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in their dispute over pay. the cost of some sandwiches rockets by almost 40% in the past year, as the cost of living crisis continues to bite. and could spain see its hottest april day on record? scientists predict it may hit a0 degrees celsius. and coming up on bbc news, chelsea, a goal down, but emma hayes wants her team to stay calm in the second leg of their champions league semifinal in barcelona. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. ministers have announced the bigg...

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Are also higher year—on—year. at this lunchtime spot everyone is feeling the effects of the rising price of food. we tend to have wraps rather than sandwiches because you dont need to put butter in those. bread is really expensive. the basics have gone up a lot i find. every week i go to the supermarket and i see prices increasing. - its notjust a small amount. its, you know, ten, j 20p here and there, but that all adds up. meet croydons chef laurie — making a name for herself on social me...

Research carried out for the bbc shows the overall cost of making this lunchtime staple has risen by more than a third in the past year. thats much more than the official rate of food price inflation, which is running at around 19%. the boss of the sandwich chain pret a manger has warned prices have yet to peak, as our business correspondent emma simpson reports. at pret a manger all the sarnies are made fresh on site, like here at this outlet in croydon. a chain that sells around 11 million of ...

Of good goodness in here still. for consumers and businesses the pressures on. back at pret, theyre now placing a big bet on a new loyalty scheme to try to keep customers coming through their doors in these challenging times. emma simpson, bbc news, croydon. and if youd like more information about help with the cost of living you can go to bbc.co.uk/news and look at the tackling it together section, which contains articles about help with bills, including how to cut the cost of your food shoppin...