{"id":12084,"date":"2016-05-07T12:59:06","date_gmt":"2016-05-07T05:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-surprising-fall-in-the-cost-of-the-uks-food\/"},"modified":"2016-05-07T13:14:03","modified_gmt":"2016-05-07T06:14:03","slug":"the-surprising-fall-in-the-cost-of-the-uks-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-surprising-fall-in-the-cost-of-the-uks-food\/","title":{"rendered":"The surprising fall in the cost of\u00a0the\u00a0UK\u2019s food"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nFrom eggs to bread and meat, the past four years has seen the cost of basic foodstuffs declineGood news for shoppers: supermarket giants Tesco and Sainsbury\u2019s have cut the price of a basket of basic household goods by 12%-13% over the past four years, Guardian Money can reveal. Sainsbury\u2019s this week blamed price deflation for a slide in profits, saying that the cost of goods in its stores has fallen on average by 4% over the past two years. But Guardian Money research, comparing prices in 2012 with today, shows that the falls have been even sharper, with basics such as bread, eggs and milk all down markedly.Eggs in particular have collapsed in price, from around \u00a31.48 for six to just 85p. In Money\u2019s basket of goods, we found every single item has fallen in price over the past four years, apart from one or two items at some supermarkets which were on special promotion when we first researched prices in 2012. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2016\/may\/07\/surprising-fall-cost-food-uk-eggs-bread-meat\" target=\"_blank\">The surprising fall in the cost of\u00a0the\u00a0UK\u2019s food<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; From eggs to bread and meat, the past four years has seen the cost of&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-38U","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8594,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/brush-up-on-the-price-of-paint-if-you-plan-to-have-a-diy-easter\/","url_meta":{"origin":12084,"position":0},"title":"Brush up on the price of paint if you plan to have a DIY Easter","date":"March 19, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Reckon there\u2019s little difference between the superstores? We checked them out \u2013 and found a surprising disparityNext weekend is the busiest of the year for DIY-ers, with Easter Saturday frequently racking up the highest sales at Britain\u2019s hardware superstores. But a Guardian Money price check has found huge disparities\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10414,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/tesco-to-accept-sainsburys-brand-match-money-off-vouchers\/","url_meta":{"origin":12084,"position":1},"title":"Tesco to accept Sainsbury&#039;s Brand Match money-off vouchers","date":"April 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Supermarket says its customers will be able to use coupons for up to two months after Sainsbury\u2019s ends its promotionTesco hopes to steal a march on one of its supermarket rivals, announcing that it will accept Sainsbury\u2019s Brand Match money-off vouchers until 30 June - two months after the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":86808,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/sainsburys-and-asda-promise-price-cuts-and-no-store-closures-in-mega-merger\/","url_meta":{"origin":12084,"position":2},"title":"Sainsbury&#039;s and Asda promise price cuts and no store closures in mega-merger","date":"April 30, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r \r \r Source : telegraph.co.uk\r Read more...Sainsbury's and Asda promise price cuts and no store closures in mega-merger","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":127185,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/sainsburys-escalates-aldi-price-war-in-bid-to-keep-cash-strapped-shoppers\/","url_meta":{"origin":12084,"position":3},"title":"Sainsbury\u2019s escalates Aldi price war in bid to keep cash-strapped shoppers","date":"June 15, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\r \r \r Source : telegraph.co.uk\r Read more...Sainsbury\u2019s escalates Aldi price war in bid to keep cash-strapped shoppers","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":68222,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/asda-comes-to-the-rescue-of-drivers-with-2p-petrol-price-cut\/","url_meta":{"origin":12084,"position":4},"title":"Asda \u2018comes to the rescue of drivers\u2019 with 2p petrol price cut","date":"October 5, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Sainsbury\u2019s and Morrisons follow suit after fall in wholesale cost, reducing price of unleaded petrol by up to 2p per litreThree UK supermarket chains are cutting the price of unleaded petrol after a drop in wholesale costs.Asda was the first to announce a reduction from Thursday of up to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":72205,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/cost-of-christmas-dinner-rises-5-but-theres-good-news-from-brussels-sprouts\/","url_meta":{"origin":12084,"position":5},"title":"Cost of Christmas dinner rises 5% \u2013 but there\u2019s good news from Brussels \u2026 sprouts","date":"November 18, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r As food prices rise in the wake of Brexit, we count the cost of your festive feast. But you don\u2019t have to be a Scrooge \u2013 \u00a320 can still feed six peopleThe big supermarkets have raised the cost of Christmas dinner by around 5% this year, according to analysis\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12084"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12084\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}