WHO'S AT FAULT? Prices going UP! Portion sizes coming DOWN!

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[@stevied8855]

Hi Mate, When i was a kid Chocolate bars were big, selection boxes at Christmas were great. I bought a Twirl yesterday and was shocked at how thin and small it was. The Gov't talks about tackling obesity. When i was young there wasn't any takeaway's or indeed McDonalds, KFC etc etc. It's the Takeaway and Delivery mindset that's causing the problem, along with the lack of people getting off the Sofa and going out on foot for the day on a day off. We went for Picnics in the Countryside and ran around all day and as a result not an ounce of body fat. Steve in Fife.

[@graemenicol6377]

Totally agree 53 during the 1980s and 90s in the village where I live all we had was 2 fish shops and one Chinese takeaway these days there one fish shop two Chinese takeaways + 3 kebab shops far to many if you ask me

[@petersmith6974]

Boris told everyone to use deliveroo and Uber for takeout foods delivered

[@stevied8855]

@@graemenicol6377 Thanks Graeme for your reply. People need to get back to the old days, outdoors and also socialising. The lack of this today must be playing a huge part in their mental health issues too. Just sitting at home ordering deliveries is a scary way of life. I go Fishing when possible and there is nothing better for your health than being by the Sea. Thanks again. Stevie.

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Well said.

[@stevied8855]

@@BaldFoodieGuy Thanks pal. The amount of likes i'm getting on my comment already says it all. It's the Takeaways and Fast Food outlets together with lack of outdoor activities that's the problem. The Government must know this but the influence they must have must be huge. Thanks Pal, Stevie in Fife.

[@rmw7536]

Supermarkets are taking the piss and think they can get away with anything.

[@paulrichards6894]

i bought about 5 or 6 ready meals in asdas a while back.... they were reduced at the end of the night to something like 30 or 40p.....after eating them i still felt robbed

[@derekporter66]

everyone go on a robbing spree

[@888ssss]

estate agents are taking the piss more

[@derekporter66]

@@888ssss why

[@888ssss]

@@derekporter66 jeez, i think theres no hope....

[@northbankgooner6126]

Shrinkflation is a real thing in this cost of living crisis. All the major supermarkets are protecting their profits by passing on price rises and offering smaller ready made products, if ever there was a catalyst to move people off these meals and back onto cooking from scratch with fresh ingredients this is it.

[@arthurvasey]

Not a lot in ready meals - whilst they were never big enough to feed a family of five - and are only meant to serve one - they are barely enough to even serve one, these days! Never mind those tightwads who look at the price of a meal for one and make an arbitrary decision “One between two”, or even “One between four”, then wonder why the portions are small (they assumed that it expands in cooking - must do, for that price) - then wonder why they still feel hungry! Either buy two each or add some chips or something to it!

[@TheSeejay35]

Won't happen until fresh produce is cheaper also

[@jshaw4757]

​@@TheSeejay35Its ten times cheaper depends how you cook n how you cook..example I just cooked real Chinese beef curry plenty off beef with green pepper onions n pinnaple n some rice n a few chips comes too £2 a portion and a big portion at that....and let's be honest Chinese beef curry isnt exactly a bulky cheapy type food but do it yourself no problem

[@Project.X7]

It costs around £10 for me to feed 5 family members spaghetti bolognese and not small portions, similar with most easy family favourites, chicken curry with naan bread, sausage and mash with carrots broccoli

[@jshaw4757]

@@Project.X7 Good man home cooked food your little ones will need less doctor visits in years too come if u making em proper meals🤞👍...but yh a 60p bag off rice goes a long way so do potatoes n flour n spaghetti n other staples so if your utilising those then nothing should be too expensive and try cook on the hob as much as poss on low heat and make meals in bulk n buy bargains where u can...I was just looking at near too sell by date shops on line there worth a mooch all sorts can get I even say bottles of heinze mustard n HP sauce for 5p a bottle those ones are out off date but those things never go off..if civilisation collapses n restarts 1000 years later they will find all the heinze stuff n tuck in it will be fresh as day was made lol 🤣👍

[@juliemacefield3307]

Yes I've noticed how the portion sizes are going down but prices up !!! It's a disgrace and companies are getting away with it 😡

[@Signals927]

I have been buying Sourdough Bloomers for some years now in Tesco bakery section I use to pay £1.20 a loaf I now pay £2.00 and they have reduced in length to what they used to be and what annoys me sometimes is the one's that were baked the day before in other words are now a day old are still selling at the same price. When they are fresh baked they have 2 day use by date.

[@denisedalton8399]

Fresh bakery bread arrives frozen+is thawed before baking.The smell fools because it hits you before sight!😂

[@larrysmith8757]

@@denisedalton8399 99% of all tesco bakery stuff is frozen

[@peakpanther5136]

You really need to start going in after about 19:00 mate, the "artisans" are always reduced to 50p in mine. Large French stick 29p. 6 doughnuts 50p. 3 grain sliced loaf 50p. Etc etc. All on Yellow ticket and a good mix most nights if you time it right. I only ever buy reduced Bakery now ( apart from Warburtons crumpets, never reduced, Grrr..). My freezer is full of cheap bread!

