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Noticed a big increase in the price of her weekly shop. we were only talking last week at morris dancing about the price of beans, and another lady said to me, beans have gone up by 16p a can. everything has shot up in price. pasta used to be able to get pasta for 20 pence a bag that s now 40p a bag. all the staple foods, like tinned tomatoes things that you would use to bulk out meals that s all shot up. leah s constantly trying to reduce her shopping bill, but buying cheaper alternatives isn t always an option. my son only eats a particular brand ofjam because he s got additional needs, and the price of the jam has gone up by a0 pence a jar. just down the road in wythenshawe is the factory where the jam is made. through that wall there is the warehouse. we ve arranged a visit for leah to find out why her store cupboard essentials have gone up in price. richard, i mjust wondering, why are the prices ofjam going up as much as they are at the minute? ....
Once you take out the mortgage and the rising costs of the gas and electric, it s harderfor us because we still have to pay for school dinners we don t get any help with them and they ve gone up in price, as well. we saw numbers rise rapidly through the pandemic. thousands of people every week at our back gate. i d say in recent months we thought we ve seen the worst of what we re going to see, and then we got the cost of living crisis and we are now going straight back up. we re seeing lots of working families, and people need to ask for help pride can t get in the way, they need to say, you know, i m struggling. the government says it s providing support to put, on average, £1,000 a year more into the pockets of working families. if we do the beans the cans first. 0k. leah says it s places like this that are making a real difference in helping those on low incomes struggling with the rising cost of living. this place represents community. 0h, brilliant! you give to your co ....