Increase in the price of a kit kat.

[anonymous-user]

I'll pay more for a peanut butter chunky, cos that's how I roll.

[brrapp]

Borghetto said:

I believe you can by a milk chocolate suppository

You know where you can stick that!

[powerstroke]

limpsfield said:

powerstroke said:

Oh dear never mind !!! so its a poke in the eye for all the sell it to overseas company's or lets make stuff abroard and ship some brand back for short term gain tosspot accountants , but hey we will keep the shareholders happy!!!!
Nice to see JCB and other great manfactures who stayed here and looked further than the end of there noses doing well

Hello. Judging by this post you are a foreign. Please leave.

Correct , I'm from the northern powerhouse and we are taking over from the city, we make things to sell
we replace the spivs, casino bankers and traders who play with other peoples money ,
we don't steal other peoples money and walk away after crashing the economy we arnt sub prime chancers....

[limpsfield]

powerstroke said:

Correct , I'm from the northern powerhouse and we are taking over from the city, we make things to sell
we replace the spivs, casino bankers and traders who play with other peoples money ,
we don't steal other peoples money and walk away after crashing the economy we arnt sub prime chancers....

And, if I remember correctly, with fishing? Innit?

[danllama]

JawKnee said:

Has the pound lost 20% of its value every 4 months since you can remember?

Errm no. Is it going to lose another 20% by January? Will I be able to afford a house then?

[Mr GrimNasty]

The trouble with consumables prices is that they have been going up for years but they did it by making the packs smaller (Chunky KitKat has shrunk at least 3 times recently!), it's now got to the ridiculous point where individual Kippling cakes, deserts, choc. bars etc. are co small you need 3 and the packaging swamps the contents. It's inevitable prices will go up. Food is 'oddly' cheap in the UK anyway. Take a look at the prices in Oz/NZ.

To suggest this wasn't on the cards anyway is just dishonest.

As dishonest as suggesting Brexit and not billions/years of QE and and bitter scaremongering is responsible for the £ adjustment.

[JawKnee]

MG CHRIS said:

JawKnee said:

MG CHRIS said:

JawKnee said:

MG CHRIS said:

I bet if you ask most shoppers the price of regular food items milk bread etc etc most wouldn't have a clue they see what they want put it in the basket or trolley and pay for it on plastic and forget about it.

I still eat them when I want a kit kat price doesn't worry me and if it did would stop eating them pretty simple really.

These sorts of price rises increase the price of weekly food shops though. I agree people wont cut back on the food they buy but with less money in their pockets afterwards, it will be elsewhere in the economy where they cut back on spending.

Most people don't actually know how much they spend these days just stick it on the plastic and worry about it at the end of the month. Tbh if I was so hard up that I was afraid of a few quid rise in prices of food I would cut back on actually eating crappy foods like kit kats.

Maybe that's a hard concept for you though.

Edited by MG CHRIS on Friday 21st October 20:38

No it's not. Somebody on Newsnight recently was saying shoppers are less likely to cut back on what they already buy in the shops and spend less elsewhere.

And don't think these rises will stop at Kit Kats. Anything we import, including raw ingredients will have to rise or the retailers absorb the costs which will hurt them.

Another fine example of how Brexit is bad for the country.

If you say so I think the opposite the lower pound means more companies wanting to invest in the country as its better for exporting, british business has never been as healthy as it does know.

Or we could buy british or shift our attitudes to stop buying crap from other countries like we have done for the last 20 plus years in the chase for the cheapest we become a minimum wage country for all the wrong reasons.

Yes, we have to stop eating bananas, pineapples, peppers, coffee and anything else we find difficult to grow in our climate and don't forget British wine is to die for! If this is the future for Brexit Britain I've got to be honest, it looks fking grim.

Edited by JawKnee on Friday 21st October 23:07

[anonymous-user]

Mr GrimNasty said:

The trouble with consumables prices is that they have been going up for years but they did it by making the packs smaller (Chunky KitKat has shrunk at least 3 times recently!), it's now got to the ridiculous point where individual Kippling cakes, deserts, choc. bars etc. are co small you need 3 and the packaging swamps the contents. It's inevitable prices will go up. Food is 'oddly' cheap in the UK anyway. Take a look at the prices in Oz/NZ.

To suggest this wasn't on the cards anyway is just dishonest.

As dishonest as suggesting Brexit and not billions/years of QE and and bitter scaremongering is responsible for the £ adjustment.

The crash of the £ is a reflection the worlds confidence in little Englands chances post brexit (if it happens). I.E. not looking too hot.
I guess the £s parity with the Euro makes it easier to work out prices if you can afford a holiday !