[@7thdestiny674]

As bad as it is with shrinking portion sizes, at least I can see shrinkage. What's really bad are the sneaky "changes" to ingredients, like raising the water content of a product or doing something else to cheaply pad it out to maintain portion sizes.

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Yes good point

[@callumbush1]

It's called price gouging, profiteering from crisis!

[@Matt19matt19]

What crisis?

[@stevenc5227]

Its actually called shrinkflation.

[@BasedScotsman1984]

@@Matt19matt19 War in Ukraine? Cost of Living? Where you living under a rock?

[@Sxuk]

Manufactured scarcity. Control of farming on a worldwide scale. Get ready to eat lab grown meat and bugs.

[@rbnhd1144]

Pure Greed by Manufacturers and Supermarkets, its always been this way, but now its on steroids.

[@jackfrost6519]

We, the consumer must take a lot of the blame. Maybe if we all stuck together and stopped buying so much overpriced crap that we could honestly do without, these profiteering supermarkets’ profits would cease to skyrocket. That’s the only way we’ll beat them.

[@aclubcalledRAGE]

Love this post. Wish we could all still shop local along a parade of shops or easily reached market where we could get everything. Is it nostalgia? Other countries seem to manage it.

[@topquark6919]

Well, I'm doing my little bit. I don't purchase ANYTHING from Heinz anymore. Used to like their Tomato Ketchup, now I buy Co-Op own brand. Got a Best Buy in Which magazine, too. Tastes lovely. (Disclaimer: I have NO connection to Co-Op) 👍

[@deniseoxland151]

@@topquark6919 Me too, refuse to buy Heinz, greedy b*******.

[@Dave-kw7jq]

@@stevenstclair3327 we had a cracking Friday market .. butchers chicken stall etc etc.. Then the clowncil decided it would make a good car park for their town hall staff. Market ..gone.. TESCO Superstore built.😡🤬

[@billbar8532]

@@topquark6919 I, also, won't buy anything "Heinz." I also refuse to buy anything "Cadbury." Both companies used to be a mainstay in the UK. But now, they are relegated way down the ranks... There are better tasting, and cheaper products out there...

[@dalebaker9109]

£3.99 for enough food, for a hamster? Isn’t it shameful Gaz. So sorry about that mate. Excellent video, always a joy to behold.

[@_Uh_Oh_]

I love jamaican/carribean curries and that portion size was pathetic - the fact he didn't even have a single potato too! We need to boycott these greedy companies.

[@David-vg8lx]

Ridiculous. Enough to feed a kid 😆

[@blackbob3358]

@@David-vg8lx Depends on how big ya teapot is ! Ya right, like. They're just handy.

[@butterflydiva1]

Stingy so and sos. I agree with everything you say. The problem is unless you get home delivery.. You have to drive everywhere to get the bargains which defeats the object as you're paying for fuel. I always keep an eye on reduced but in date or reduced but after some secular commercial holiday xx

[@johndavis7944]

And after eating what little there is of this, the Hamster is looking really good 🤤

[@HFC786]

Absolutely unacceptable! Prices gone up fair enough inflation but no need to make smaller portion! What’s the point paying more

[@davebirch1976]

Personally, I think people's reliance on ready meals doesn't help, personally I like to batch cook meals, like lasagne, pasta, casserole, pies etc, from fresh and freeze them, and it works out cheaper and you get more.

[@danmyers7827]

So many times when I see a review here, I wonder how much cheaper it would be to make a _proper_ version of the product yourself. I know that Gareth's focus is on supermarket & shop items, not home cooking. Maybe Mrs Morgan could offer advice occasionally?

[@davebirch1976]

@@danmyers7827 I sometimes do buy the large premade lasagne from Aldi, at £3.69 for 1kg it's already cheaper than this, but I get 3 portions from it, so £1.23 a portion and served with chips and veg to bulk it out a bit, and as premade lasagnes go, the Aldi one is nice.

[@spex357]

Get ready for enforced power cuts in the winter. Some will last for days so all frozen food will be ruined without a backup supply.

[@mastert4303]

The prices are shocking these day's for most item's also depends on where you shop, it's been a long time since I've been in farmfoods, but that is pricey for a frozen curry, glad you enjoyed it Gareth that's the main thing. Thanks for sharing 🍛👍🏻

[@g4wwk-k2f]

Farmfoods is still generally cheaper than Iceland. but all the supermarkets are owned by half a dozen corporations. all working together under the WEF umbrella.

[@HomeCookingSpain]

Here in Spain, every month I go shopping, I seem to pay more. And yes they are also downsizing and charging more. I even noticed that cans of Fanta 33cl are now 30cl too! Im starting to grow my own vegetables since this year and hopefully save abit. Greetings from Spain👍🍷

[@g4wwk-k2f]

Its worldwide, all part of the WEF plan, dont forget Kissinger is top WEF he trained Sir Klaus. Kissinger said those who control the food control the people

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Greetings and good luck growing your own.

[@SaraG80]

Wow what a price ! Did look and sound lovely on box but for £ 3.99 its a bit pricey and yeah mutton is a adult sheep typically two to three years old. Great video thanks x

[@yorkshiregirl3601]

I’m lucky in the fact, that I have the pick of supermarkets, within 10mins drive away. I buy different things from different outlets, but the “cheapest” isn’t alway the best. I don’t tend to go into Tesco’s but I was in on Saturday, two carry bags =£70 but there wasn’t enough ingredients in them to make a meal. It beats me how some family’s manage.

