The Inflation Thread.

[TheRebelRoar]

€14.50 for a box of vitamin D in the chemist., €3 in lidl. Costs nothing to manufacture.
Has any journalist investigated why our electricity costs so much. Is it because of the windmills and no journalist wants to go there?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1860445672169775600

 

[Handy Run]

Paid €7:35 for a pint bottle of bulmers and a glass with ice yesterday.

Name and shame

 

[TheOutdoorThreadmill]

Has any journalist investigated why our electricity costs so much. Is it because of the windmills and no journalist wants to go there?

Go on?

 

[markyboy]

'Mad money' - Shoppers struggling with food price hikes

There have been more than 103,000 calls for help to St Vincent de Paul this year and almost half were requests for help with food.

www.rte.ie

In the last five years, he said that food prices have increased by 24%.

Mr Dawson added that certain items have increased notably in the past year.

"Beef prices, they're up 20% compared to May 2024 ... and the price of milk is up 18% while butter is up 12% in that same time period. Something else we've seen is the price of chocolate is up 17% compared to this time last year."

…

Minister of State Alan Dillon - who has responsibility for retail - said that he understands that families across Ireland are feeling the pinch.

"Families have seen their weekly shop get more expensive and that's very tough," he said.

Speaking on RTÉ News at One, he added that the main drivers are global and that supply chain disruptions increase input costs.

…

If only we weren’t so dependent on having to import milk and butter from overseas.

 

[Hallbopping]

Had a slow puncture on my car and got it repaired yesterday. A screw removed from the tyre.

They inflated it and all for me.

 

[Hurricane Sterling]

I was in Germany last week. Got a 500ml bottle of coke at the airport. €4 Euros! Got back to Asia yesterday. Bought a 500ml bottle of coke at local shop. When converted into Euros the price was €0.35 cents!

 

[MerchantOfEnnis]

€7 for a tube of Colgate toothpaste in Tesco Express on South Main Street

I'm actually feeling the pinch now. It just seems that absolutley everything eats money.

Every time I buy minced beef in the market the price has gone up. I always get 600g, and it's literally gone from around €6 to over €10 in the space of a few months

 

[Crusty Ring]

€7 for a tube of Colgate toothpaste in Tesco Express on South Main Street

I'm actually feeling the pinch now. It just seems that absolutley everything eats money.

Every time I buy minced beef in the market the price has gone up. I always get 600g, and it's literally gone from around €6 to over €10 in the space of a few months

There is absolutely no way I’d pay 7 quid for toothpaste

 

[Ogre Moran]

'Mad money' - Shoppers struggling with food price hikes

There have been more than 103,000 calls for help to St Vincent de Paul this year and almost half were requests for help with food.

www.rte.ie

In the last five years, he said that food prices have increased by 24%.

Mr Dawson added that certain items have increased notably in the past year.

"Beef prices, they're up 20% compared to May 2024 ... and the price of milk is up 18% while butter is up 12% in that same time period. Something else we've seen is the price of chocolate is up 17% compared to this time last year."

…

Minister of State Alan Dillon - who has responsibility for retail - said that he understands that families across Ireland are feeling the pinch.

"Families have seen their weekly shop get more expensive and that's very tough," he said.

Speaking on RTÉ News at One, he added that the main drivers are global and that supply chain disruptions increase input costs.

…

If only we weren’t so dependent on having to import milk and butter from overseas.

"Weekly shop", "main drivers" - real muppety consultancy-speak, which suggests some civil servant wrote that out for him.

 

[Two Pour Bore]

"Weekly shop", "main drivers" - real muppety consultancy-speak, which suggests some civil servant wrote that out for him.

Would love to see how much sensory toys for autistic children cost. Stims, fidget spinners, light displays. Never mind the ADHD kids.

If people are struggling to put butter and beef on the table, and milk in the glass, it's no wonder it's a beige diet of chicken nuggets and bread.