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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lamiat Sabin

Shoppers asking cashiers to ‘stop scanning at £40’ due to cost-of-living crisis, Tesco boss says

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Some customers at Tesco have been asking cashiers to stop scanning their groceries when they reach just £40, in fear of overspending during the cost-of-living crisis, the supermarket’s chairman said.

John Allan said that “real food poverty for the first time in a generation” has come into force in the UK, and that this has resulted in shoppers rationing the amount of food they buy.

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