Forewarning of prices which may go up across the board- based on prices for Supermarket Products which have suddenly gone up at one or 2 supermarkets- but not all- in case you want to stock up on your favourites:
Home Brand ‘Sao’ type dry biscuits have gone up from $1 to $1.50 a pack at Woolies- ‘traditional cracker square’ and I am not sure but I think they have gone up to $1.50 at Aldi as well—- but still only $0.95cents at Coles.
Soft drink homebrand 750ml Woolworths up to 90 cents but still 75 cents at Coles.
Woolworths dry pasta up from $1 to $1.25, but still $1 at Coles.
Wafer biscuits homebrand up at Coles and Woolies both up from 55cents to 90cents.
Price of flour at Coles has been locked in at I think $1.15 for a few months which is a relief.
Please add any prices you notice have not gone up everywhere yet- to help others out.
Forewarning which Prices will Go Up
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Debt Free and Value Investing sounds like a match made in heaven
it certainly does, I concur, with my cat sitting in my lap, and me trying to take a quantum leap to forecast the future.
And locked in at an increased price compared to last year.
Are you an insider? Tell us what you know Please.
Prices will go up, at some point.
Let’s hope Interest Rates go up enough to stop that.
No, don't hope that, that means there is a recession. There should be inflation all the time but reasonably low.
@Quantumcat: "There should be inflation all the time but reasonably low."
WHY?
I would rather inflation be ZERO, or even negative, all the time, which it would be if our FIAT CURRENCY had to be backed by gold.
So who benefits from rising prices then????
Not the consumer.
@Gekov: Inflation means the economy is expanding and the population's living standards are increasing. No inflation means the economy is not expanding. The federal reserve's target is around 3%.
@Quantumcat: "Inflation means the economy is expanding and the population's living standards are increasing"
It means no such thing.
The only thing it means is that the fiat currency is DEVALUING.
The economoy is expanding when GDP increases IN REAL TERMS not in terms of a devaluing currency, which only means that the economy is standing still.The crap that inflation means "economy is expanding and the population's living standards are increasing" IS AN ILLUSION!
WHAT IS INFLATION?
As an economy grows, businesses and consumers spend more money on goods and services. In the growth stage of an economic cycle, demand typically outstrips the supply of goods, and producers can raise their prices. As a result, the rate of inflation increases.
Inflation is a sustained rise in overall price levels. Moderate inflation is associated with economic growth.From https://europe.pimco.com/en-eu/resources/education/understan…
@Quantumcat: FYI:
Inflation happens during recessions as well, so it's not NECESSARILY indicative of growth and prosperity.Ever heard of STAGFLATION?
@Quantumcat: It caps it at 3% as anything above that becomes unsustainable. Prices and wages can't increase forever.A 1% increase is slow growth that's sustainable for decades.
@Gekov: Because one guy said 'deflation is bad mkay, minimal inflation good' and everyone jumped on board because percentages only helps to increase the wage gap.
@Gekov: Negative inflation (aka deflation) is actually worse than inflation. It encourages people to horde money and stop spending. Which leads to lower business earnings which lead to job losses.
Quantumcat is right. A little inflation is good for the economy
I noticed my Coles Urban coffee beans price locked until 31/1/23 ar $12 a kilo. After that date No Stock, nothing.
i tried a bag of those recently (though I get ground). quite decent.
my last bag of aldi coffee was quite meh
It is still 12$ in our home and office local Coles in Parramatta and Rhodes. Plenty stock available.
A 50% rise in the price of dry biscuits when flour has not gone up seems Extremely High to me.
Buy flour & get your cat to make REAL biscuits to save $
okay little boy
There are hundreds of other costs besides the ingredients. Eg transport, packaging, wages, factory maintenance, etc
I know- it is obvious the Consumer is paying for everyone else’s rising costs, while pay has not gone up for the Consumer. Let’s hope Interest Rates are put up at least 1% higher now, like they should have been put up more than a year ago.
It's interesting predicting future price rises from current increases with only some retailers. Actually makes sense. Feel like I should've purchased extra flour today now.