[JawKnee]

Mr GrimNasty said:

As dishonest as suggesting Brexit and not billions/years of QE and and bitter scaremongering is responsible for the £ adjustment.

Nope. The pound has plummeted because of the referendum. Simple as that.

[powerstroke]

limpsfield said:

powerstroke said:

Correct , I'm from the northern powerhouse and we are taking over from the city, we make things to sell
we replace the spivs, casino bankers and traders who play with other peoples money ,
we don't steal other peoples money and walk away after crashing the economy we arnt sub prime chancers....

And, if I remember correctly, with fishing? Innit?

Innit???!!! wos that mate !!! sorry I'm north of watford gap!!!!
I think our friend ///ajd invented that as he thinks germany makes cars and china everything else
and we in the UK can only make coffee for each other and short things, and as long as we have the EU to
look after us and help our magic money tree blossom otherwise we are going to hell in a hand cart....

[battered]

MG CHRIS said:

I bet if you ask most shoppers the price of regular food items milk bread etc etc most wouldn't have a clue they see what they want put it in the basket or trolley and pay for it on plastic and forget about it.

I still eat them when I want a kit kat price doesn't worry me and if it did would stop eating them pretty simple really.

You'd get a surprise. Most shoppers are very price savvy and price is a massive driver of footfall. Look at the price wars going on for bread, milk, etc. These are bellwether items. If asda, js or Morrison milk and sliced white are cheap then people think its the case for everything. If you don't think price is a driver for the non moneyed classes look at a few supermarket ads.

[Borghetto]

JawKnee said:

Yes, we have to stop eating bananas, pineapples, peppers, coffee and anything else we find difficult to grow in our climate and don't forget British wine is to die for! If this is the future for Brexit Britain I've got to be honest, it looks fking grim.

Edited by JawKnee on Friday 21st October 23:07

But we'll only be asking for these sacrifices from the poor folks up norf. For us southern Spivs we'll be eating cake as usual.

[s2art]

JawKnee said:

and don't forget British wine is to die for!

Edited by JawKnee on Friday 21st October 23:07

Actually British white wine is really quite good.

[Terminator X]

danllama said:

Confectionary has been rising steadily in price since I can remember. A can of coke used to be 40p for example. Chocolates used to be 40p etc. How is it news?

Don't be silly, it's all the fault of Brexit.

TX.

[Terminator X]

Jimboka said:

Mr GrimNasty said:

The trouble with consumables prices is that they have been going up for years but they did it by making the packs smaller (Chunky KitKat has shrunk at least 3 times recently!), it's now got to the ridiculous point where individual Kippling cakes, deserts, choc. bars etc. are co small you need 3 and the packaging swamps the contents. It's inevitable prices will go up. Food is 'oddly' cheap in the UK anyway. Take a look at the prices in Oz/NZ.

To suggest this wasn't on the cards anyway is just dishonest.

As dishonest as suggesting Brexit and not billions/years of QE and and bitter scaremongering is responsible for the £ adjustment.

The crash of the £ is a reflection the worlds confidence in little Englands chances post brexit (if it happens). I.E. not looking too hot.
I guess the £s parity with the Euro makes it easier to work out prices if you can afford a holiday !

Not the world, the stock market

TX.

[Tango13]

LeoSayer said:

I refuse to buy any more kitkats until they make a 4 finger chunky.

Can you imagine how awsome a defective four finger chunky would be? I mean, defective kit kat's are always a pleasant surprise but a defective four finger chunky!?!1!?one!!??

[Jockman]

danllama said:

Confectionary has been rising steadily in price since I can remember. A can of coke used to be 40p for example. Chocolates used to be 40p etc. How is it news?

You can still buy a can of Pepsi for less than 25p. You just need to know where to look.

[JawKnee]

s2art said:

JawKnee said:

and don't forget British wine is to die for!

Edited by JawKnee on Friday 21st October 23:07

Actually British white wine is really quite good.

I've tried a few, they've all been pretty vile.

[dandarez]

JawKnee said:

MG CHRIS said:

JawKnee said:

MG CHRIS said:

JawKnee said:

MG CHRIS said:

I bet if you ask most shoppers the price of regular food items milk bread etc etc most wouldn't have a clue they see what they want put it in the basket or trolley and pay for it on plastic and forget about it.

I still eat them when I want a kit kat price doesn't worry me and if it did would stop eating them pretty simple really.

