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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Beth Ure

'This is the first time that I've truly experienced the cost of living crisis'

A man has taken to TikTok to discuss the price increase that made him realise we are in a cost-of-living crisis.

Many of us have noticed our energy bills increasing, or the price of our weekly shop is on the rise, but for some people it's a price jump on one item that really hammers the cost-of-living crisis home. Shabaz (@shabazsays) posted a video on TikTok to ask his 1.4 million followers what price increase had made them realise the UK is currently in a cost-of-living crisis.

He revealed that the price of one item in the supermarket was what confirmed it for him. Looking at the Haagen-Dazs ice cream at his local supermarket to check for a sale, Shabaz was shocked to see that the normal price for the luxury ice cream is now a whopping £5.10.

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