The cost of living is rising with shopping and energy bills haven just risen even further.
As of April 1, the energy price cap went up affecting more than 22 million people up and down the country and bills could rise yet again in October 2022.
But whilst many are concerned about the cost of their shopping bill, some are also worried about the noticeable shortages in their local stores.
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According to Wales Online, shops, restaurants and food factories in the UK are facing shortages of a number of key ingredients due to the cost of living crisis, the war in Ukraine as well as the weather.
Eggs are said to be one of the affected items and thus added to the list of things shoppers in the UK may soon see suffering from shortages after farmers admitted the rising cost of production is making them unviable.
The egg industry says shops could start to run out of supply within weeks. British Egg Industry Council chairman Andrew Joret said: "The tidal wave of cost increases will see many family farms, some of which have been producing eggs for generations, going under in a matter of days, unless something is done quickly."
Farmers are also said to be struggling with salad shortages after some said they were unable to heat the greenhouse - used for growing the ingredients - as well as fertiliser which is usually sourced from Ukraine and Russia. In addition, higher gas prices are hitting the supply of carbon dioxide - another crucial step in food production.
One popular salad item is tomatoes - another item said to be impacted - and as a result its having a knock on effect to the fact food industry too with McDonald's, Nandos and Subway having already suffered.
Last week a McDonald’s spokesperson said: "We are currently experiencing a shortage in our supply of tomatoes. As a result, the Big Tasty and the Big Tasty with Bacon are being served with one slice of tomato rather than two. We apologise for any inconvenience, and thank our customers for their patience."
Consumer champion Which? has warned of potential shortages in a number of key ingredients, they said: "While there are some residual issues in the food chain relating to covid and Brexit, such as availability of HGV drivers, what’s happening in Ukraine and sanctions on Russia will have an increasing effect on availability of some foods.
"For example, around 30% of the world’s wheat comes from Ukraine and Russia. While the UK grows most of its wheat and our imports come mainly from France, Germany and Canada, the scarcity of global wheat will lead to prices increasing. This will affect the cost of bread, pasta and many breakfast cereals.
"Corn (maize) is another staple widely grown in Ukraine and Russia. Both wheat and corn are used in animal feed in the UK so shortages and price rises of these are likely to have a knock-on effect on the cost of meat, dairy and eggs."
Oil is also said to be impacted, as previously reported by Edinburgh Live last week.
Because of oil issues, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) are advising consumers to keep an eye on what they're purchasing - even if it's items and brands they usually buy.
This is because some food products that have been labelled as containing 'sunflower oil' may instead contain 'refined rapeseed oil' which is happening in a bid to maintain the supply of certain food products containing ingredients that have become increasingly difficult to source because of the conflict.
The majority of the UK's sunflower oil comes from Ukraine and food businesses are said to be running low with supplies of the oil likely to "run out in a few weeks with some businesses already experiencing severe difficulties."
This has led to some food manufacturers urgently replacing sunflower oil with refined rapeseed oil before being able to make the change on the label and because of this, the FSA are advising that food products labelled as containing sunflower oil should be double checked by researching the manufacture as well as keeping an eye ot for information provided by the retailers to stay informed.
British Retail Consortium deputy director of food Andrea Martinez-Inchausti said: "The war in Ukraine has disrupted supplies of sunflower oil to the UK. Where sunflower oil exists as an ingredient in products, retailers will be substituting it with other safe oils, such as rapeseed oil.
"Retailers are looking to change product labels as soon as possible; where sunflower oil is a key ingredient, such as crisps, retailers will imprint information on substitute oil onto existing labels.
“Retailers’ customer services will be answering questions on all their own brand products."
