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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Zoe Wood

‘My big shop used to cost £100, now it’s £150’: readers recount their shock at supermarket food bills

An illustration of grocery Inflation shows a red shopping basked of food, cooking oil, milk etc with jagged purple arrows coming out the top on a light blue graph paper background
The cost of the average weekly shop is still 30% higher than in 2022, according to the Food Foundation. Composite: Guardian Design/Getty Images

“Food prices are ridiculous, but it’s the fact they are still rising that is keeping me awake at night,” says Nikki of the strain caused by higher grocery bills.

The mother of two from Aberdeenshire adds: “My weekly shop with in-between top-ups now costs in excess of £220 and is fast becoming unaffordable. Before 2020, I was spending £135 a week.”

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