A warning has been issued to anyone who buys food staple essentials from supermarkets like Aldi, ASDA, Tesco, Morrisons, Lidl, M&S and Sainsbury's. The warning affects cupboard items like bread, pasta and baked beans.
Shoppers have been warned that prices of essentials are, in some cases, up by 50 per cent over the last year. Crisps are up 17 per cent, with beef mince up 16 per cent. Robert Halfon, Tory MP for Harlow, said: “People are being hit by a cost of living tsunami. I’ve got people working seven days a week so they can feed their families.”
A government source said: “We are monitoring the situation very closely.” Statisticians chose 30 everyday items that they know the least well-off households regularly buy to get an idea of how inflation is hitting these households.
