Cost of Christmas dinner goes up £7.50 on last year as basket of goods to cook traditional meal soars to £107.32

December 23rd, 2011

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

By
Sean Poulter

Last updated at 5:06 PM on 22nd December 2011

The ingredients of a festive feast are typically 7.5per cent most expensive than a year ago.

The cost of everything from a packet of cream crackers to a bottle of wine has risen much faster than pay or pensions.

While the new figures from the Office of National Statistics suggest a price rise of 7.5 per cent compared to last Christmas, many will suspect this is an under-estimate.

The increasing cost of Christmas dinners
The average family Christmas will cost an average of £7.50 more this year as the cost of food rises

The average family Christmas will cost an average of £7.50 more this year as the cost of food rises

Recent research by The Grocer magazine
found an increase of 19.4 per cent on the average cost of a trolley of
festive food sold by five major chains.

This added £23.18 to the bill, taking the total, including drink, to an average of just over £142.

The findings will confirm what every
family has found at the tills, while they also explain why many plan to
make cutbacks on the trimmings and treats.

One in five Britons say they will
either eat less or buy cheaper food this Christmas so they can pay their
heating bills, according to a new poll for Energyhelpline.com.

The price of vegetables has gone down slightly, but cream crackers and filter coffee have both gone up

The ONS does not collect figures on
the cost of a whole turkey, however it says turkey meat is generally
around 4 per cent more expensive.

Similarly, the cost of fresh chilled chicken is up by around 7 per cent to £3.14 a kilo.

The picture on vegetables is mixed
with broccoli up 4.4 per cent, cauliflower by 6.3 per cent and frozen
peas by 4.6 per cent. On the other side of the equation, carrots are
down by 20.5 per cent and potatoes by 10.4 per cent,

It said the price of ingredients for
pigs in blankets have both gone up. Back bacon is up 6.1 per cent to
£9.11 per kg, with the cost of pork sausages up 5.6 per cent to £4.33 per
kg.

Old world red wine to accompany dinner
has gone up by 14.2 per cent to £5.63 a bottle, while the price of new
world white has risen by 8.1 per cent, from £6.07 to £6.56.

Champagne has risen by 8.6 per cent,
from £26.65 to £28.93. Lovers of sherry or port have seen an increase
from £6.55 per bottle to £7.30.

For people wanting an after dinner
cheese course, the average price of hard regional cheese has only risen
by 1.7 per cent, from £6.97 to £7.09. However, a pack of cream crackers
is up 50.9 per cent to 83p.

For pudding, sponge cake has risen by an average 18.2 per cent over the year, while ice cream is up 6.0 per cent.

Ground filter coffee is up 20.9 per cent, while a box of chocolates to accompany it is up by an average of 6.7 per cent.

Energyhelpline chief executive, Paul
Green, said: ‘Millions of people are being forced to scrimp and save to
get through the Christmas period and for far too many it’s becoming a
choice between heating or eating.

‘It is a tragedy that families are
being forced to rein in their celebrations this year because they are
worried about rising energy bills.’

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This year will be a chicken instead of a turkey, and a bottle of cava instead of champagne. Plenty of fresh veg, home-made yorkshire puds stuffing. And you know what? It will taste all the better for knowing I’ve not thrown money away on silly expensive non-essentials.

– Bernard, Sheffield, 23/12/2011 02:07

I’m wondering exactly which ‘average’ family has four meats, six types of veg and fifty quids worth of booze for Christmas dinner. I consider my family to be pretty average and our Christmas dinner consists of: Turkey (£9.99 Aldi) 5lb Spuds (78p Local greengrocer) 1lb Sprouts (48p Local greengrocer) 1lb
– Iain, Bristol, 22
my family have always had most meats on our christmas and even new years day dinners , turkey , beef pork and sometimes , we also have a large gammon more for the nightimes and usually five or six different vegetables this is what my mother used to do and now all my sisters carry on the tradition even if there are only a few people to dinner, just get smaller joints, this is only time of the year you can do this

– mylife, somewhere, 22/12/2011 23:09

How about buy less, eat the same and throw less away?

– Ted, Coventry, 22/12/2011 23:01

Only £50 on booze? You can’t get a decent bottle of champagne for less than £200.

– Casino banker, Bonusland, 22/12/2011 22:55

I have just spent 35.00 at Waitrose admitted i have a chicken as i do not like Turkey that includes wine and a half price pudding M S had on offer a few weeks ago, why spend that amount of money on food!!!! Totally stupid and not necessary..Thats for 6 people.. Silly article and not accurate..

– Susie P, Cheshire, 22/12/2011 22:47

I’m wondering exactly which ‘average’ family has four meats, six types of veg and fifty quids worth of booze for Christmas dinner. I consider my family to be pretty average and our Christmas dinner consists of:
Turkey (£9.99 Aldi)
5lb Spuds (78p Local greengrocer)
1lb Sprouts (48p Local greengrocer)
1lb Parsnips (39p Aldi)
Pigs in blankets (~£1.99 Local butchers)
Stuffing (~£1.20 home made)
Xmas pud (£2.99 Aldi)
Mince pies (£1 Tesco)
Brandy Butter and cream (£3 Tesco)
Bottle of wine (£2.99 Aldi)
Crackers (£2.99 Local shop)
Cheese selection (~£6)
Crackers for cheese (£2.50 Iceland)
Christmas cake (£3 Iceland)
Total cost: £39.30…and there will be enough to do Boxing day too plus a few days after as well. In fact I’ll probably be eating cheese and crackers well into January 🙂

– Iain, Bristol, 22/12/2011 22:26

my parents have spent Â£300 on christmas food and that was with me stopping them from buying a lot of things! they have money troubles yet think that spending Â£300+ is absolutely fine! it drives me INSANE! what a total waste of money

– Sam, Wiltshire, 22/12/2011 21:41

I’ll be having the usual,a hangover..

– Pop, England, 22/12/2011 21:40

Nearly £50 on booze? Not for the average familly I see.

– Becca T, Colchester, 22/12/2011 20:38

nearly £50 on booze? not for your average family then…

– Becca T, Colchester, 22/12/2011 20:35

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