Prices are rising on all fronts as the cost of living crisis bites. Energy bills have gone up, fuel is more expensive - and food isn't as cheap as it was, either.
But there are ways to ease the squeeze on our funds. An app called Too Good To Go gives people the chance to buy food that would otherwise go to waste at cafés, restaurants and shops merely because it hasn't sold in time.
Lucy Leeson, who writes for Hull Live , put the app to the test - in the knowledge that users don't know what they are going to get. This makes it something of a gamble, but she took the plunge.