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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jess Clark

Cost of living: the best-before food websites giving households a lifeline

Products in a supermarket basket.
Households are looking for ways to cut their weekly food costs. Photograph: Premier Foods/PA

Struggling UK households are turning to online discount stores to buy almost-out-of-date food as the cost of living crisis puts pressure on budgets.

Some of these shops, which sell big-brand food and drink products that are nearing or past their best-before dates at reduced prices, are experiencing a big increase in customer numbers.

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