The cost of living crisis makes itself clear in many different ways. Sometimes it jumps out at you, such as increases in energy bills or rising petrol prices at the pumps.
Other times, the gradual increase in the price of essentials and life's little luxuries is harder to spot. And when it comes to food shopping, those extra pennies we are spending can soon add up almost without us noticing.
After finding an Aldi receipt from a weekly family shop last June, it was hard to tell at first what had gone up in the past 11 months. A quick scan down the list showed that milk seemed a bit cheaper than now, as did butter, cheese and salmon slices.
