'I repeated my Home Bargains grocery shop and found that almost half the items had increased in price'

The cost of living crisis continues to bite at our bank accounts and, if there is one place that you'll notice it more than others, it is when you are doing the weekly food shop.

Over the past year, we have heard how rising inflation rates has forced costs to increase across a number of grocery staples, including pasta, olive oil and butter. With costs continuing to increase across the board, many shoppers have been switching up their shopping habits in a bid to keep their bills down.

I was one of those shoppers who began to think of alternative ways that I could get in my grocery shopping for less, which is exactly why I decided to head into Home Bargains earlier this year for my food shop.