HomeUnited KingdomA tragic tale, told through the medium of three unopened bags of mixed veg, from the co-op five quid deal, that I found in the bottom of my freezer
As others have said, the weight is the same and the price increases with inflation. Looks like this just tracks the emphasis we’ve put on reducing wasted packaging over the years.
We need dates to put it into context otherwise the post is rather meaningless. We all know prices go up. It’s the time span that’s important.
If it was 15 years between the first bag and the last then “Meh!”
If was one week between the first and the Last bag then “Holy F@ck!”
You don’t eat much veg…. nor clean out freezer.
These are the worst part of the “for £5” frozen deal. The rest can be good value. I tend to take them to the till to be scanned then put them back in Co op freezer where they belong.
Now compare this to what they tell us / report inflation as…
Those mixed bags give vegetables a bad name. Maybe it’s the way I’ve been used to having them. Either at school or similar establishments boiled to fuck and then served from a trough
Probably worth a lot more now. You’re sitting on a gold mine. Congratulations on your sound investment strategy.
That deal save you -77p
Am I looking at future soup?
What do we prefer? Sheinkflation or good old original recipe inflation? Can’t have neither
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This made me laugh because it’s a similar story for us! Blitz them to smithereens with some tinned tomatoes, and make a massive lasagne/spag Bol/chilli… you’ll never know they were there!
For me, it’s bags of onion rings.
There are only so many onion rings you can eat, and the quantity is distortional to the rest of the food in the deal.
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What’s the timeframe covered by the bags?
The weight of each bag is the same, at least, so it’s just plain old inflation rather than shrinkflation
I get the feeling that you don’t actually like Mixed Vegetables?
Time to make some mash and gravy and get them eaten
Saving them for when you lose your teeth? Not sure why you’d want them otherwise
Sort of a birds eye view of things
See, this is why you should never fall for those offers. Three unopened bags of mixed veg, taking up space that could have been occupied by ice cream.
Looks like op will be needing another freezer soon to store all the Birds Eye Veg
https://www.coop.co.uk/products/birds-eye-mixed-vegetables-340g
lol
As others have said, the weight is the same and the price increases with inflation. Looks like this just tracks the emphasis we’ve put on reducing wasted packaging over the years.
We need dates to put it into context otherwise the post is rather meaningless. We all know prices go up. It’s the time span that’s important.
If it was 15 years between the first bag and the last then “Meh!”
If was one week between the first and the Last bag then “Holy F@ck!”
You don’t eat much veg…. nor clean out freezer.
These are the worst part of the “for £5” frozen deal. The rest can be good value. I tend to take them to the till to be scanned then put them back in Co op freezer where they belong.
Now compare this to what they tell us / report inflation as…
Those mixed bags give vegetables a bad name. Maybe it’s the way I’ve been used to having them. Either at school or similar establishments boiled to fuck and then served from a trough
Probably worth a lot more now. You’re sitting on a gold mine. Congratulations on your sound investment strategy.
That deal save you -77p
Am I looking at future soup?
What do we prefer? Sheinkflation or good old original recipe inflation? Can’t have neither
[removed]
This made me laugh because it’s a similar story for us! Blitz them to smithereens with some tinned tomatoes, and make a massive lasagne/spag Bol/chilli… you’ll never know they were there!
For me, it’s bags of onion rings.
There are only so many onion rings you can eat, and the quantity is distortional to the rest of the food in the deal.