[@ukpreppermuminspire-shoppingpa]

It is complete madness, thanks to God I saw it coming and prepared in advance.

[@barneymagee3285]

They said it was a 'conspiracy theory' , yet here we are..

[@HBS444]

@@barneymagee3285 yeah and all your moaning wont change a thing. don't get why all the moaners don't put more effort into improving their own lives.

[@vimalk6383]

Not just for Pasta & not only in UK it’s everywhere & worst in France

[@betsyadala]

Keep money for UK citizen 🌟

[@Dear_Mr._Isaiah_Deringer]

Corporate profits are fine though so don't worry please.

[@KevinColt]

Just bought half a kilo of chicken for £1.20 at waitrose.

[@alekmarin7840]

Be all eating grass soon

[@songscoops4205]

Wow and the welsh are worried about a leek shortage 😛

[@jamesbunyard23]

And the government says inflation is going down... Rubbish. The supermarkets are greedy. They won't lower the prices now. This is the new norm.

[@doyoueventhink6191]

I hate that Orwellian term, "new normal" is pure double speak.

[@thekerlastory7312]

In india only 240 ruppes for 5 kg

[@robertwatson9940]

Not sure how many ruppes to the pound stirling.

[@davidkeogh9276]

Theresa coffee wants them to eat turnips so what's the price of turnips.

[@anthonydoyle7370]

All you need for a turnip is a punning clan

[@chucky2316]

Turnips and roota baga is nice mashed. And guess what like the humble potato can grow it anywhere. What is the issue

[@monachaalida7587]

@@anthonydoyle7370 ?

[@LukeMovement1]

As Brexit takes effect you mean? The way I see it, the free market has spoke, and who are we to stop it?

[@Roland_Tr909_Swing]

I have to laugh on bbc news page they have "cost of living tackling it together" how are you tackling it bbc ? Are you waiving the tv license? Thought not

[@villetahvonen2038]

What they fought for and ran into, I think meat from worms and flour from larvae will be cheaper at first ...

[@iamdmc]

because of GREEDflation

[@burnoutminion]

All the people who were higher up in the chain passing down the costs are evil and corrupt

[@kamalbardia8203]

Great Great India, cost there vert low. Markers are flooded with cereal, fruits and vegetables, dairy. Lentils.

[@9FatraBbits]

Complicated?! Try.

[@samsmith2635]

Not the 1 quid box of Pasta, now its 2 quid. This is it, Britain is tits up.

[@anthonydoyle7370]

A piffling amount of wheat came out of Ukraine last year, and as far as I know, none came out of Russia. That means that the grain reserve will have been used to stop the prices rocketing. NO wheat will be coming out of either Ukraine or Russia this year, so be prepared for the £10 loaf of bread very soon.

[@chucky2316]

Sam I paid nearly 15 quid for a snack the other day in KFC a mighty bucket for one and a zinger burger.i didn't cry about it I paid for it, if you don't want to pay for it don't go to KFC.

[@moallysnackbar]

You eat this foreign muck ? Get down your local farm shop for proper food

[@Bungle-UK]

Let’s hope some of the tubbies out there seize the moment to cut down

[@chucky2316]

If they are eating pasta or rice that piles the weight on

[@emiliaemiko1869]

Good morning! We are waiting for the Queen Elizabeth 's staff.

[@iborgiwc7899]

Make your own! That is if you can find or afford any eggs!

[@julianaylor4351]

You can store pasta in airtight boxes for a long time, saving you money. Some of these popular items shouldn't be all you eat, some aren't that good for you. In fact this list just shows how bad some people's diets are. Some mean person tried to buy too many tomatoes in a supermarket, I was in the other day. They had been told they couldn't and left them at the payment counter, so I swapped out my tomatoes which were the more expensive ones, for the ones I actually wanted, and unlike them, put the ones I didn't want back on the tomato stand. I also got a box of cress out of their greediness. I actually use salad all year round and rarely fail to use it all up. There was also a lettuce, but it had been bashed around and wasn't a variety I buy. Stop buying too much fresh stuff, you can't always store it like dried goods, tins, bottles or frozen food, it wasteful and selfish, the supermarket is full of other people, who may want it more than you do, like those tomatoes and that cress. 🙄

[@michealrose7556]

I don’t consume wheat, only Whole Foods. Pasta is processed

[@jamesmit100]

This news shock me! I am buying 3 pounds per kg all the time!

[@andreypetrov4868]

It's all normal and it's just the beginning. When in 1991 USSR was split into 15 independent states, it was a harsh violation of Helsinki Accords 1975. No single country raised their voice. Everyone was happy. Now, it's time to pay. And in capitalism, the ones who gonna pay are working class people not capitalists.

[@earnestequivocation6250]

Bread butter milk orange juice are some of the things I buy. 16% my ass!

[@imgoodatmoaning9561]

Instant bistro gravy small size £3!

[@emma8821]

Looking at this, I don't buy most of it, and there's a lot of junk there you wouldn't eat anyway, and the normal food hasn't gone up by that much

[@kaoskrew8577]

Where do you shop to be able to claim that. I cook most things from scratch but am unable to afford many of the ingredients now. Prices of even the basics have rocketed!

[@michealrose7556]

No nutritional value in Wheat. Are they using round up on Wheat?

[@giglioflex]

Wheat provides protiens, carbs, fiber, and a variety of other nutrients assuming you eat whole wheat. Wheat in and of itself isn't bad, it's when it's over-processed that it looses more of it's nutritional value. It's also typically used to make things like biscuits and baked goods that add more unhealthy ingredients. Then again you can bastardize any grain really.