[@imconfused1237]

If you’re spending £70 and don’t have enough to make a meal, that’s a you problem. It costs me £50 in ingredients to bulk cook 36 portions of bolognaise.

[@dpleech1]

@@imconfused1237 maybe she likes variety 😂

[@sparsh415]

@@imconfused1237 I agree. I spend about £50 on groceries weekly and i`ve got loads in to keep me going. I think a lot of people are too reliant on ready made products instead of having a go themselves(much cheaper).

[@yorkshiregirl3601]

@@sparsh415 I’m retired and I cook from scratch every day. If you read my critique, did I say I just bought groceries. I bought cleaning materials, along with other household items.

[@sparsh415]

@@stevenstclair3327 Your doing well if you survive on £28 a week. I was spending £30 weekly about 25 years ago but that included non food items as well.

[@colinblackshaw971]

Looked nice that Gareth but as you said portions are getting smaller , i always do a few chips with the curries , but am just greedy lol

[@Angela-s4z3g]

The quality and quantity of meat in meals is diabolical. Even Marks and Spencer meals are sub standard now. Glad you enjoyed that 😊

[@cyberleaderandy1]

M and S openly also say they send money to quasi political organizations as well.

[@Angela-s4z3g]

@@cyberleaderandy1 A member of The World Economic Forum too.

[@leehenry5764]

​@@Angela-s4z3gWell Marks and Spencer were both Jewish, so I'm not surprised it's a WEF member

[@chaseshadow]

Those that keep buying and accepting the mockery . . . . . . Until you all stop accepting they will continue to laugh at you. TRUE STORY.

[@ritualchaos7182]

It's starting to work out cheaper to go to the small independent shops, butchers and green grocers etc. Just means a bit of leg work and a bit of work in the kitchen.

[@billbar8532]

Ha! It is, if you can find any. I think there is only one independent Butcher, in the whole of the Wakefield and 5 towns area. Allums. A brilliant butcher and makes probably the best pork pies, ever...

[@ritualchaos7182]

@@billbar8532 We're lucky... 2 quality butchers, excellent pies too. Only one green grocer though, but the quality is excellent, that's in our small town, the land of "All Creatures Great and Small" 😁. Supermarket veg, meat etc has gone down hill. I occasionally do a bulk meat order online and have it delivered... Bennets Butchers, Morley based. Good quality meat and prices compare well with Supermarkets.

[@g4wwk-k2f]

@@billbar8532 the lockdowns bankrupted at least 50% of butchers, all planned

[@jannismclellan9810]

Bit of difference, subject cat ..food. .. I was adopted by a old feral tomcat, (l was recently berieved and he was company ..)Whiskas and felix was £3 a box , now just 2 yrs on the packet content is half as much and £4.50 to 4.99 , so instead of 2 sachets a day ,the same dish full is 4packets double price on a pension So it’s not just ready meals it’s everything

[@JanetBrown-px2jn]

I buy cat food for 3 cats on a pension,it costs me $17 for 24 cans 5ounces each There is $1:24 to the £ today,I was wondering how that compares with your prices?

[@martiniles6446]

I recently tried my Cat with Aldi 'Vitacat' satchets .. £3.19 for 12 100g pouches .. I know cats are fussy but its worth a try ..

[@g4wwk-k2f]

My friend who's a cat and dog owner, shops at B&M for their food, they tell me B&M's is now the best selection and value

[@zafarhussain267]

I am finding a lot of food not like it used to be . The taste is no longer in some products. If that's because there removing sugar and other certain ingredients. Maybe there using cheaper ingredients to make things today. But a lot of things are just not the same anymore.

[@mikethedigitaldoctorjarvis]

Even Bergerac couldn't find the potato in there !

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Haha

[@darrell4328]

Wow price very high for what it is looks like a Vesta curry in boxing etc. Mutton 2 year old I think

[@carolowen6242]

£3.99 for that is daylight robbery! Dosen't look great.

[@wildthing6668813]

If people made their own food from scratch they can add anything to the dish and do the portion size they like.

[@andypandy9931]

The worst thing is that its HALAL which involves cruelty.

[@keepgoing1973]

So that means the animal was thrown off a tall building.

[@Asgardsteve1]

The retailers are taking two bites of the cherry and showing their greed by applying inflation and shrinkflation at the same time, the problem is the same thing is happening on non food items as well, such as construction materials, batteries and so on.

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Very true pal

[@ElvenSpellmaker]

The problem is that raw materials are going up, as a result of the petrol price, electricity, and gas price rises and also the price of fertiliser and wheat is up due to the Ukraine war. Also businesses pay a higher rate for electricity and gas. My local pub said electricity is £1 a unit now.

[@guythibodeau4976]

Funny how the ones that made the call to shut down the World for two years get a free pass in your books. On a virus that killed 0.04 to 0.03. These are the People to blame. I am a buyer for a major Grocery store and they have a set Mark-up and without it they would go out of business. Everything went up for them also and don't forget even salaries they pay out went up. They are not to blame since they operate the same way they always did. And btw theft more than double since the lockdowns and the Meat dept is the number target for shoplifters. Politicians are to blame in my books.

