First class stamp hits top price of 95p.

Record Collector Magazine hits record cover price, £6.60.

Meanwhile, a bacon roll and a coffee out these days is now at least £6 in the likes of Costa & Nero's (and as for a portion of fish & chips...)

Just a few "tip of the iceberg" examples of the cost of British living in 2022.

Come December, they'll be no pennies let in the jar to pay the carol singers. Will have to get them to leave the property by other methods.

Smithers, release the hounds...

Pet food has gone up along with portion of chips, coffee, egg sandwiches and fresh produce.

However frozen, processed junk food has relatively stayed the same price. So no doubt more cancer and obesity deaths.

Processed and frozen food lasts longer, so understandably is more profitable at a lower price as wastage can be managed much better than fresh produce.

That said, apples, bananas and sofourth are always an option, and are just as cheap as any junk food, so self choice does still play a factor.

Monty Burns wrote:
Processed and frozen food lasts longer, so understandably is more profitable at a lower price as wastage can be managed much better than fresh produce.

That said, apples, bananas and sofourth are always an option, and are just as cheap as any junk food, so self choice does still play a factor.

A lot of junk food IS actually the wastage. I am not joking.

With the greatest respect, having worked in both retail establishments and in restaurants for more years than I care to remember, I know that fresh food is binned by the lorry load everyday. Processed, frozen and tinned food not so much as it can sit on the shelf much longer waiting for a buyer due to the nature of it's storage. That's not to say they sell it all by the best before date, and don't bin a lot, but ultimately fresh food is the most binned because of it's much more limited shelf life.

Monty Burns wrote:
With the greatest respect, having worked in both retail establishments and in restaurants for more years than I care to remember, I know that fresh food is binned by the lorry load everyday. Processed, frozen and tinned food not so much as it can sit on the shelf much longer waiting for a buyer due to the nature of it's storage. That's not to say they sell it all by the best before date, and don't bin a lot, but ultimately fresh food is the most binned because of it's much more limited shelf life.

Well of course it is.

What I was referring to is that a lot of the ingredients in packet food are there because they are a by-product of another process. Therefore, it is already the waste, if you see what I mean.

Sorry if my off topic ranting was confusing.

Monty Burns wrote:
With the greatest respect, having worked in both retail establishments and in restaurants for more years than I care to remember, I know that fresh food is binned by the lorry load everyday. Processed, frozen and tinned food not so much as it can sit on the shelf much longer waiting for a buyer due to the nature of it's storage. That's not to say they sell it all by the best before date, and don't bin a lot, but ultimately fresh food is the most binned because of it's much more limited shelf life.

We used to take it home.

However I can see more deaths due to cancer caused by cheap processed food. It's all people would be able to afford soon.

Monty Burns wrote:
fresh food is binned by the lorry load everyday

Of course - and that includes junk food.


Meaning food that's high in calories.

But low in nutritional value; much of this is fresh!