The truth about the cost of this year’s Christmas dinner
2 weeks, 3 days ago

The truth about the cost of this year’s Christmas dinner

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. So, when you’re greeting the son of God on happy Christmas morning, you can do so in the joyous knowledge that you’ve spent 15 pence less on sprouts than you did in 2023. According to the retail tracking platform, Assosia, a 10lb bird costs £1.21 less than it did last Christmas – a 6 per cent fall. Another time, we spent Christmas at my grandparents’ house and had turkey for seven days straight. Vegetables have come from the greengrocer at our local market, who at least gives fair warning with his motto: “We don’t aim to be the cheapest – we aim to be the best.” My mother-in-law is bringing a pavlova for dessert as no one in our house is particularly fussed about Christmas pudding.

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I'm charging my family and friends £75 for Christmas dinner - there will be no turkey and my wife thinks I'm mad, but I'm not worried about being labelled a Scrooge
2 weeks, 6 days ago

I'm charging my family and friends £75 for Christmas dinner - there will be no turkey and my wife thinks I'm mad, but I'm not worried about being labelled a Scrooge

Daily Mail  

For many, the festive period is usually a time of giving. But with a cost-of-living crisis, one Scrooge-like businessman has decided that he will charge family and friends £75 to attend his Christmas dinner. Richard Carter, owner of card reader company Lopay, says he is tired of always footing the bill and being the one left buying others rounds during …

Cost of Christmas dinner in 2024 revealed - and why it’s not bad news for everyone
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Cost of Christmas dinner in 2024 revealed - and why it’s not bad news for everyone

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Turkey has jumped from £4.21 per kilo to £4.29, an increase of four per …

27% of Britons ‘comfortable’ asking for contributions to cost of Christmas meal
3 weeks, 6 days ago

27% of Britons ‘comfortable’ asking for contributions to cost of Christmas meal

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy More than one in four Britons would ask Christmas Day …

Britain's 'most expensive turkey' is free range, fed on nettles, wild blackberries and fresh oats and will set you back more than £360
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Britain's 'most expensive turkey' is free range, fed on nettles, wild blackberries and fresh oats and will set you back more than £360

Daily Mail  

It's free range, fed exclusively on nettles, wild blackberries and fresh oats, but the price of this turkey may make your eyes water at a whooping £363. C Lidgate, a 'top class' London based butcher is charging over £360 for their Woodland Bronze Turkey weighing between 12.5kg and 13kg. The bird is fed a diet of wild blackberries, fresh nettles …

Is this the UK's most expensive Turkey? Butcher flogs £275 bird ahead of Christmas Day
2 months ago

Is this the UK's most expensive Turkey? Butcher flogs £275 bird ahead of Christmas Day

Daily Mail  

With the cost of living crisis still biting many households, the population is searching for top deals as the festive season kicks off. Brentwood-based Thomas Joseph Butchery is selling herb-fed, free range turkey that is ready to ship to homes across the nation ahead of this year's Christmas celebrations. The budget supermarket has been awarded winner of the Good Housekeeping …

Is a £215 chef’s Christmas lunch in a box worth it?
1 year ago

Is a £215 chef’s Christmas lunch in a box worth it?

The Independent  

Christmas can be stressful at the best of times, but the one thing that tips many people over the edge is having to cook the festive feast from scratch. open image in gallery The Cote Christmas Feast will provide enough leftovers for Boxing Day The Côte Turkey Christmas Feast Price: £99.95 Serves: “up to six” Cooking ease: 3 out of …

Heston Blumenthal's Christmas dinner could cost £2,125 each... So just HOW much are other TV chefs charging for their peculiar dishes of decaying grapes, sea lettuce tarts and golden carrots?
1 year, 1 month ago

Heston Blumenthal's Christmas dinner could cost £2,125 each... So just HOW much are other TV chefs charging for their peculiar dishes of decaying grapes, sea lettuce tarts and golden carrots?

Daily Mail  

From the presents to the fully-stocked fridge, and from turning up the heating to the big work night out – Christmas is expensive enough as it is. TV's most celebrated chefs are preparing to serve up Christmas dinner – but tucking in could set you back as much as £2,125 per head. The pricey dishes from TV's top chefs which …

Cost of traditional Christmas dinner for four ‘up by just 1.3% on last year’
1 year, 1 month ago

Cost of traditional Christmas dinner for four ‘up by just 1.3% on last year’

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The cost of a traditional …

Is it time to put an end to the lavish Christmas dinner?
2 years ago

Is it time to put an end to the lavish Christmas dinner?

The Independent  

The cost of a traditional Christmas dinner for four is up by almost 10 per cent on last year to £31, according to an update from data analysts Kantar, as rising food prices continue to bite. It comes in the wake of a recent survey by The Salvation Army, which found that nearly seven out of every 10 people are …

Christmas dinner cost rose three times faster than wages this year
2 years, 1 month ago

Christmas dinner cost rose three times faster than wages this year

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The cost of Christmas dinner has risen three times faster …

Cost of Christmas dinner to leap by 20% as supermarket food prices rise, analysis suggests
2 years, 1 month ago

Cost of Christmas dinner to leap by 20% as supermarket food prices rise, analysis suggests

The Independent  

The average cost of Christmas dinner will rise by more than 20 per cent this year, according to analysis of major supermarkets’ food prices. She added: “While there are signs that cost pressures and price rises might start to ease in 2023, Christmas cheer will be dampened this year as households cut back on seasonal spending to prioritise the essentials.” …

Cost-of-living Christmas: One in five British families will ask guests to PAY for their dinner
2 years, 1 month ago

Cost-of-living Christmas: One in five British families will ask guests to PAY for their dinner

Daily Mail  

They say they are going to cut back on food and drink and even shun turkey New research suggests 51% are worried about how they will afford Christmas EXCLUSIVE: Families are going to ask for a Christmas dinner contribution A fifth of families in the UK say they are going to ask their guests to pay towards their Christmas dinners …

Two-thirds of adults ‘worried about affording Christmas dinner’
2 years, 1 month ago

Two-thirds of adults ‘worried about affording Christmas dinner’

The Independent  

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Cheapest supermarket to buy Christmas dinner revealed in Which? study
3 years, 1 month ago

Cheapest supermarket to buy Christmas dinner revealed in Which? study

The Independent  

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Shopper revealed her festive roast with all the trimmings only cost £10 thanks to reduced items
4 years, 1 month ago

Shopper revealed her festive roast with all the trimmings only cost £10 thanks to reduced items

Daily Mail  

A savvy shopper has revealed how she serves up a festive feast with all the trimmings for just £10 – by combing supermarkets for reduced stock on Christmas Eve. Bargain hunter Hollie Allen, 26, from Chelmsford, Essex revealed how she can save her money by shopping only yellow-label, reduced, items, and said she could serve up a festive roast with …

Tom Kerridge is selling takeaway Christmas dinners for £95 a head - that you have to cook YOURSELF
4 years, 1 month ago

Tom Kerridge is selling takeaway Christmas dinners for £95 a head - that you have to cook YOURSELF

Daily Mail  

Michelin-starred chef Tom Kerridge is offering takeaway Christmas dinners for £95-per-head - but you have to cook them yourself. Dessert includes Christmas pudding with brandy butter, petit four, caramelised white chocolate pebbles and mince pies. Michelin-starred chef Tom Kerridge is offering takeaway Christmas dinners for £95-per-head - but you have to cook them yourself However, there is a drawback for …

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