These sorts of price rises increase the price of weekly food shops though. I agree people wont cut back on the food they buy but with less money in their pockets afterwards, it will be elsewhere in the economy where they cut back on spending.

Most people don't actually know how much they spend these days just stick it on the plastic and worry about it at the end of the month. Tbh if I was so hard up that I was afraid of a few quid rise in prices of food I would cut back on actually eating crappy foods like kit kats.

Maybe that's a hard concept for you though.

Edited by MG CHRIS on Friday 21st October 20:38

No it's not. Somebody on Newsnight recently was saying shoppers are less likely to cut back on what they already buy in the shops and spend less elsewhere.

And don't think these rises will stop at Kit Kats. Anything we import, including raw ingredients will have to rise or the retailers absorb the costs which will hurt them.

Another fine example of how Brexit is bad for the country.

If you say so I think the opposite the lower pound means more companies wanting to invest in the country as its better for exporting, british business has never been as healthy as it does know.

Or we could buy british or shift our attitudes to stop buying crap from other countries like we have done for the last 20 plus years in the chase for the cheapest we become a minimum wage country for all the wrong reasons.

Yes, we have to stop eating bananas, pineapples, peppers, coffee and anything else we find difficult to grow in our climate and don't forget British wine is to die for! If this is the future for Brexit Britain I've got to be honest, it looks fking grim.

Edited by JawKnee on Friday 21st October 23:07

What a fking jerk you are! Food is cheaper now than it's ever been. Our weekly shop was dearer in the 80s than now. Mind you, we're lucky we have all the supermarkets round here and have the time to shop all (the only way you can save big time).

You turn this into a Brexit thing over a fking minor price increase of a kit kat bar. Jeezus!
Like the Marmite scandal. Unilever backing down because Tesco had the guts to call them out.

You'll go into one supermarket this weekend and find kit kats at a different (usually 'lower') price than another. It's called 'competition'.
If you just shop willy nilly, of course you'll get stung.

fk me, milk is now only a quid for 4 litres!
Even 'REAL' milk ie in-homogenised full cream (not fking ste red-top skimmed that pours like white paint) - 8 litres can be bought in Waitrose for £3.
http://www.waitrose.com/shop/DisplayProductFlyout?...

Just THREE QUID for EIGHT litres of REAL milk.
At the same time I got a large tub of Rose's chocs, usually six quid in most places, for £3.60. Just carry a Waitrose card and before you leave, why pay fking Starbucks 3 quid for a coffee, get one free in Waitrose!
http://www.waitrose.com/shop/DisplayProductFlyout?...

LOL See it's easy if you know where it's cheaper. Shop around. Your weekly bill drops. Instead of being on PH NP&E every fking moment, look online and find the deals it pays! LOL
In the 80s Milk was almost double the price today. So f. off with your Remoanian crap.

And no, I'm not a Waitrose 'shopper' per se, as said, we shop ALL.

Last week Sainsbury's were doing their Nectar voucher bonus spend 10 quid min, and get a Nectar voucher worth min 200 point (a quid) but you could get 500 pts, 1000pts, 2000 or 5000 pts - those who knew about it got more than a fking kit kat bar! I went into their petrol station and did what half the queuing customers (in the know) were doing. I did 5 fill ups of a tenner a time. Fill up tenner. Pump back, fill again ditto. Was it worth it? yeah, 1 5000 pts (25quid!), 2 200s, and 2 500s and the last fill came out of the tank at 6quid... staff said make it up to a tenner with something in the station, so I bought two 200gram bars of Cadbury choc. 2 f. quid each! But hey presto, I got a 2000 pts voucher! All in all, I spent 50 quid (46 quid on fuel, 4 quid on chocolate). I came out with vouchers worth 41 quid! LOL. Cost of living eh? Full tank for a fiver effectively. I won't tell you how much we got over that weekend in vouchers doing the shop inside the store, hilarious! Wife went in Sainsbury's this morning to have the vouchers scanned. Till lady said, you've been a lucky lady! LOL.

That's just a small example of how shopping is not expensive, AND can be fun!

Food and shopping in the UK today, is not expensive. At all. Not IF your f head is screwed on looking forwards instead of back! Now pop across to the continent, and yeah, your shopping will be dearer. A fking sight dearer in some as I'm sure you know, but that little point passes by dicks in the night!

Sleep tight.

[s2art]

JawKnee said:

s2art said:

JawKnee said:

and don't forget British wine is to die for!

Edited by JawKnee on Friday 21st October 23:07

Actually British white wine is really quite good.

I've tried a few, they've all been pretty vile.

Probably tried the wrong ones.

http://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/food-...