Dairylea cheese slices pack down from 10 to only 8 but price remains the same 🤔

I use one of those fragrance impregnated shower sponges with the soap built in, couple of  quid locally from the independant candle sellers, lasts a good few days, till i need to shower again.

1 minute ago, Jimpster said:

I use one of those fragrance impregnated shower sponges with the soap built in, couple of  quid locally from the independent candle sellers

It might be cheaper than the Dairylea cheese slices but I'm not sure I'd enjoy the taste 🤣

Interesting to note that yesterday, the parliamentary Business and Trade Committee MPs questioned the bosses of Tesco, Sainsbury, Asda & Morrisons over the charge of food profiteering.

Now, the combined basic salary of these 4 is over £14 Million/year

(Over £270,000/week)

Of course they all claimed that no profiteering was taking place. However, you got to wonder how anyone on these salaries realise the critical effect 'food inflation' effects us ordinary folk...

Watching the news regards Thames water. 14 Billion in debt, but paid out 66 Billion to its share holders. It's time some of these utility companies came back under government control. Or that the fines are so massive they cant loose it in hiking up prices for thier customers.

1 minute ago, Jimpster said:

...It's time some of these utility companies came back under government control. ...

Goodness no. It has been proved numerous times that 'government' simply cannot run companies! You need legislation to limit the amount that can be spent on dividends, as opposed to investment. We have not built one single new reservoir in over 30 years, yet population has risen by over 10 Million.

Thatcher authorised the privatisation of water in order to invest for long term future (government can see no further than the next election). They need to ensure this initial privatisation ethos is enabled...

Then dividends MUST be capped. So investors get a small steady return. I beieve in Tory politics and have always voted so, free markets etc but there must be an element of control.

A bit off topic from anti perspirant, although water is quite important when personal hygiene is considered....

But please let us know where privatisation has improved things ?  Energy companies going bust, sewage and pollution from water companies, and rail services unreliable in some areas.  And then consider how selling off the council houses have improved the housing situation in this country?

It does seem that there has been almost a total lack of effective regulation allowing dividends to be paid to overseas investors/owners and allowing companies to only pay lip service to investment.

1 hour ago, Paulkp said:

But please let us know where privatisation has improved things ? 

 

I never advocated that privatisation has improved things, merely that government is even worse at running things! When BT was formerly GPO, it use to take 2 to 3 months to get a new phone line fitted. British Rail was just awful. People look at public run services with rose tinted glasses, many were atrocious.

This failing in the government to run entities is entirely demonstrated by their very inability to regulate the private sector properly as they haven't a clue what to do to improve the service!

The 'water' issue has arisen by Ofwat (the governing body for water companies) allowing a water company to raise £ Billions on unsecured loans when interest rates have been hovering at just over 0%, just like people extended themselves with cheap mortgages. Now interest rates have risen, the massive debt of Thames water has been exposed.

Also, a certain Australian bank was allowed to invest a substantial share in the company, and over a period of over 5 years, basically asset stripped the company.

All this should have been regulated against, but Ofwat is toothless/useless, and government which set it up, hasn't a clue!

And this could be just the tip of the iceberg, which water company is likely to be the next l wonder? 🤔 And the fat cats that run the keep getting fatter and leave with a golden handshake for failure, while the tax payer picks up the pieces 🤔

14 hours ago, Paulkp said:

A bit off topic from anti perspirant, although water is quite important when personal hygiene is considered....

It was the rip off bit as we ALL are with utility companies, whose allegiance is foremost to shareholders and NOT its customers.

On 6/27/2023 at 11:07 AM, TomsFocus said:

Just noticed another shrinkflation.  Lurpak has dropped from 500g to 400g this week.  (£3.25 to £2.75 Clubcard price).

Lurpak Slightly Salted Spreadable Blend of Butter and Rapeseed Oil 400g - Tesco Groceries

Tom, saw this morning in Home Bargains. Lurpak 750g for £5.49! Bit of a bargain, for the home LOL

1 minute ago, StephenFord said:

Tom, saw this morning in Home Bargains. Lurpak 750g for £5.49! Bit of a bargain, for the home LOL

Not a bad price but 10% cheaper in Sainsburys with a Nectar card.  £5 currently.  Lurpak Spreadable Blend of Butter and Rapeseed Oil 750g | Sainsbury's (sainsburys.co.uk)  (Guessing NI still doesn't have Nectar though?)

I find the lids incredibly stiff on the 750g tubs.  It's like they haven't been scaled up correctly compared to the 500g ones.  Found them so frustrating that I'd now rather pay a few pence extra for the 500g version.  Will be interesting to see whether the 400g tub is any different though, or whether they're just putting less product in the original tubs. 

10 minutes ago, TomsFocus said:

...  Lurpak Spreadable Blend of Butter and Rapeseed Oil 750g | Sainsbury's (sainsburys.co.uk)  (Guessing NI still doesn't have Nectar though?)...

Not only do we have Sainsbury, but we also have Nectar. We're a simple folk, but working hard to catch up with the rest of the world 😂

4 minutes ago, StephenFord said:

Not only do we have Sainsbury, but we also have Nectar. We're a simple folk, but working hard to catch up with the rest of the world 😂

My bad.  It's ROI that doesn't have Nectar points!

I started off this thread bemoaning the price rise of a simple can of Sure antiperspirant. On a recent trip to Donegal, took a pic of the price in Boots, yes, it's in Euros, but still! €7.49???

1 hour ago, StephenFord said:

I started off this thread bemoaning the price rise of a simple can of Sure antiperspirant. On a recent trip to Donegal, took a pic of the price in Boots, yes, it's in Euros, but still! €7.49???

But it's 50c off!  Bargain!