Cost of living squeeze in 2022, 23 & 24 (Vol. 2)

Picking just one of them.....

Shop in Tesco with a Clubcard

I did, but only secured a price still double last year.

Yep, my insurance went up 25 percent, even with shopping around. 15 years of no claims, age, and a very boring postcode didn't help.

This was the normal size bag in my school days

Is it worth shopping around for utilities at the moment?

No EV so just a general need for gas and electricity, got chucked at the hell that is British Gas after a supplier failed, and they are awful.

So Energy have been okay for a few years. Don’t make it easy for those of us resisting ‘smart’ meters to submit readings online.

I understand it’s still not the time to set fixed rates, other than perhaps for certainty/budget purposes.

£1.60 for some bags of inert gas with a couple of crisps at the bottom.
Save £1.60 & stop buying them!
Won’t be missed..

Since the demise of the the My supermarket app shopping around is not so easy even though many supermarkets are close together Sainsbury, Lidl, Asda and Tesco are within walking distance of each other in the town i am in.

There is Trolley.co.uk, but the app isn't as good as Mysupermarket used to be, rumours are this will fold too.

It’s called competition and we do have the competition watchdog to investigate those methods of competition.

I'd agree with that with one exception re 'energy'.
Been with Octopus for a while now since installing solar (prev was Scottish Power - I'm convinced they have only one person working in their offices!). Can't fault Octopus at all, which is unusual for me!
When you call them... they actually 'answer'! And when they say they'll call back or be in touch, they do! I'm not used to this!!

Daughter has just changed from 'fking' British Gas on her change over to Octopus. BG had the cheek also to ask for a ridiculous 'leaving fee' which I've told her to refuse to pay (Been in touch with a newspaper consumer champion and they reckon give it a few days and daughter will receive 'We are sorry, this was an oversight on our part, please accept enclosed cheque for your inconvenience.' I've done this before and it always works. The majority of people sadly just cough up. Fools, but I admit you do need to waste a bit of your precious time, but I have plenty of it (time that is) when it comes to retrieving £££s.