[@leecolburn7849]

Paying people to sit on their arse for 2 years coming back to bite!

[@g4wwk-k2f]

all planned, you will own nothing and be happy, while the globalists will own everything and be ecstatic

[@mikebrown6805]

Definitely a bit of blatant price gouging by Supermarkets & food manufacturers imo. As for the portion size, just think how many more meals can be produced, with the same amount of ingredients they buy in....got to think of the poor shareholders you know. 🙄

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Good point!

[@CarlJones14]

While the food manufacturers and supermarkets are cashing in, there's only one cause of inflation, and that is Central Bank money printing, that's the Bank of England. The BoE is trying to inflate their way out of debt, cus the UK is bankrupt. If the BoE were serious about tackling inflation, interest rates would be 16%, or higher, I jest not. You won't hear the truth on the BBC or in the papers. Britain is being made seriously poor. We're being relegated from the bottom of the Premiership, down to division 3, or whatever its called, and I can tell you, we will never get promoted.

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Cheers Carl

[@stigg333]

These supermarkets have got to earn big money for their shareholders so if the prices have to go up and sizes go down then thats what they will do, they really don't care about the shopper!!! Great review again, cheers.

[@g4wwk-k2f]

Nope its not that, all the supermarkets are owned by half a dozen big corporations, and they work together under the WEF umbrella. "those who control the food controls the people". its not about making money anymore look at the woke narrative Hollywood spends $Billions to loose money on. its now about Controlling the people as UK column news says " its no longer about Left vs Right. it's now about Up vs Down. or as George Carlin said "It's a Big club and you aint in it"

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Well said

[@RS.Outdoors]

Believe it is only going to get a worse sadly. Stocked up ages ago with extra tins of stuff and other items, bit like an old school pantry just for a rainy day ;). Made a film about possible shortages coming last year and got laughed out the room. Never mind lets see what happens.

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Cheers pal will have a look mate cheers

[@geoffjoffy]

Hi Gareth. £3.99 - that's 4 times as much as Iceland's curry. Same size too. Just makes you think. Thanks for the review.

[@colinbell444]

You are right about both things prices going up and portions getting smaller Iceland is the worst for that they been doing it for a couple of years now

[@markjohnston7869]

Profiteering supermarkets are to blame. Once the dust settles and inflation eventually goes down we need to remember who did what and then punish the main offenders. In the short term we can starve them of our information by refusing to use loyalty cards in any supermarket thus removing a money making stream from them. No information to sell no payment to the profiteers.

[@honestg]

Supermarkets - Agree 100% . As for Brands: Many a brand are shafting the general public and profiteering. if you know what I meanz. Unfortunately, now they have a taste for it, the over-inflated price will come down slightly but won't ever reach the 'right' level. On a positive note, BFG has shown some (most times better) alternatives to the over inflated soups, beans etc. and we won't forget 👍

[@audiocoffee]

I find that loyalty cards can be very useful for scoring discounts/free shopping (ok - shopping you've already paid for). ok, you do have to shop smarter and all that, but, if it puts less of a dent in the weekly shop, so be it. because of a ton of food allergies, I have to be careful and shop around a lot. so anyone wanting to snoop around my loyalty cards will wonder wth they're dealing with - and it's fun because I am a brand avoiding randomer. I go where it's cheapest, where the items I'm seeking are safe for me to consume, and damnit, 'yellow sticker' bargains!! 😁

[@minixtvbox]

Tory scum government. Voters to blame

[@g4wwk-k2f]

"inflation eventually goes down?" That's not Sir Klaus's plan

[@jcs3330]

look at the huge reduction in size of Classic chocolate bars and Magnums etc.... and the huge increase in their prices.The manufacturers are blaming it on the government and they are passing it back (Health awareness crap!.)

[@faisalkayaanmeekah]

For anyone who enjoys carribean curries and wants to cook them at home, i got a carribean curry powder seasoning from marks and spencers the other day for £2, was really impressed with it. Instructions on the back how to make a curry chicken, was really simple literally need to add it to onion, peppers and chicken and then add a can of coconut milk. I added a bit of chilli powder and mixed herbs to the chicken, will add thyme and carrots/potates next time.

[@g4wwk-k2f]

I make my grandmas wartime beef curry, a tin of Corned beef, two large onions, half a pound of rice boiled, a load of dry curry powder.

[@faisalkayaanmeekah]

@@g4wwk-k2f nothing beats grandmas meals!

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

So good will take a look thank you. 😊

[@paulhoskin3286]

A year ago lidl and aldi crumpets were 25 p .today they are 45 p that's 80% up .we are being ripped off

[@Matt19matt19]

Wait. So you're saying a packet of crumpets for 45p is a rip off 😂 have a word with yourself. They were just stupidly cheap before.

[@stevenyoung9584]

how can anything be stupidity cheap, you'd prefer stupidity expensive? its the percentage the food stuff is going up, not one particular item. 🤔

[@Greylocks129]

Paul Hoskin - simple solution is to start your own business and sell crumpets for 26 pence. Come back in a year and tell us of your progress…

[@NoName-ex7ne]

Yes...who's gonna do owt about it?

