This is update three to the baseline prices established on the 4^th January 2010 here.

Again I have gone to my local supermarket and petrol station to get an update on the prices of certain goods. The table is displayed below.But, after some criticism about the lack of weighting in my results I have also included a graph that shows the direct prices as opposed to prices weighted in favour of what I would buy and the amounts I would buy. I am not going to publish that criteria as I don’t want people analysing how much hairspray I might use compared to the amount of toilet rolls I dispose of on a weekly basis.

I have increased the use such things as petrol and bread usage whilst decreasing toothpaste and air freshener unit consumption.

Here is the base unit prices versus the weighted prices graph:

This table shows the data for 25^th January 2010 against the baseline data at the beginning of the year.

The price fallers are Flora margarine, own brand margarine, own brand coffee, own brand toilet rolls, Kelloggs corn flakes and pork chops.

Price risers are cod fillets, Diesel, petrol, beer (Tanglefoot was not available, withdrawn I think, so I picked a substitute that I would buy, which turned out much more expensive), own brand toothpaste, carrots and apples.

DATE	04/01/10	25/01/10	Change
APPLES 1KG (G/Smiths)	£1.600	£1.700	£0.100
POTATOES 5KG (Maris Peer)	£1.600	£1.600
BLUEBERRIES 225G (price per Kg)	£8.890	£8.890
CARROTS 1KG	£0.800	£0.920	£0.120
BANANAS 1KG	£0.990	£0.990
BREAD HOVIS (800g)	£1.540	£1.540
BREAD Own Brand (800g)	£0.750	£0.750
MARGARINE 500g (Flora)	£1.960	£1.000	-£0.960
MARGE Own Brand 500g	£1.110	£1.080	-£0.030
ORANGE JUICE 1 LITRE Own Brand	£1.070	£1.070
MILK 2.27 LITRES	£1.530	£1.530
RICE 500g (Basmati Own Brand)	£1.050	£1.050
CANNED PEAS (300g Own Brand)	£0.450	£0.450
BAKED BEANS HEINZ (415g)	£0.640	£0.640
BAKED BEANS (420g Own Brand)	£0.450	£0.450
COFFEE GOLD BLEND (100g)	£3.060	£3.060
COFFEE Own Brand (100g)	£1.850	£1.790	-£0.060
EGGS 6 Own Brand	£1.470	£1.470
FLOUR Own Brand	£0.890	£0.890
TOILET ROLLS x4 Own Brand	£2.060	£2.050	-£0.010
TOOTHPASTE COLGATE TOTAL (100MG)	£2.100	£2.100
TOOTHPASTE Own Brand (100MG)	£0.450	£0.550	£0.100
HAIRSPRAY HARMONY (300ml)	£1.860	£1.860
AIR FRESHENER SPRAY (300ml)	£1.170	£1.170
BEER (4xTANGLEFOOT)	£4.970	£6.760	£1.790	See Note on beer above
WHITE WINE 70cl Own Brand CHARD	£5.990	£5.990
RED WINE 70cl Own Brand SHIRAZ	£5.990	£5.990
CD MUSIC	£9.990	£9.990
DVD FILM	£14.990	£14.990
PETROL PER LITRE (Not supermarket)	£1.099	£1.129	£0.030
DIESEL PER LITRE (Not Supermarket)	£1.109	£1.149	£0.040
CORN FLAKES KELLOGGS 500g	£1.960	£1.930	-£0.030
CORN FLAKES Own Brand 500g	£1.100	£1.100
6 X 400G PEDIGREE DOG FOOD	£3.970	£3.760	-£0.210
6 X WHISKAS 390G CAT FOOD	£4.190	£4.190
2 X PORK CHOPS (PER Kg)	£9.150	£8.990	-£0.160
2 X COD (per kG)	£9.250	£12.500	£3.250
ROASTING CHICKEN PER Kg	£2.890	£2.890
TOTAL	£115.988	£119.958	£3.970

Related Article: The Economic Voice totally unscientific Inflation Watch (update 2)

------ Other articles of interest ------

• The Economic Voice totally unscientific Inflation Watch (update 1)
• The Economic Voice totally unscientific Inflation Watch (update 2)
• Supermarket sales expected to be down
• Inflation figures doubted by householders

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