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Labour costs have gone up at least 6% in the last year due to an increase in minimum wage, and according to farmers, there's still a shortage of workers since brexit. on top of that, uk potato harvests have been hit by drought. and since the pandemic, packaging and transport costs have also risen. altogether, adding up to that extra 10p on a bag of spuds. it's a dizzying list of global factors, all of which have a knock—on effect on the price of food. but what about closer to home, in the shops where we buy the majority of what we eat? which brings us onto the supermarkets. almost 80% of peo...

Didn't work out for them. earlier this year, tesco scrapped its jack's chain altogether, turning some into regular tesco stores, but closing seven completely. like this one on county road in liverpool. this formerjack�*s store in walton sits in the most deprived constituency in the whole of england. robby works for a community group, helping local people who are struggling with their food bills. they collect donations and surplus from the food industry and bring it to locations around merseyside. they help feed around 7,000 people a month. all hands on deck over here! when the localjack�*s...

To get in on the action, asda are introducing an express shop format for the first time, with 30 new stores opening over the next year. the main reason that supermarkets have moved more into convenience—type shops is because shopping habits have changed. if you go into a supermarket, how many people are now going in and buying a large shop? most people go in and buy a few items and go out. they're treating the big stores like convenience stores. so in some ways, the supermarkets are responding to a trend. tesco say 70% of their customers at their medium—sized tesco metro stores are just bu...

For bleddwyn�*s shopping bills. i visited the soon to be closing tesco where bleddwyn shops now and a tesco express store at the other side of town. i bought the same list of 15 typical items that many of us buy on a weekly basis. most products were identical in both shops. except the instant coffee. the jar was 20p more in the express despite being 100 grams smaller. and the pizza which had slightly different branding — it was over £2 more in the express, despite being 50 grams lighter. overall, the products from the bigger tesco came to £35411. the basket in the express added up to £4...

I visited the soon to be closing tesco where bleddwyn shops now and a tesco express store at the other side of town. i bought the same list of fifteen typical items that many of us buy on a weekly basis. most products were identical in both shops. except the instant coffee. the jar was 20p more in the express despite being 100 grams smaller. and the pizza which had slightly different branding. it was over £2 more in the express, despite being 50 grams lighter. overall, the products from the bigger tesco came to £35.4a. the basket in the express added up to £41.25. that's a price difference ...