Cost of living increases

[RHB]

175.9 for petrol at the BP on the A13 past Stanford le Hope. Up 5p from friday. This is getting out of hand.

Saw it at 178.9 onthe A12.

 

[RobM]

£179.9 for premium at bp today

 

[Billy Bests boot laces]

£179.9 for premium at bp today

Is the price of barrels of oil still increasing, or is this just pure greed?. Fat lot of good taking 5p off per litre in the budget a few weeks ago did?.

 

[RHB]

£179.9 for premium at bp today

There feels a large slice of Déjà vu here. First Rishi Sunak cuts Fuel Tax by 5p and I watch the price per litre rise, then along comes Rishi again waving a Windfall Tax in his hand and handing out the financial goodies to the deserving, and bosh, up goes fuel again (and again). I tell you what Mr Sunak, please don't give us any more, I don't think we can afford it.

 

[RobM]

I remember a boast used to be "Oh we have two foreign holidays every year". Now it's "Oh we go camping in Sussex!"

 

[Cockle43]

Prices, in USD, from Friday's close...

Most of those increases are in this calendar year.

	Price		Change/day	% +/- Day	+/- Mth	+/- Year
Crude Oil	115.07		0.980	0.86%	11.21%	74.08%	May/27
Brent	119.43		2.03	1.73%	11.35%	73.79%	May/27
Natural gas	8.72		-0.1730	-1.94%	26.63%	192.10%	May/27
Gasoline	4.00		0.1255	3.24%	15.16%	87.32%	May/27
Heating Oil	4.00		0.0349	0.88%	-0.14%	96.38%	May/27
Coal	406.65		3.65	0.91%	24.72%	285.45%	May/27
Ethanol	2.76		0.0075	0.27%	4.55%	8.56%	May/27
Naphtha	888.79		-0.34	-0.04%	-1.75%	49.89%	May/27
Propane	1.23		-0.003	-0.23%	-5.75%	49.59%	May/27
Uranium	47.85		0.2000	0.42%	-9.80%	52.39%	May/27
Methanol	2,783.00		37.00	1.35%	4.74%	2.85%	May/27

For further analysis:- https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/brent-crude-oil

 

[Holy Joe]

Prices, in USD, from Friday's close...

Most of those increases are in this calendar year.

	Price		Change/day	% +/- Day	+/- Mth	+/- Year
Crude Oil	115.07		0.980	0.86%	11.21%	74.08%	May/27
Brent	119.43		2.03	1.73%	11.35%	73.79%	May/27
Natural gas	8.72		-0.1730	-1.94%	26.63%	192.10%	May/27
Gasoline	4.00		0.1255	3.24%	15.16%	87.32%	May/27
Heating Oil	4.00		0.0349	0.88%	-0.14%	96.38%	May/27
Coal	406.65		3.65	0.91%	24.72%	285.45%	May/27
Ethanol	2.76		0.0075	0.27%	4.55%	8.56%	May/27
Naphtha	888.79		-0.34	-0.04%	-1.75%	49.89%	May/27
Propane	1.23		-0.003	-0.23%	-5.75%	49.59%	May/27
Uranium	47.85		0.2000	0.42%	-9.80%	52.39%	May/27
Methanol	2,783.00		37.00	1.35%	4.74%	2.85%	May/27

For further analysis:- https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/brent-crude-oil

Sterling has declined about 10% over the past year, so in pounds the increase in prices will be even worse

 

[Massimo Giovanni]

Yep, I get all that, but the thread is about increased cost of living, hence my post. And wine has always been a money spinner for restaurants but now they're pushing the boundaries more than a bit.

It does seem that wine prices have rocketed, the price of a Bierre Moretti bottle is, no surprise, in a meal situation, more than shop purchases but not anywhere close to the mark up on wines and spirits.
In Italy, France the house wine is usually good value but we don't seem to have anything appropriate for that.

 

[Mad Cyril]

It does seem that wine prices have rocketed, the price of a Bierre Moretti bottle is, no surprise, in a meal situation, more than shop purchases but not anywhere close to the mark up on wines and spirits.
In Italy, France the house wine is usually good value but we don't seem to have anything appropriate for that.

It's called pre-loading

 

[Massimo Giovanni]

Jubilee bunting, we got ours months ago, £1.99 at the factory shop, my uncle went and bought his last week, exact same, at factory shop for £3.99!

 

[Mad Cyril]

Jubilee bunting, we got ours months ago, £1.99 at the factory shop, my uncle went and bought his last week, exact same, at factory shop for £3.99!

I have bought ten grands worth and am going to hold on to it for a few months before selling. Should make a tidy packet.

 

[RHB]

Esso garage along the Eastwood Road - Petrol 188p Diesel 180p. First time I've seen it that way round.

 

[GrumpyBlue]

Esso garage along the Eastwood Road - Petrol 188p Diesel 180p. First time I've seen it that way round.

My local Texaco (Penryn) - Petrol 190, Diesel 188 - eeek

 

[blueblueblue]

Still waiting for my 150 squid, SBC are taking the ****.

I think I should send the baliffs round.

 

[Billy Bests boot laces]

Esso garage along the Eastwood Road - Petrol 188p Diesel 180p. First time I've seen it that way round.

Tesco Xtra just past Thames Drive have been selling unleaded for £1.84 & Diesel for £1.81 since last Thurs.
Initially i thought they'd put the wrong price up outside, but it's remained the same since then.

 

[hlane17]

Still waiting for my 150 squid, SBC are taking the ****.

I think I should send the baliffs round.

But if you owed them £££ bet you'd know about it...

 

[hlane17]

Fuel in Wickford area comfortably over 180p a litre now. Driving my car as little as possible right now.

 

[blueblueblue]

But if you owed them £££ bet you'd know about it.

Very true, I remember as a young lad starting out in life and couldn't afford things and had the Councils heavy mob knocking on my door.....This really is no different, they OWE ME MONEY NOW.

It's all a bit tongue in cheek from me, but **** me, I've waited 2 months now and I pay my council tax by DD..

 

[RHB]

Because out cat uses a litter tray we buy Catsan litter. It's currently about £12 for 20ltrs in the Supermarkets so I looked on amazon - £9...sounded good, then saw the £19.99p delivery charge. wtf!

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

Is the price of barrels of oil still increasing, or is this just pure greed?. Fat lot of good taking 5p off per litre in the budget a few weeks ago did?.

Yep, even the experts on tele say that fuel prices should rise, but not this fast, and not by this much. They are taking advantage of the World situation. Record profits tells you all you need to know.