[@Captain.Pugwash]

​@@giglioflex exactly. It's only unhealthy when the food industry strips the grain of most of the nutrition by refining/processing. People misunderstand that.

[@gailplatt1]

To many carbs anyway

[@public.public]

The last place on Earth that needs delays for imports and exports is the UK brexit the gift that keeps on giving grief.

[@copefarmerleaguefans]

So the whole world brexited?

[@emiliaemiko1869]

The Queen Elizabeth told me that it's greed and selfish's reasons.

[@leprechaun4526]

Yeah we know. This is not news

[@vernelledouglas1801]

Is there a shortage of wheat that is fuelling the price of pasta?

[@giglioflex]

It could be related to Russia blocking Ukraine from selling it's wheat. While it's not able to do so as consistently anymore, when you interrupt such a major supplier it's going to have an impact on the broader market. Not saying that it's the sole cause of the issue but companies along the supply chain have to worry about one of Europe's largest wheat exporters dissapearing including their investments so this uncertainty means higher prices. The UK itself does not import much wheat from Ukraine but that doesn't stop it from constraining supplies or impacting companies who are involved in the supply chain for this commodity so at the end of the day it results in higher prices for everyone.

[@mr.n4801]

That's okay, folks. Just think about those Ukrainians! We must help them even if it will cost you a starving or freezing death!

[@ecaeas4439]

Poland has taken over a million Ukrainian refugees. Nowhere near as many problems with heating homes there as here. It's almost as if refugees have nothing to do with price rises and if you directed your anger instead at the energy companies recording record profits and the tory government who is literally enabling them... maybe something would change.

[@user-nq1ne2li4z]

[@user-nq1ne2li4z]

[@kurez677]

Great reset

[@SamuelBlack84]

I wonder what would happen if nobody could afford any food anymore?

[@astroboirap]

cannabalism

[@SamuelBlack84]

@@astroboirap I would love to see that

[@doyoueventhink6191]

@@SamuelBlack84 we need to make sure we eat the rich first.

[@SamuelBlack84]

@@doyoueventhink6191 That will make you sick

[@froggydoggy8758]

BBC - instead of tracking prices and highlighting the glaringly obvious ask the difficult questions? Investigate the real reasons why costs are rocketing. BBC needs defunding - let them pay for their own lies instead of the public paying for them

[@tuco4386]

Bonk

[@chucky2316]

They do only thing they seem to do in abundance without birth control

[@gearoidt6761]

Vladimir is Putin up the pasta prices

[@foundsoul5024]

This

[@emma8821]

So why are we building flats on every farm now? It's ridiculous. Today they said shortage of tomatoes which is stupid, you can grow your own in a flat even, why would you ever buy them, so how can there be a shortage🤦

[@robertwatson9940]

There is not shortage.Farmers have stopped growing food.As they dont get subsidy from Government.So they cannot pay to heat greenhouses.

[@paulswabek173]

The world is about to be a very scary place food-wise. Learn to make things from scratch. Learn how to use things to their fullest.

[@mactheknife7049]

After the recession of the early 1980's, the United States Government began manipulating economic policies in a way that resulted in longer periods of economic growth, each longer than the last... but then followed by a near-catastrophic economic meltdown. 1987, 2008, 2020. Before then, economic growth cycles were much smaller (2-4 years, tops), followed by brief and by comparison far less drastic recessionary periods (usually lasting 6 months or less and, quite often, not even being realized they'd occurred until after the fact). Perhaps the old guys pre-1980 knew what they were doing better than those who've come since, huh?

[@andreypetrov4868]

USA and Europe managed to get away from recession in ~1993 because after collapse of USSR in 1991 they got access to natural resources and consumer market of the largest country in the world. Everyone was happy apart from a few dozens of millions of ex USSR citizens who became beggars overnight. But who cares. It's the way capitalism works. The rich become richer, and the poor become poorer. And now this process manifests itself in Europe and USA. Enjoy.

[@doyoueventhink6191]

it's all planned, they need to crash the current system so they can bring in centralized digital currency, watch the world government summit, they are desperate for these systems to give them more control over our lives.

[@gf5617]

The perfect time to think of all the things we take for granted... Dont like prices theres always option to hunt a wild.pig, kill it, gut it, blow torch to remove hair..something else to complain about i guess!

[@TheeNam3less]

Not my spaghetti

[@joshnicholson2934]

People seriously need to learn to cook. Oven chips? Nah, buy a potato and some veg oil, probably a quarter of the price

[@k4p1t4l9]

To be fair… Pasta is disgustingly cheap when you consider the nutritional value of it.

[@szymonlampa2159]

Pasta is 20 p in aldi and lidl. A bit dramatic

[@davidm5966]

@Follow the howl same thing.. 40p is nothing

[@doyoueventhink6191]

@@davidm5966 40p is not the same thing as 20p.

[@davidm5966]

@@doyoueventhink6191 it is if your not broke

[@davidm5966]

@@doyoueventhink6191 if people are struggling to buy something that’s 40p they need to work harder

[@doyoueventhink6191]

@@davidm5966 you 77th brigaders are getting worse everytime I see you.

[@christopherlochan3362]

your country price raise, imagine how my third world country price is.

[@ZeuzBluez]

Back to fish n chips n shepherd s pie then😁

[@chucky2316]

It's better for you and it's cheaper to make

[@WellOilBeefHooked]

We are all doomed