The cost of popular family meals such as pasta bake, fish fingers, chips and beans and home-made spaghetti bolognese has increased by up to 27% over the last year, figures show.
Which? found the prices of pasta sauce, penne pasta and cheddar cheese to make a quick pasta bake for four people have jumped from £2.68 (67p per portion) in the three months to the end of last May to £3.39 (85p per portion) for the same period this year – an increase of 27%.
