A shopper who looked back through his online shopping history over the last six moths has spotted the one item that has risen in cost more than any other. A quick look back showed that a 350g packet of cheddar cheese from Asda in the early part of 2022 was £2.50.
That price increased to £2.75 by March and by June Asda were charging £3.80 for exactly the same product. That's almost a 50% price increase. But that's not even the end of it.
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Further comparisons at other supermarkets found Sainsbury's currently selling the same 350g packet at a massive £4.20 and Co-op was even more expensive at £4.50. The cheapest we found it was £3 at Morrisons, still 50p more expensive than a few months ago.
And it doesn't end there. Comparisons of the bigger 550g packet of Cathedral City Mature Cheddar found Co-op charging a whopping £6.50 for a block of Britain's favourite type of cheese. Tesco was the next most expensive at £5.25 then Waitrose £5 and Morrisons £4.50.
The shocking prices follow more massive hikes in popular dairy products.
A 500g pack of Lurpak has shot up in price to an eye-watering £5 - summing up for many the cost of living crisis. The eye-watering bill is in Iceland and it is claimed just recently that pack was for sale for £3.65.
Shopper Emina Ibrahim took to Twitter after spotting the steep rise for butter saying: “£5 for a tub of Lurpak butter in Iceland and it’s the same everywhere. It was £3.65 a few months ago. I had already bought a supermarket own brand last week but this caught my eye today. FIVE POUNDS FOR BUTTER! #CostOfLiving”
Labour Matters replied: “500g of butter is €3.20 in Portugal. (About £2.75)” Endsars said: “This is insane”
Nubia added: “Part of me feels like they’re taking the absolute **** though because they can.” Amatey Doku said: “we’re in big trouble.”
The same butter costs £3.75 in Waitrose, but is also £5 in Ocado (with the 1kg pack costing £9).
The latest shocking rise comes as it has been estimated that annual grocery bills are going to jump by £380 this year as food price inflation hits a fresh 13-year high. The latest data from Kantar has revealed that grocery price inflation jumped to 8.3% over the four weeks to June 12 - up from 7% in May and its highest level since April 2009.
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