Campaigners want to raise awareness of a little-known heart condition that kills around 2,000 people each year.
16.09.2023 - 07:03 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Unless you've been hiding in a cave for the last few years, then you'll be all too aware that supermarket prices have risen.
While previously you may have chucked a few extra things in the basket or trolley without much thought, many shoppers are now having to pay a lot more attention to what they're spending.
Big brands have gone out of the window for some and others have changed their supermarket altogether. Mine was always Tesco, partly because I could always get a delivery slot and would make the most of its Clubcard, both for the offers and for saving up the points.
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But my big shops there have been less frequent these days, largely because I've been shopping around as part of my cost of living articles, but I do still get the occasional one - albeit with different products given some of the hikes we've seen.
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This week I decided to repeat a big shop I did exactly five years ago to see exactly how much things have risen. I expected some increases, but the difference in the bill was astonishing - and to see it in black and white made me feel sick.
Out of 74 items I bought, 62 had gone up, 22 of them by 50% or more. Five of the items had actually risen by more than 100%. One of them, Sharwood's Tikka Masala Mild Medium Sauce, by a staggering 245%, Mr Kipling Cherry Bakewells by 187% and Thorntons Mini Caramel Shortcakes by 157%.
It's likely they were on offer with Clubcard at the time - I doubt I would have splashed out on the Thorntons otherwise - but still, the difference is insane.
And even with quite a few of the items being on offer with Clubcard this time round, there was still a 35% difference in the bill. It
Campaigners want to raise awareness of a little-known heart condition that kills around 2,000 people each year.
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