What % do you think real world UK inflation is running at?

[Ribol]

Forgetting what we are being told completely, based purely on how much more you are paying out to live to the same standard as a year ago what would you estimate the real figure for inflation is?

[Pints]

A large chunk of my income is spent at the pumps, and I'm pretty sure there's been a significant year-on-year increase in the price of fuel.

Loaf of bread? More expensive.
Jar of peanut butter? More expensive.

I'm paying more for my council tax, gas, electric and water (per unit) than I was a year ago.

[CBR JGWRR]

Feels more like 20-30 percent on food.

[miniman]

Pints said:

A large chunk of my income is spent at the pumps, and I'm pretty sure there's been a significant year-on-year increase in the price of fuel.

Loaf of bread? More expensive.
Jar of peanut butter? More expensive.

To be fair, that's quite an esoteric existence - driving to the supermarket to get fuel and peanut butter sandwiches...

[thinfourth2]

We have a joint account that myself and the wife pay into to run the house

Despite our mortgage repayments being less this year we have had to both put in 10% to stop us going overdrawn on it

[Wills2]

miniman said:

Pints said:

A large chunk of my income is spent at the pumps, and I'm pretty sure there's been a significant year-on-year increase in the price of fuel.

Loaf of bread? More expensive.
Jar of peanut butter? More expensive.

To be fair, that's quite an esoteric existence - driving to the supermarket to get fuel and peanut butter sandwiches...

Doesn't sound bad at all...

To the OP I've had to or have been forced to, up the housekeepers monthly allowance by 20%

[Corsair7]

CBR JGWRR said:

Feels more like 20-30 percent on food.

Agreed. Biweekly bill is rarely below £140 these days, wasn't that long ago that £100 would cover it.

Spending more on insurance too now. Haven't claimed off our own insurance (car, health, house, contents, life) for years and years. Yet its become a major spend.

[oyster]

This is hilarious.

I keep records of all my fuel purchases and on Feb 11th 2011 I paid 127.9p a litre.
Last night I filled up at the same petrol station for 132.9p. That is an increase of 3.9%.

Council Tax is the same as last year.
Mortgage the same as last year.
Gas bills much higher, as are lectricity, but my mortgage spend is way higher than my utilities spend.
Rail travel is about 6% higher.

Where is this figure of 8% plus coming from in the poll results???

[mondeoman]

Food...

an example: Tesco value mince, 1kg pack, pre christmas was £1.98
post christmas is now £2.34.

Thats 18%

Cant find a bottle of wine for under a fiver anymore, used to be several that we'd regularly get that were c£4.50, now all £5+. Thats 10%

and they want how much for a Mars bar???

[Ribol]

oyster said:

Where is this figure of 8% plus coming from in the poll results???

Maybe the same people that would laugh at your 4% annual food rise claim

[0a]

CBR JGWRR said:

Feels more like 20-30 percent on food.

See the ALDI thread, TESCO and the like are taking the piss.

[Mobile Chicane]

mondeoman said:

Food...

an example: Tesco value mince, 1kg pack, pre christmas was £1.98
post christmas is now £2.34.

Thats 18%

Cant find a bottle of wine for under a fiver anymore, used to be several that we'd regularly get that were c£4.50, now all £5+. Thats 10%

and they want how much for a Mars bar???

Massively.

A year ago ox cheeks were £4.99/Kg at Waitrose, they're now £5.99/Kg. 20% right there.

In the summer I started baking my own bread. A bag of good bread flour cost £1.49 - it's now £1.89. That's a 26% increase in six months.

[crankedup]

VAT increase to 20% dropped out of the analysis, so when I paid over a huge great wedge of VAT today it wasn't as much money as I thought it was this time last year. Makes me feel a whole load better

[Galsia]

Food has gone up by a huge amount in the last year or so.

KP Peanuts at Asda: was £1.00 now £1.49.

Bag of Monster Munch crisps at Tesco: was 51p now 71p

Two examples that stuck in my mind.

Petrol has been at about the same price around here for months.

[Norfolkit]

Sainsbury's 'Basics' choccy biscuits up over the last few months from 33p to 49p, damn near 50%

[frosted]

Mobile Chicane said:

Massively.

A year ago ox cheeks were £4.99/Kg at Waitrose, they're now £5.99/Kg. 20% right there.

In the summer I started baking my own bread. A bag of good bread flour cost £1.49 - it's now £1.89. That's a 26% increase in six months.

Edit: Just opened up a pack of breast for my chicken tikka tonight and I was shocked to see only 3 pieces of breast where normally would get 4 pieces . Can you add one piece of chicken breast to the poll please

Edited by frosted on Tuesday 14th February 20:40

[Digga]

frosted said:

Edit: Just opened up a pack of breast for my chicken tikka tonight and I was shocked to see only 3 pieces of breast where normally would get 4 pieces . Can you add one piece of chicken breast to the poll please

By my shonky, state-educated 'rithmetic, that's 25% inflation, so I think you need to vote for 'over 8%'.

HTH

[oyster]

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[markh1973]

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[CBR JGWRR]

Norfolkit said:

Sainsbury's 'Basics' choccy biscuits up over the last few months from 33p to 49p, damn near 50%

Stopped buying them cause of that.