told michasel fabricant to take it down. ., so how are you trying to cope with the big increases in the cost of living? 0ur consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith reports. when shopping is like a tenner more sometimes per week, itjust gets so much more expensive. bread, i mean, that s gone up. i think the bread that i have has gone up about 50p. kira is 19 and lives in greater manchester on her student loan and wages from her part timejob. but it s not easy. before the student loan in april, i had £17 in my bank left. nothing, no savings, no nothing. when it comes to affording shopping at the moment, how are you making ends meet? i shop less, so i shop every two weeks now. i try and get a big batch of chicken and then i freeze it all so it doesn t go out of date, and then i will make sure that i split them up and make meals, maybe make, like, a batch meal. i saw people doing this. and kira has another trick too.