Buyers have been left fuming after discovering the value of a preferred snack has doubled within the area of a yr.
Sadly for foodies, in line with The Solar, the value tag of a Pot Noodle has skyrocketed by 93 per cent in sure UK supermarkets.
This implies the price of the well-known snack has elevated greater than 5 occasions the meals inflation price.
The snack is a staple within the cabinets of many college college students and households throughout the nation.
Sainsbury’s inventory six totally different flavours of the merchandise, together with the fan favorite – hen and mushroom.
It’s unlucky information for pot noodle followers as the value of the tasty snack has elevated by 93 per cent in Sainsbury’s. The worth of the dehydrated snack has additionally risen by 50 per cent and 60 per cent in Tesco and ASDA respectively (inventory picture)
Nevertheless, the noodle pot will set you again an eye-watering £1.35 when bought from the grocery store chain.
That is regardless of the dehydrated instantaneous snack beforehand being priced at solely 70p final August in a promotion deal.
Earlier than this the bottom worth of the product stood at £1.
However the wave of unhealthy information for Pot Noodle fanatics doesn’t finish there, as the price of the moment deal with has been hiked throughout cabinets up and down the nation.
On common, the price of any flavour of the snack in any retailer has risen by 34 per cent, in line with grocery store comparability web site Trolley.
Tesco pot noodle costs has seen an up-tick of half throughout its 11 flavours, whereas ASDA has elevated the price of seven flavours by 60 per cent.
Within the meantime meals inflation costs have dropped to their lowest in a yr, falling from 12.7 per cent on September 3, 2023 to 12.2 per cent this September.
That is the sixth consecutive fall in meals inflation charges after they peaked at 17.5 per cent in March.
Pot Noodle followers have been left outraged in latest months concerning steady hikes in costs over latest months
In latest months, followers of the dehydrated snack have been made it clear they’re lower than glad in regards to the enhance in value of their favorite snack.
One shopper commented: ‘£1.35 for a Pot Noodle in Sainbury’s. ONE POUND THIRTY FIVE!!!’
One other added: ‘I’ve stopped going to Tesco’s – SOO costly. [It] was £1.65 for a b****y Pot Noodle final time I seemed.’
One other Pot Noodle fan jibbed: ‘Today £20 looks as if the usual worth for a pot noodle…’
It was solely in June of this yr that one other foodie was left surprised by the value of a small portion of the snack, including: ‘Simply paid £1.35 for a SMALL pot noodle in Asda. What is the world come to.’
However the producers of the tasty on-the-go snack, Unilever, haven’t gone unscathed as they confronted criticism over the price of their merchandise.
Allegations have made that the producer was unfairly upping costs for gadgets resembling Ben & Jerry’s, Marmite in addition to Dove soaps, The Solar experiences.
Unilever, producer of Pot Noodle (pictured) boasted a £4.5 billion enhance in working earnings regardless of gross sales dropping by 0.2 per cent. They are saying their margins the identical as previous to the COVID pandemic regardless of accusations that they had been unfairly climbing up costs on varied merchandise
Though prospects had been tightening their purse strings throughout an ever-looming value of dwelling disaster, in July the corporate revealed a whopping £4.5 billion uptick in working earnings.
This was bolstered by a 9.4 per cent common enhance within the costs of their merchandise, despite the fact that general gross sales dropped by 0.2 per cent.
Regardless of elevated earnings, in July, Unilever had been adamant that their margins had been the identical as pre-pandemic ranges.
They maintained the price of a pot noodle was ‘on the sole discretion of shops,’ and that they weren’t raking within the dough on the detriment of shoppers.
A Sainsbury’s spokesperson stated: ‘Whereas costs can go up and down for a spread of causes, we’re dedicated to providing our prospects nice selection and worth after they store with us.
‘We provide a spread of instantaneous noodle merchandise ranging from as little as 25p.’
Unilever have been approached by MailOnline for remark.