Man found Morrisons receipt from 2001 and people 'can't believe' how much it would cost now...

I miss the days where cheese was only £1

We've all experienced the sinking feeling lately of popping to the shop for a few things and somehow managing to spend £25.

The cost of living crisis and inflation is continuing to be one big slap in the face, with wages rarely matching the eye-watering prices of groceries in 2025.

Although some old folks might insist that this generation has it too easy, a Morrisons receipt from 2001 has exposed that to be untrue, as things were unsurprisingly far cheaper.

Thanks to the issues of the last few years, which include a global pandemic and a certain vote which I can't bring myself to comment on, things like fruit and vegetables are getting more and more expensive in the UK, as we struggle to import goods cheaply.

But even though we might be accustomed to seeing the numbers going up when we visit our local supermarket, it's still painful to hear how much affordable things were back in the early 2000s, and plenty of people on social media are struggling to believe their eyes when they see things like £1 cheese or £2 olive oil.

You can see the original receipt below, and hopefully you're not also brought to tears when you realise that the £2.15 cat food was the most expensive item on this lucky shopper's list.



I'm even nostalgic for the fact that they paid for it in cash, because tapping my phone might well be easier, but it's certainly damaged the mental maths skills of an entire generation.

Something that's important to point out, before I reveal exactly how much a similar shop would cost now, is that these foods are not only getting more expensive, but there's also less of it.

We all joke about the size of crisp packets and chocolate bars diminishing in recent times, with the daughter of the Freddo creator suggesting that he would be turning in his grave if he saw the current construction of the chocolate frog, but here we see that the cheese size has gone from 500g to 350g.

After painstakingly going through this old receipt and putting it into a Morrisons online shop, where the only omission is the mystery 'selected seconds' item, my total came to £67.47, which is £33.10 more than the original receipt, despite me almost always choosing the cheapest option available.



It's easy to see why people are more than a little financially frustrated at the moment, when you consider that this shop was far more expensive, had fewer items, was smaller in size, and probably didn't taste as good as it did back in 2001, when my gran was cooking instead of me.

One user said: "Heinz beans 33p what a time to be alive."

Another commented: "It's amazing as some things actually haven't gone up THAT much, whereas others, through the roof."

A third wrote: "Spent a third of that on milk bread and eggs this morning. I wish I was joking."

It's blatant price-gouging at Morrisons now.

A refill pack of Nescafe Gold Blend was £6.00 today compared to £4.99 at Aldi.

Don't ask me how much their meat was as I no longer buy any from them.

£4.45 at Morrisons

£3.99 from my local corner shop!

£4.45 at Tesco.

It pays to shop around, or substitute for brands being discounted!

Speak of the devil...

Morrisons targets hundreds of corner shops in southern swoop



Morrisons is preparing to convert hundreds of corner shops across southern England into its own branded convenience stores as the grocer races to boost shopper numbers.

The supermarket chain, based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, is planning to open 250 new Morrisons Daily convenience stores next year by offering corner shop owners the chance to convert their stores into Morrisons franchises. The expansion will focus on areas where it is under-represented – including cities in the south and the Midlands.

It would mark a major step-up of its expansion efforts, with Morrisons on track to open around 160 of its convenience stores this year. Recent shop openings include sites in Shoreditch, east London, Southend-on Sea in Essex and Paignton in Devon.

Morrisons has around 1,700 convenience stores, of which 700 are run by franchisees. It bought the other 1,000 stores from McColl’s in 2022 and has rebranded them as Morrisons Daily sites.

The 250 new planned locations – which are the equivalent of opening 10 full-size supermarkets – are expected to be new franchise stores. The supermarket is speaking to corner shop owners about “converting” their existing stores into Morrisons Daily shops.
‘Key part of growth strategy’

It will allow the supermarket to expand into new parts of the country without having to spend heavily on store fit-outs. A spokesman said convenience stores were a “key part of Morrisons growth strategy”.

It comes as the British grocer races to win around more shoppers, with Rami Baitieh, Morrisons’ chief executive, having pledged to return the company to “peak form”.

Internally, the convenience store strategy has been championed by Mr Baitieh, who adopted a similar strategy at French supermarket Carrefour.

The latest push follows concerns that the supermarket has been losing ground to rivals.

In its most recent financial year, Morrisons sales fell by £1bn to £17bn. This marked the supermarket’s lowest annual revenues since its private equity takeover in 2021.

Its market share has tumbled to 8.3pc from 10pc since its takeover by buyout group Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, according to figures from Worldpanel.

The decline means that German discounter Lidl is now poised to overtake Morrisons as Britain’s fifth largest supermarket within the next few months. Lidl currently holds a 8.2pc share of the UK grocery market.

Morrisons was the UK’s fourth largest supermarket before dropping behind Aldi in 2022.

However, sources suggested that this was partly down to Morrisons’ recent focus on convenience stores.

The Worldpanel figures fail to take into account a significant chunk of convenience store sales, as they track grocery products which people take home rather than items they buy to eat on the move such as drinks and snacks.

By opening more convenience stores, bosses are understood to believe that an increasing portion of its sales are not included in the Worldpanel figures.

A spokesman for Morrisons said: “We’re excited about the opportunity to expand further in this large and fragmented market.

“Over the last few years we’ve built a significant business of over 1,700 stores and we have ambitious plans in place to bring Morrisons Daily to more customers across the UK with a franchise model that enables us to add new stores faster, in a capital light way.”

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/10/27/morrisons-targets-hundreds-of-corner-shops-southern-swoop/

I have mixed feelings about this.

On the one hand I might be able to access Morrisons own brand items more easily.

On the other I would probably be paying a lot more for them.

On the other I would probably be paying a lot more for them.

That will be the most likely outcome. Convenience stores charge heavily for the convenience!

There's an independent convenience store quite close to me, how he survives with his high prices I don't know. You'd have to be pretty desperate to use him, yet within a 10-minute walk, there's a choice of small independent supermarkets, with reasonable prices.

Chunky Cod is back in stock at Morrisons, having disappeared a couple of years ago:







Albeit much more expensive than it used to be. (£6)