Rising prices and supermarket baskets.
By DINNERLADY
@lazydaizee (6734)
United Kingdom
March 26, 2020 5:32am CST
I did manage to get out to the shops yesterday, and luckily, I was able to get most of the things that I needed. But as I was looking around the supermarket , I noticed that on nearly everything that I brought, the price had risen since last week. I also noticed that there were no special offers on anything. This is probably because the supermarkets know that us customers are just grateful to be able to buy what we need these days.
I also started to wonder if anybody ever cleans the supermarket baskets or trolleys that we all use to carry our shopping in while in the shop. I certainly hope they do because hundreds of different hand could be touching these everyday.
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@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
26 Mar 20
The prices went up here, too. It is a shame that many try to take advantage of the situation.
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@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
29 Mar 20
@lazydaizee This shows how much they care for the misery of others
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@lazydaizee (6734)
• United Kingdom
1 Apr 20
@rappeter13 They certainly don't care for the poor people in our society.
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@JudyEv (325348)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Mar 20
@lazydaizee The shelves were empty of flour again today.
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@lazydaizee (6734)
• United Kingdom
30 Mar 20
@JudyEv I could not believe my eyes this morning, there were a few bags of flour on the shelf in the Co-op. Only self raising though but at least it was something.
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@lazydaizee (6734)
• United Kingdom
29 Mar 20
This is true , we just have to buy what we can get now. Already a lot of products are disappearing from the supermarket shelves. I have not been able to buy flour for more than two weeks. Frozen veg were short last week.
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@simone10 (54189)
• Louisville, Kentucky
31 Mar 20
@lazydaizee I think it's a good idea because those carts have to be crawling with germs.
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@lazydaizee (6734)
• United Kingdom
29 Mar 20
Maybe they will start doing that here.
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@lazydaizee (6734)
• United Kingdom
1 Apr 20
@simone10 In several of our shops, the baskets are really filthy, I don't think they are ever cleaned out.
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@porwest (78761)
• United States
29 Mar 20
Most places around here, even before the Coronavirus, had a sanitizing wipe station available for people to wipe their cart handles and/or their own hands after shopping. Those have actually been around for a couple of years. So, even if no one is physically washing the carts, customers certainly can do it.
As for prices going up, I think this is an issue of supply and demand. When demand is high on certain goods and services, the prices invariably go up.
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@porwest (78761)
• United States
30 Mar 20
@lazydaizee Yeah, here they've been around for quite a while now. So they didn't really have to add any.
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@lazydaizee (6734)
• United Kingdom
31 Mar 20
@porwest This is good because now you do this without thinking about it.
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@lazydaizee (6734)
• United Kingdom
30 Mar 20
You were lucky to have a sanitizing wipe station at your supermarkets. They did not do anything like that here, until now that is.
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@freelancermariagrace (27219)
• Philippines
27 Mar 20
They're taking advantage of the situation.
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@lazydaizee (6734)
• United Kingdom
29 Mar 20
I thought so too, but I was surprised how quickly the prices increased.
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@ZedSmart (19753)
• Philippines
26 Mar 20
@lazydaizee same here. They took advantage of the situation.
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@lazydaizee (6734)
• United Kingdom
29 Mar 20
It did not take them long did it. I expect other services will raise their prices too, like TV subscriptions and internet providers.
@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
26 Mar 20
The markets are making a killing during this.
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@lazydaizee (6734)
• United Kingdom
29 Mar 20
They all seem to be taking advantage of it.
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@Lakshman15 (2662)
• India
26 Mar 20
Yes i am also have same experience. I think due to block marketting we facing this. All most 20-20% of cost increases.
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@lazydaizee (6734)
• United Kingdom
26 Mar 20
The trouble is that the supermarkets know that we need groceries now, just because there may be shortages in the weeks to come.
