OUR Food Prices exercise during continues with only one unsurprising change this month – carrots are back at £0.75, and for a 1kg bag.
In this continuing year of austerity, shopping carefully has become essential – particularly for those families on a tight budget. Our Price Watcher exercise is following the prices of four staple food items in the Big Co-op on Hull Road. Note: These are often different from prices in the smaller Co-op Store in Hedon’s Market Place which charges convenience shop rates for the same items in many cases.
Prices in October 2013:
| Item | Price October 2013 | Change from last month | Change since Jan 2013 |
| Milk – Co-op 1 pint | £0.50p | ||
| Margarine – I can’t believe it’s not butter (500g) | £1.80 | |
+0.80 |
| Bread – Co-op Wholemeal (800g) | £0.95 | +0.06 | |
| *Carrots – Co-op (*1kg) | £0.75 | -0.25 |
-0.25 |
| Totals | £4.00 |
-0.25 |
+0.61 |
Carrot Prices in 2013:
- Jan – 50p – 500g *(This was a 50% offer price so we listed £1 as our bench mark in January – which in hindsight was a mistake!)
- Feb – £1 – 500g
- Mar – 50p – 500g
- Apr – 85p – 750g (free 50% extra offer)
- May – 90p – 600g
- June – 88p – 600g
- July – 75p – 500g
- August – 75p – 500g
- Sept – £1 – 1kg
- Oct – 75p – 1kg
And cauliflowers are ?????