Actually I was surprised by the cost of rice today.If you can find any, the $1.40kg white long grain Woolies rice is cheapest there is but shelves have been empty for months.
Don’t buy extra flour- Coles has locked in their homebrand flour for the next few months - so I expect the price of flour not to rise so no hurry.
Don’t buy extra flour- Coles has locked their homebrand flour in for the next few months (it said so on their price ticket) so rest easy that can wait. Find recipes to make your own biscuits instead.
Home brand cola tastes foul anyway.
Aldi cola FTW
I tried Aldi no sugar cola and it tastes bad. Flavourless and bitter. Coke Zero/No Sugar is night and day in comparison.
try the normal cola
Soda water is same everywhere and fizziest is Coles, after Schweppes. Aldi soft drinks are just too flat. Lemonade tastes the same sugar sweet everywhere. All Cola cleans the toilet the same.
Wrong. Maybe all the cheap soda has ruined your palate.
maybe, but I survived. And my wallet thrived. Like I said- all Cola cleans the toilet the same.
It's maybe not the same, but I find far less variation in taste across soda and mineral water, than I do across flavoured drinks. Accordingly, I am very happy with the home brand soda/mineral for everyday drinking.
I agree that home brand cola is just diabolical. Just get Coke, or Pepsi in a pinch.
I now use Technical Analysis techniques with MetaStock to help me put together my shopping list.
Is it just me or all all of these (and there's been a few) "grocery prices are going up" posts mainly been about pretty crappy food products?
To me they all sound like they have been written by someone playing with ChatGPT bot md just posting the output here.
Did you stock up on fresh milk before the price rise?
No but a 50% return on the cheapest of basic dry biscuits, 25% return on spaghetti pasta is a very high return, and long life milk has just gone up AGAIN as well. Families and pensioners have no pay rises so it is taking money out of their pockets.
"Home Brand ‘Sao’ type dry biscuits have gone up from $1 to $1.50"
But the government told me inflation was running at 'just' 7%?
You must be wrong.Yep, 50% Inflation is all over our supermarkets.
I've been buying the Sao branded version for $3.50 for a while now. How do you find the home brand version? I find it is overcooked.
I have only tried the Aldi one which I expect will be same as Coles and Woolies one. Mine were never overcooked, just a tiny drop softer than Sao which I don’t notice after I put my cheese and thinly sliced pickled gherkins on top. But the other small round dry biscuits- dupes for not Clix but the other harder round biscuits— I found them to be overcooked quite a few times, but they have been off the shelf and unavailable for at least 4 months now.
95 cents for basically the same ingredients as the $3.50 Sao — big difference. When a homebrand product is available, I check the main ingredients, and the type of fat used and percentage of that fat overall, and then I try it, and it does not have to be exactly the same cos I can always tweak it to suit my tastes. And depending on the Company, I am happy to pay more if Australian made or good other country. And I don’t trust anything made in NZ cos a lot of it is Chinese product just packed in NZ.
Rule 0. Never Ever trust what government or government puppets say.
Anyway government only considers overall inflation, (some product sky rocket like house prices while others not so much)
You mean like saos go up 50% but private jet fuel not so much?
Coles brand wool wash up from $3 to now $4 — the cheapest ingredients in it- but still went up by 25%.
It's that time of the year again.
Hydrogen Peroxide is also up 20c at Woolworths. Coles will follow suit in a few days time.
Edit: (Ugh, it's already more expensive at Coles…) lol… Did they change it this week?
Prices are generally revised every 6 months, so it's quite difficult to get ahead of the rises.
Anyway… ;-(
Looks like Woolies is trying to makeup with higher prices for the benefits they’re providing with Everyday Extras Subscription plan that has been popular in recent weeks and the 10% off once a month with their mobile plan, insurance, Credit Card etc.
Or you think the other way around ??
Woolworths is having to increase prices for normal goods to cater for discounts given in various forms (team discount, everyday extras, woolworths mobile discount, CC discount, Everyday Rewards discount, etc etc.)I completely agree with you. All those not really real discounts are factored into the price of Woolies products which poor everyday people with no rewards also pay for.
