- 111, Pickhurst Lane
- Hayes
- Bromley
- KENT
- BR2 7HU
NEWS FROM THE FOOD BANK
Account details (Co-op Bank):
Hayes Community Foodbank Kent; 08-92-99; 67307296.
Whilst tidying out some boxes recently we came across a number of grocery receipts from years past. Why we still had them is another story …..more anon. But they did make interesting reading.
I’m sure many of us get to the end of our shopping trip and almost fall over with how much it all costs. “How much??”
So with a receipt from Sainsburys 2010,
I did some comparisons with today’s prices, and the results are well worth a look. Bearing in mind a receipt is sparse on detail of weights and numbers, I tried to envisage the kinds of quantities I would have bought. I would also usually go for the Sainsburys own make, with one exception, and in 2010 Stamford Street, the Sainsburys ultra cheap range, didn’t exist.
So: 2010 v 2026……….read on………
2010 2026 Stamford Street
Penne pasta £1.11 £1.38
Packet of corned beef slices £1.30 £3.75 £2.65
Laundry powder £1.78 £4.95
Pringles £2.03 £2.50
Crusty French baton 70p £1.35
Button mushrooms 86p £1.20
6 Braeburn apples £1.99 £1.80
Mild cheddar £1.69 £3.25 £3.74
(600g) (400g) (600g)
Basic soft cheese 80p £3.25
Pesto £1.19 89p
2ltr Coca cola £1.69 £2.48
We also found a petrol receipt – a full tank in May 2003 cost less than £25; a full tank today is between £65 and £70. We have always had comparable sized cars with similar sized tanks.
Whilst a couple of items now cost less, a few have more than doubled their price in 2010 and others are well established on that trajectory.
I certainly don’t think incomes have risen comparably in that time and I would also suggest that due to the pandemic and world events a lot of folk are not now in employment. Benefits certainly haven’t increased in line.
It brings home again why we have a foodbank and why so many exist across the country. And my gut feeling is that whilst they do exist no government of any colour will do much about the problem.
And as for those receipts…………………………………..doesn’t everyone keep their Sainsbury’s bills from 16 years past or is it just my husband?
Teresa