Has Your Food Shopping Increased?

[Lost]

The difference is that the UK has double-figure inflation and Thailand's inflation is back under control so whats the excuse for the price hiking here?

I'm fairly sure the supermarkets in the UK are taking advantage of the situation. Seems every week another lump has been added to products.

Regarding the average price of an average plate of street food (Pad Krapao Moo, Khao Pat Gai, Pad Prik Gaeng, etc), it's about 60-80 baht which is triple what it was when I first came here.

Oof, 80 baht (the high end, I understand) is a stinger for a plate of street food! Double what I paid 6 years back. Guessing that's similar for a bowl of guay tiew noodles? Remember a little shop doing a small guay tiew for 10 baht when I first arrived. I'd usually have two or three in a sitting, mind.

But you're still lucky for Thai food. Sure, me beans on toast is cheap as chips here but had me a laab moo, yam talay and sticky rice the other day as a treat. Cost me 1,100 baht.

[Lost]

Being a bachelor boy...

You may have opened yourself to some hatred and jealousy here colonel.

[thecolonel]

Being a bachelor boy...

You may have opened yourself to some hatred and jealousy here colonel.

Why would you be anything else in Thailand?!


(Ps only joking.... I know many happy couples here in Hua Hin /Thailand)

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[Lost]

This is a good twitter thread highlighting the skyrocketing food prices in the UK. The cheapest foods being affected the most. Many over 100% rise but some as much as 344% rise in a year.

[thecolonel]

This is a good twitter thread highlighting the skyrocketing food prices in the UK. The cheapest foods being affected the most. Many over 100% rise but some as much as 344% rise in a year.

Would be interesting to see an updated version of this. Have they gone up even more since?

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[Dannie Boy]

I think we all know the answer to that one Colonel, although not by how much!! Someone in the UK will I’m sure help out?

[Motyduke]

During the beginning of Covid, with my thai wife we used only Lotus to order food and groceries with deliver at home. As it was basic items (mix of thai vegetables and items and a bit of westerner products), we registered our order and repeat it as the same during many weeks . Of course the bill was stable.
Since many months we came back to normal shopping and not online anymore.
But to check the inflation, i asked my wife to do (march 2023) the same order as we did in 2020. The result is the bill is 18.3 % more higher.

[buksida]

Dunno if this has happened elsewhere but the price of pet food has skyrocketed in Thailand. We have a Golden Retriever that eats a lot and a 20kg bag of kibble is up 30% since the last time we purchased ... as are large bags of Koi Carp food. So much for Thai inflation coming down or maybe pets are now considered 'luxury' items here.

[joelle]

Dunno if this has happened elsewhere but the price of pet food has skyrocketed in Thailand. We have a Golden Retriever that eats a lot and a 20kg bag of kibble is up 30% since the last time we purchased ... as are large bags of Koi Carp food. So much for Thai inflation coming down or maybe pets are now considered 'luxury' items here.

We buy cat food and the price has not changed at all for the last few months so it's not an increase for all "pet" food

[Dannie Boy]

We buy the big 20kg bags of Pedigree biscuits and although they have increased, definitely no more than 10% - maybe look for alternative suppliers?

[buksida]

Not easy living in the middle of nowhere (so yes, our local supplier is selling at a premium), and Laz now wants 10% to ship something that big so buying online offers no saving.

I know these price increases sound small to some, but they're cumulative and noticeable when everything here is increasing apart from income!

[STEVE G]

My partner has been telling me that the brand of catfood that our fussy cat eats has just gone up a lot in Makro but not in the pet store at Soi 16, so far anyway.

[nanyang]

My partner has been telling me that the brand of catfood that our fussy cat eats has just gone up a lot in Makro but not in the pet store at Soi 16, so far anyway.

How did cats manage before humans got involved?

[STEVE G]

My partner has been telling me that the brand of catfood that our fussy cat eats has just gone up a lot in Makro but not in the pet store at Soi 16, so far anyway.

How did cats manage before humans got involved?

They've evolved into looking cute so that they can manipulate other species into buying them imported brands of catfood.

[Lost]

I've been pleasantly surprised with my aldi shop recently. As the previous sharp rise in inflation/costs is halting, I'm seeing more and more of my items coming down a little. 10-15% so far. I've said before that I thought big chains were milking the situation, so it's nice to see a reverse in price.