[@patriciaangeles4816]

I have just got some lamb mince (butchers mince) out of the freezer for tea tonight. Definitely doing a curry with it 😋 I’ll be making six times that amount from the packet version and it’ll take me about 20 minutes to cook from scratch 🤣

[@SaraG80]

Hi can I ask a question Patricia which packet version do you buy ? x

[@patriciaangeles4816]

@@SaraG80 I don’t, what I do is get cheap cuts of meat, use what I have in the cupboard and small garden patch out the back and go for it. I don’t cook things that take hours to do. Mince is very versatile and I was going to bash up a shepherds pie but that vid made me think Mmmm curry

[@888ssss]

im having skin disease casserole - which i make from scratch.

[@patriciaangeles4816]

@@888ssss 🤣😂🤣

[@SaraG80]

@@patriciaangeles4816 Thanks for the reply and enjoy your curry x

[@steveambrose5580]

Supermarkets were trying it on way before brexit or covid. I simply stopped buying items that i thought weren’t value for money. Everything i stopped buying has doubled in price. I stopped buying spam when it rose above £1.50 my local co op wanted £5.70 for a tin.

[@Curryking32000]

I just noticed that Asda value brand tinned stewed steak has gone up from £1.79 to £2.50 overnight! Refusing to buy it now, a shame as I loved that.

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Shocking prices

[@g4wwk-k2f]

That was always the plan, get people hooked on cheap yellow label asda essentials, and then hike the price a packet of Sainsburys James brand frozen sausages, is now better value then Asda essentials frozen sausages

[@Grassmonster3]

Lidl's stewed steak has gone up this week from £1.99 to £2.09 for a 400 gram tin. According to the label, it's 75% beef so 300 grams of meat and 100 grams of gravy. I've really started to check labels to see if I'm getting a decent amount of meat or a can of expensive gravy.

[@Curryking32000]

@@Grassmonster3 i've tried Lidl and Aldi tinned stewed steak and found them to be fatty, gristly and the meat is tough. Gareth, why not do a stewed steak comparison?

[@Grassmonster3]

@@Curryking32000 I'll be honest - I have a few tins in for emergencies but I've not actually tried it because I tend to cook from scratch. I wonder if it would improve after being in the slow cooker with casserole veg.

[@bettycollins3960]

Just a small comment: could you compare the resulting dish with the picture on the packet in future research please? I find your tests very informative and comprehensive but am fascinated to know how the reality compares with the picture. Having just discovered you, am now binge watching!! Also enjoying your car journeys.

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Cheers Betty

[@colindavid2078]

Iceland seem to be the worst for price increases, but also portion reduction. I used to buy the Cathedral City Cheese bites, I love them..... You used to get 15 bites for £3, but now they increased the price to £3.50, but also you now only get 12 bites! Not worth it for that. I also used to buy Iceland's own spicy pepperoni pizza for £1.50, they increased it to £2.50, almost double! Don't shop there anymore, far too many price increases for what reason?!

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Yes I've noticed that also Colin.

[@davidrobinson4553]

I don't buy any meat products that contain Suitable for Halal, I'm not squeamish I worked in a slaughterhouse as a young man but ritually slaughtered is not for me.

[@g4wwk-k2f]

I'm so old i can remember when Greenpeace protested against Halal.

[@donaldchapman5466]

Hi Gareth. Re your size/price comment. Look at how yoghurts have changed. Not long ago they were 150, then 135 and they are still coming down in weight but not price. Not food but TALC used to be 170 gramme tubs now same size tub, but 138 grammes and price same or more. Is happening with everything in containers that you buy. Best wishes. Don, Thailand.

[@markchawner1586]

Gareth .... Have stopped going Iceland now because of exactly this reason and the massive price rises there. Just don't bother with them now. It's turning into a Fiddle for the public. Rather go Aldi/Lidl now, find the selection, price and value for Money far better. Great review, hits the spot yet again 👏👍😉

[@alanthomson1227]

Also air fares to get there ridiculous .

[@aclubcalledRAGE]

Really interesting to hear you say this as the MD of Iceland is always on Radio 4 banging on about how he and the company are the saviours of low food prices and people with low disposable income available for food spend.

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

​@aclubcalledRAGE haha they live in cuckoo land.

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

​@@alanthomson1227ha 🤣

[@andrewhayes7055]

Aldi and Lidl are just as bad don't be fooled by the "discounter" moniker

[@NCCC908]

Even Aldi's prices are going up rapidly. I have started to grow my own veg and shop at my local butcher for meat and eggs.

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

That's great! All the best growing 👍

[@missmerrily4830]

This evening for our meal we ate home made Bombay potato with vegetable rice, all from scratch. I had an onion and some iffy looking new potatoes that needed using up and the usual spices etc. in the store cupboard. It was really almost a scavenged meal. How did it taste? I loved it and my husband thought it was delicious. There was plenty of it. Loads. Are we not to blame for settling for these overpriced ready meals, purely for the convenience? I can guarantee that 'authentic' curry you opened and heated, was the furthest thing possible from anything, anything at all, that would be eaten in the Caribbean. I know so as I lived in Barbados for 16 years. I'm 75, and I've been through good times and bad times. It doesn't really matter whose fault it is when we go through bad times. I started life with post WW2 ratiioning and not a microwave or ready meal in sight. Meals were dreary but no-one starved. If you are happy to settle for these strange pretend meals then please know that no matter what caused the crisis, it will pass. Wages will go up and prices will stabilise if not go down. But you'll always only get a lot of gravy and three chunks of meat in a ready meal. There is no need for panic about inflation or look for culprits. This too will pass!

