Back in November, like most of us across the UK, I'd noticed the cost of my supermarket food shop seemed to be going up and up - but I couldn't quite place my finger on what was making my money disappear like water through my fingers. In a bid to see just how much the cost of living crisis is impacting my purse, I decided to track the cost of my weekly shop to find out just how much it would fluctuate over a three-month period.
In order to keep things accurate, I bought the exact same goods each week for a fair comparison - my supermarket trolley comprised of common basic goods that most people reach for time and time again.
It turns out my suspicions about increasing prices weren't unfounded, as today (January 18), the Which? inflation tracker has shown that supermarket food prices have risen up to 30% on a yearly basis. The tracker takes data from Aldi, Asda, Lidl, Morrisons (where I did my shopping), Ocado, Sainsbury's, Tesco, and Waitrose.
