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Catherine Furze

Seven sneaky tricks shops use to tempt you to spend more money

Despite most families making an effort to trim their grocery bill in the cost of living crisis, the average shopper makes over 200 trips to the supermarket every year - and spends over £4,200 at the chekout

The latest figures from Barclays showed that households made further cutbacks on their weekly grocery bills in March as inflation continued to squeeze budgets to the limit. According to data analysts Kantar, supermarket inflation hit 17.5% in the month to March 19, reaching another record high.

However spending on groceries increased 7.1% in March - well below the food price inflation rate - as one in six households said they were trying to find ways to reduce the cost of their weekly shop.

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