[@peakpanther5136]

Very, very well said Missmerrily.

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Sounds delicious will be round tonight 😋 🤣

[@freespeechforever]

The less for more has been going on for some time, like everything else in rip off Britain! The more you earn the less you get becaue of inflation and the high taxation rates and, if you're retired, the rip off is even greater - triple lock is a gimmick which makes them look 'generous' but that's not a word I'd associate with any government of the last few decades. Good video, as always!

[@daveturnbull7221]

Yes Gareth, under a year sheep meat is lamb, between 1 and 2 it is hogget and over 2 it is mutton except in South Asia & the Carribean where mutton generally refers to goat meat (courtesy of Wikipedia). Mutton used to be cheap but these days it is actually fairly hard to find. I love a nice mutton stew done in the slow cooker - really filling and warming on a winters day. I used to keep a stock of ready meals from Tesco in the freezer. 2 years ago it was 3 * 450g meals for £7, just checked and it's now 3 * 400g for £7.50 Over the years I've started gathering more and more wild food. I use nettles for tea and instead of spinach, wild cherries by the bucket load, blackberries, pineapple weed, crab apples and anything else I happen to come across.

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Cheers Dave for the information 👍 yes I've not seen it. You very it in Scotch Pies too but only about 4 to 5 %

[@grahvis]

Perhaps it is the need for slow cooking that has put mutton out of favour, everybody now wants their meals in 5 minutes. There was a crab apple tree by the river I used to fish, the apples were large and quite tasty when ripe, I would pick a few to carry in my pocket to eat now and again as I fished down the river.

[@leechilds3725]

surely shops must be throwing food away at these prices....

[@annemariestones3984]

I actually got some apples today 50p a pack cheaper than they were! I was staggered...although I know fruit and veg are subject to price variations a bit more than somethings!

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Well that's a plus. Nice one.

[@billybatts294]

tell you what to try Gareth,ALDIS essentials chicken curry and rice 85p as a night shift worker we dont have time for a banquet so i take a cpl of these there cheaper than a pot noodle and i think there pretty good if you get time i would like you to review them see what you think for 85p

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Cheers Billy

[@vanessahawkhead6316]

Hi Gareth for a minute I thought it was going to be another hotdog moment 😂 personally I couldn’t have eaten it especially not at that price

[@jamesnewman5772]

is the glass half full or half empty, it is actually full, half water and half air

[@toopoos]

As the joke goes whilst speaking to a mate. "My wife's going to The West Indies" "What, Jamaica?" "No, she's going of her own accord ". Cheers. 👍

[@Andyc515]

Even farmfoods have the nerve to put prices up on their tasteless slop! What's going on? We're all getting shafted big time! My shop at Iceland went up nearly 15 quid at the weekend 😳this government need to do more!!

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Farmfoods and Iceland pretty much the same.

[@g4wwk-k2f]

What's going on? the WEF and its half a dozen giant corporations that own everything, is going on. Sir Klaus was trained by Kissinger, whom said "control the food, and you control the people"

[@lifeisblessed4802]

i was brought up on Jamaican food as my father is Jamaican and the difference in taste would be the Scotch Bonnet Pepper and Curry they use,best way to taste caribbean food is try cook it at home,glad u enjoyed it but a bit steep for the average folk,You would fall in love if u was cook Curry goat and rice with coleslaw on the side mmmmmm.....Great Video...Bless

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Thanks for sharing, sounds delicious 😋 yes don't think I've had a Scotch bonnet pepper.

[@lifeisblessed4802]

@@BaldFoodieGuy Ohh Ok,Yeh Jamaicans use Scotch Bonnets in most foods,its very hot so u only need say a quarter inside a curry,hope u can taste more Jamaican/Caribbean foods in the future...Bless

[@jamesbain2791]

On the subject of diminishing portions, you should see what they have done to cherry cake. My last purchase from Aldi left me hunting the cherries. The cake had a few red “smears” instead of real cherries. Not much point in buying a “cherry” cake! 11:59

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Shocking 😲

[@Rusty638]

Yep it's all about profit. I used to love different fray bentos ranges so when I was out doing a shop I bought a fray bentos chicken curry in a tin and I stained my eyes looking for the chicken, but people will continually to buy these products because there is no other choice and these companies know this so they will just continue to rip you off.

[@Matt19matt19]

There's plenty of choice though. This isn't North Korea. Any decent supermarket probably has about 50 options when it comes to chicken curry.

[@Rusty638]

I totally agree but when you buy a big named brand you expect a bit better than when you buy a cheeper one.

[@lylahale5284]

seen a BBC2 Newsnight where an advisor said there is now, no need for supermarket prices to remain so high...in Morrisons, they used to do Peanut M&M,s and Breakaways for £1, then they went to £1.25 and now they are £1.85 ?

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Yes it's shocking isn't it.

