What am I to do? I love food, love buying food, and can’t wait for my weekly trip to the supermarket. But with prices rising the way they are, my budget is going to reach a breaking point.
Luckily, my husband and I agree that food is going to be one of our major expenses. Not eating out, not grabbing takeaways, but buying raw ingredients with which we can make something beautiful.
I have noticed that my favourite wholegrain bread once £1.09 (six months ago) at Waitrose of all places is now £1.32 at Sainsbury’s. It’s not the end of the world, of course, but that means my yearly food bill has climbed £52, and that’s just the bread!
The UK is not alone. All throughout the EU, prices are rising, particularly for good healthy staples such as milk, cheese and eggs.
In the midst of all this, debates are going on in the UK over chicken and whether consumers should be expected to pay, on average, £5 more for a free-range chicken than a battery-farmed one. After all, not every one can afford an expensive chicken, right?
Or can they. Some suggest that swapping the Frazzles for a better chicken is entirely possible.
Other side of it – if battery-intensive farming was outlawed, prices would come down, for everyone. Unfortunately, the only way the consumer can help this process is by boycotting battery chicken, I’m afraid.
What are your thoughts? Is there anyway to fight our rising food bills? Or is it a small price to pay for quality?
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