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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Rachel Pugh & Jon Macpherson

ASDA customers ask staff to stop scanning food as supermarket boss issues warning

Shoppers at ASDA have asked staff to stop scanning their food. The supermarket's boss has made a heartbreaking admission about the demands, and says that the same thing is happening with petrol.

New records show that supermarket prices have hit a 13-year high. As such, people are struggling more and more to afford what they want and need.

Now ASDA's chairman has said that many people are being forced to ask staff to stop scanning mid-checkout when they hit a certain price limit. Some people are also heading to self-checkouts to avoid the embarrassment of not being able to pay.

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