Pure and simple corporate greed, using the Ukraine/supply chain excuse.
I also suspect they're trying to claw back some of what they perceived they lost during Covid lockdowns.
They didn’t loose any business during lockdowns. They had Christmas like sale period for almost 2 years and sometimes more business than they do for Christmas period.
I think it's funny when big colourful tags are stuck over the existing ones to attract attention. When in fact they are the same price as the underneath tag. Clearly people are a little stupid to believe it's a special. Price per 100g is the only real way of valuing a product as cheaper or dearer than another.
Home Brand ‘Sao’ type dry biscuits have gone up from $1 to $1.50 a pack at Woolies- ‘traditional cracker square’ and I am not sure but I think they have gone up to $1.50 at Aldi as well—- but still only $0.95cents at Coles.
Coles Cracker Squares now up to $1.50 as well.Confirmed $1.45 at ALDI also (Sanz).Woolworths dry pasta up from $1 to $1.25, but still $1 at Coles.
Still $1 at Coles, $0.79 ALDI (100% Durum Wheat)
Cheddar cheese 1kg is up to $10 at Coles and Woolworths (Hillview), from $9, and up to $9.79 at ALDI from $8.79 unfortunately.
Thankyou Hamza23- I really liked those cheeses that just went up by ANOTHER 10% for a second time, just like long life milk has gone up again for a second time.
I really liked Woolworths fettucine dry pasta- when it was $1 a pack, but now will switch to the slightly more difficult to get aldente Aldi brand. Good to know the big beautiful macaroni rigatoni is still only $1 a pack—- so good with cheap Parmesan cheese on top, and maybe a bit of passata—
I wonder how much homebrand Parmesan cheese and homebrand passata tomato purée has gone up too?
Thankyou Hamza23 for saving us the costs of checking for ourselves.
No you made a mistake- Coles dupe for Sao biscuits are still only .95 cents — ‘Coles Cracker Squares’ - only Woolworths has put it’s price up to $1.50.
Ah thanks, I have just worked out what happened, here is a picture at my store.
You can see in the picture, that product is under the wrong label 'Coles Checkers Crackers' which also happened to be $1.50 but they are a different product.
For a while there I thought Woolworths wasn’t just profiteering. Good to know Coles is not joining Woolworths mad dash to squeeze out every cent.
Yep, Woolworths just reported a $900 Million Profit after putting up the prices of their homebrand cheapest of the cheap products by 50% - who really pays for your Woolworths Rewards ?
Coles is having fun with it as well. Their smoked salmon packs were price locked at $20. Just finished the price lock and once back in stock, it's now $25. A 25% increase. I didn't buy it.
Also coles canned tomatoes, all gone up. I'd like my pay to keep creeping up too.Yeah the canned tomto price jump was a shock to me as well when the freight charges went back to pre-covid levels already.
Woolworths brand dry cat food went up from $3 to $4 this week. That is 25% Inflation but worst of the worst is that my cat won’t even eat it anymore— so price increase plus inedible- that is inexcusable.
Woolworths 1kg Puff pastry went from $2.30 to $2.95
It's still $2.30 at Coles if you want to stock up before they follow suit.
Except there seems to be a shortage of puff pastry at Colesworth.
The fruit and veggie shops are sooooo much cheaper than any supermarket- bananas, capsicums, chestnuts, beetroot, cabbage, parsley cost 4 times more at Woolworths, Coles and Aldi.
The fruit and veggie shops are sooooo much cheaper than any supermarket
Well duh
I can’t find decent sized bags of salt on any shelves - empty shelves. Maybe everyone is pickling and preserving now ? Is there a world wide salt shortage?
Next in line seems to be home brand packaged Feta 200g blocks. Woolies bumped it to $4.30 and Coles is still at $3.50
1kg Cheddar Block Cheese is up from $10 to $11 at Coles & Woolworths.
ALDI is still $9.79 if you wanted to stock up before it increase as well to $10.79.
All of the prices that Coles or Woolies have 'locked' until a particular month = price rise the following month.