[@danmyers7827]

It's what I call a 'meal starter kit'. You need to add some ingredients yourself to make it as it *should* be!😊

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Absolutely!!

[@fanfeck2844]

Add some ingredients? Do you mean like another lamb curry?

[@danmyers7827]

@@fanfeck2844 Look at what the manufacturer has provided and build on that to make a filling and healthy meal.

[@guzzi67]

Agree the prices goin up & portions goin down..its a shocker for sure..was always 400g for a ready meal at its worst...looks lovely tho but at 2 quid 👍

[@andrewmoore1533]

That looks like an old school vesta curry!

[@onlyme972]

The only Vesta in our Tesco is the chow Mein with crispy noodles. The rest of the range opened our eyes to what my mum called "foreign muck"

[@johnancill7397]

If it stains your worktop what is it doing to your stomach?

[@_Uh_Oh_]

Just the turmeric surely?

[@JanetBrown-px2jn]

Yes just the turmeric,nothing to worry about.

[@edwardhinton1615]

5 spoons of sauce and a mouthful of meat for 4 quid. I don't care how delicious it is. It isn't worth 4 quid. It's a ready meal, processed slop!

[@aclubcalledRAGE]

Yes amazing. Does five spoonfuls now constitute a meal with supermarkets and food manufacturers? ☹ Great review Gareth

[@edwardhinton1615]

@@aclubcalledRAGE I'm literally disgusted by these fake price rises under the guise of food costs going up or war or whatever other bs they are spewing now. That meal did not cost £4 to create. Probably not even a pound. They are a disgrace.

[@simongoodwin5253]

Can you still get mutton? I can't find rabbit either. Used to love rabbit stew as a kid.

[@JanetBrown-px2jn]

I think that is a good possibility it was goat,not mutton from sheep,rabbit hard to find in the US,and very expensive when you do find it I also loved rabbit stew as a kid in B’ham.

[@spenthom1863]

We are to blame for buying processed food. Eat fresh and prepare your own meals from scratch. Ps If you think you haven't got time to cook, if you're mainly eating overly processed food you probably spend more time on the 🚽 than you would prepareing your home cooked meals

[@g4wwk-k2f]

Do Schools still have Domestic Science? in the 1970's my comprehensive school taught me to bake, cook, etc.

[@michaelfeeney8437]

Was surprised to read the other day that people are buying more Ready Meals due to the food costs. But Ready Meals are expensive & going up as well so I didn’t understand that at all. Totally agree that buying fresh is still the way to go.

[@harryturnbull1884]

As an experiment I took a product that every supermarket stocks and get from the same supplier - Glenrycks tinned pilchards. The cost of a small tin ranged from 60p to 85p, they were all different indicating the varying levels of profiteering. On ONE product. Imagine.

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Cheers Harry

[@tecnogof]

Wow, £3.99 you'd think potatoes and carrots were more expensive than the Mutton, the amount they put in. Dreadful piddling amount of even the cheapest ingredients, which would have filled it up to the brim. I love a curry, Tescos Lamb Rogan Gosh from the chilled section is not bad value for you pennies.

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Tell me about it

[@Electrowave]

Is that a child's meal? ;-) I could eat two of those with a side of veggies but I wouldn't have much rice.

[@lcbuk6537]

Full of water, just like the water injected chicken fillets

[@donaldchapman5466]

Hi Gareth. Keep up your campaign. Price rises, volumes and weights are ALL changing in an adverse direction for customers. Most big stores do not deserve the years, sometimes, of customer loyalty. It is so easy for Supermarkets and food manufacturers to keep boxes and packages the same but reduce what is in them. Busy housewives grab a box of cereal because the family like it but often do not look at the 10% reduction in contents. Kellogs stuff here has gone from 330 grammes down to 300 grammes and Tesco have RAISED the price on the reduced size. Keep up the good work and videos. Best wishes. Don and family in Thailand.

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Cheers Don, all the best pal

[@mickowen3318]

would never buy anything HALAL / going for 50 yrs this guy started with patties and im sure he was on the lions den

[@bobbyricketts1429]

Hi Gareth, could you possibly tell me the make of your new cooker, model number ect ,because I'm going to buy one ,thanks in advance.

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Sage Airfryer multi cooker pal

[@bobbyricketts1429]

Thanks ,that's great ,keep the video s coming, my wife and I enjoy them ,Bobby from Blackpool.

[@hilux4996]

First comment.😀 Whoever is responsible Gareth, you can be 100% sure that they do not have to shop around or use food banks.

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Yes for sure.

[@g4wwk-k2f]

Sir Klaus will never have to "eat ze bugs"

[@alanferguson100]

Another thing is that when inflation eases somewhat the supermarkets will not be fast to reduce prices, they love this extra profit. Am I right or wrong.?

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

We will see

[@keithdeley7236]

I bought a fray bentos steak and kidney pie the other day cooked it i couldn't believe it when i took the pastry lid off i got some kidneys in it unbelievable fray bentos must have seen your videos well done 👅👅👅

[@rosalindbroomfield5858]

I no longer purchase when it became a game of hunting the meat.

[@zog97xy]

They are doing the same with toilet rolls and kitchen rolls! making the cardboard roll in the middle bigger so there is less on the rolls.

