Will prices ever drop

[BlueHammer85]

All the pubs round my way are dead now. The prices went up twice in six months and it’s finished a number of regulars.

It’s a shame but what is the point in sitting in a skanky old pub paying £5-6 a pint when you can by a crate for a tenner.

 

[dronefromsector7G]

When I go town now I sometimes have a couple of £2 pints in Spoons rather than spend £6.50 in NQ for some hoppy piss

 

[bluesince76]

We might see some prices drop where things like high energy prices have pushed production costs up, but a lot of it is stickier than that - if a company has just given its workforce a 5% payrise, it's not going to be able to drop its prices to the previous levels.

General price reductions would mean deflation which are a disaster for an economy. What we've got to wait for is inflation to fall back to preferred levels, although suspect the 2% is going to take quite a while to get to.

Much of the mortgage pain hasn't hit yet due to fixed rates, but people are going to get a shock as their 1.5% deal becomes 6%, so if they think they're struggling now... Unfortunately, the only way out of high inflation is to reduce demand and we're not going to do it voluntarily

 

[feedmpenzaandhewillscore]

The not passing on the falling cost of fuel prices at the petrol pump to the consumer and supermarkets conspiring to keep it high is scandalous. The government is behind on its inflation target but it doesn’t help when certain businesses aren’t rowing the same way.

 

[East Level 2]

I was well chuffed on sunday.
aldi have knocked 41 pence off their watermelon,,£2.81 from £3.30 ,i almost bought 2 for the mrs to celebrate !

Maffs not your strong suit?

 

[Blue Maverick]

And breath.


It's all your fault. If you don't pay £6.10 a pint then prices will come down. But you paid it. Well done for that.

I didnt my mate did he gave them £20 note for 4 pints when she said it wasn’t enough he nearly fainted, haha, needless to say we fucked off after that, I got my round in the Millstone just before, cheap as chips ;)

 

[Gorton_Tubster]

Chips are bloody expensive.

25p for a bag of chips when I were young.

 

[FantasyIreland]

Car insurance renewal time......the quotes are a pisstake from this time last year.

 

[BlueMoonday]

Car insurance renewal time......the quotes are a pisstake from this time last year.

I'm stating the obvious but if you have a partner with no claims in the last 5 years then add them on pal.

Shop around on comparison sites, I've not stuck with one insurer for more than a year because their default renewal quote has been ridiculous.

 

[splinter]

Iceland lowering prices..that's why mums go