The Queen won't meet the new Prime Minister in Buckingham Palace next week in a historic first.
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Earlier this month, Sainsbury's found itself in hot water with shoppers over the price of fish fingers. Shoppers said they were 'falling to their knees' over the £7 charge for a pack of 30 Captain Birdseye fish fingers.
Now Sainsbury's has found itself hitting the headlines again, after a shopper discovered how much Mr Kipling cakes now cost. The price for a pack of 8 cakes? £3.75.
Posting on the Scrimping on a Budget Facebook page, a shopper called Carol Bishop wrote: "I'm sure some supermarkets are over pricing branded goods, so customers choose own brands instead. These used to be £1.50." The comment section was quickly flooded with comments, with many commenting on the 'appalling' price of the tea time treat.
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When Manchester Evening News shared the news of the price increase, readers didn't hold back. Many people couldn't justify paying £3.45 for a pack of cakes, while others said they'd rather make their own at home.
Here's what you lot had to say:
Sam Johnson said: "The way people should treat this is just don’t buy over priced items, they will be forced to drop prices if we all stop spending money." Gwen Walford said: "Leave them on the shelves, stop buying them, they'll soon get the message. Make your own cakes & traybakes they're so much nicer, & get more portions from one tray bake."
Paul Berrisford wrote: "The world as gone crazy. Cannot remember last time I brought a Kipling cake. If folk are daft enough to pay them prices they will carry on selling them. Like HP food now ,don’t bye them anymore, silly prices."
Teresa McNeil said: "Exceedingly good cakes. Just don't buy them." Bonnie
The Queen won't meet the new Prime Minister in Buckingham Palace next week in a historic first.
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Asda has become the latest major supermarket to announce that it will scrap 'best before' dates across hundreds of fresh fruit and vegetables products.
Casey Affleck is a busy guy — that’s why you didn’t see him at his big brother Ben Affleck‘s wedding, OK?!
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez's gathering because of "other things."It turns out that those "other things" involved taking his son Atticus to soccer practice.Over the weekend, the "Manchester by the Sea" star shared a message on Instagram welcoming Jen to the family. In the comment's section, Casey's girlfriend, Caylee Cowan, seemed to reveal the "Manchester by the Sea" star's reasoning for eschewing the wedding. "Hey, if you weren't in town Saturday to take Atty to soccer practice then who would've helped the kid who broke his arm?" she wrote in a since deleted comment.
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