[@georgejewers3020]

Hi just letting u know u can record anywere in public Aldi is private company but it’s open to the public so it becomes publicly accessible wich means u can record anywere in public Aldi cant stop u if they want u to leave it has to be the Aldi owner not a manager or store staff and if they ring police they can’t get involved civil tresspass is not criminal police csn only get involved in aggravated tresspass so plz start recording all ur shop experiences thsnku

[@philipjones9458]

Think he should leave it to the professionals, ie DJ Audits, AB, PJ audits et al.

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Cheers for clearing that up mate 👍

[@valeriewright8686]

Yes, supermarkets are ripping us off. Does anyone remember Wrensons and Masons. Two great local grocer shops where you could buy honest to goodness food, loose dirty potatoes for instance. I used to shop for my grandmother in both of them and what little money she had went a long way. I wish we could bring them back. Oh and delivery by a kid on a bike was free !

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Thanks for sharing

[@charlestaylor9424]

Tesco makes a profit of roughly £20 per customer per year. The trouble is people see the company profits and think that's a big number, but ignore the number of shopping trips that represents and the number of employees.

[@andrewbush3744]

I had something like that a few months ago that was boxed it was very spicy they used to be a West Indian van in our market amazing food goats meat and dumpling wow rice and peas

[@raycarter4030]

they work by the 100gm. I remember when about 75p per 100gm was about ok for most things, now most things are 1.20 minimum but usually at least 1.50 per 100gm.

[@tussk.]

I was in Morrisons today and bought a pack of two Bells Steak and Gravy pies, priced at £2. I didn't mind paying that, as they were baked fresh in store. What I did mind was that there was exactly one 1/2 inch cube of steak in each pie, with about a tablespoonful of gravy. I went back and bought two more, to see if this was an oddity, but no. Each pie had one tiny piece of steak inside. Have a look and see for yourself if there's a Morrisons near you.

[@g4wwk-k2f]

I stopped using Morrisons when they had people arrested for not wearing masks, even if they were medically exempted

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Shocking 😲

[@Redsnapper123]

Looked nice. Just not enough food.

[@lynnpurfield9430]

Now I'm interested in Jamaican cooking...thank you.

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Any time

[@paul67]

I'm not a particularly big eater, but even I would need a few chips or maybe a piece of naan bread with this. £3.99 seems a bit rich for this. Thanks for another great upload.

[@iaindouglas4829]

"Greedflation" along with "Shrinkflation" are a very real thing now😒

[@Project.X7]

From what I can ascertain from talking to the staff in these establishments, the prices of food has gone down, it's the extra cost of electricity and the increase of staff wages that is holding up the decrease in price of the food from the supermarkets......supposedly

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Cheers David.

[@henrywilloughby8333]

All supermarkets are to blame for inflation

[@g4wwk-k2f]

the WEF owned world Govs are to blame, Sir Klaus bought 179 world leaders at Davos in 2016, many more since then. the biggest worldwide asset theft to the globalists has been going on since

[@uweinhamburg]

I've eaten several meals of that type. 380g is absolutely ok for one grown up portion, even if most of it is rice. But then - 3.99 for this dish, that's a hefty price to ask. For it would take 1-2 beers or half of bottle of wine to go with it and then the price nearly gets preventive. You seem to have enjoyed it so i would say - ok! If you are single and want a bit of a treat in the middle of the week, go for it!

[@Lucid.dreamer]

Are you still pushing Scottish independence and the breakup of the UK like you did for years?

[@garymcatear822]

Does anyone know why Farmfoods do not do home delivery or online shopping? They are the only store that seems to not deliver, also does anyone know if Farmfoods still sell 'wing dings', my freezer used to be filled with them, its all i would ever eat for a time. Haven't been in Farmfoods for over 20 years.

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Good question? I've not seen a farm foods delivery van.

[@garymcatear822]

@@BaldFoodieGuy Farmfoods stores are in Scotland mainly but i know there are lots of Farmfoods down south, my theory is Farmfoods do not have enough stores throughout the UK to warrent nationwide delivery.

[@wellard67]

Unless we see a huge drop in energy and fuel prices then costs will continue to rise and we will lose more and more businesses.

[@tonyb181ify]

Jamaican patties are wonderful, the yellow pastry gives it a nice touch

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Cheers Tony

[@jeantootell2670]

Hi Gareth, thanks for the review, I must admit I really don't like the taste of mutton, it just has a old off taste to me, but glad you enjoyed it

[@Adrian-ql3co]

Good vid but how would you describe the flavour is it fruity or meaty citrus ect.. 👍🎯

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Different spice to what I'm used to. Not sweet. Strong Mutton flavour coming through.

[@countesscable]

I’ve never seen water on rice like that either! Totally unacceptable

[@owensjl65]

What. Are the flavours similar too?

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Nothing I've had before. The mutton was a strong flavour. Maybe the Scotch bonnet chilli.

[@matty007]

Sainsbury's do some nice Jamaican pasty's the pink wrapping one is my favourite it's got lamb and vegetables and has a lot of heat and flavour with jerk seasonings.

[@keithblainey2717]

Excellent video as always Gareth, but as you say everything you buy has gone up in price and down in value. The weight of crisps is ridiculous, also Kit Kat choc bars scandalous. Thanks for sharing Gareth.

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Well said!