Welcome to the supermarket class war
How Britain’s upper middle class learned to love expensive carrots
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Adieu, Marylebone Waitrose…
Goodbye, for now, to a place that has played a formative role in my life – and this column.
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What’s in the Lidl middle aisle: bargains, or rip-offs?
The slightly unhinged discount products of the middle aisle are entertaining – but also part of a very clever sales…
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The unlikely refuge of British supermarkets
As libraries and community centres disappear, retail spaces are becoming the last resort of people seeking connection.
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The milkman on a mission
Simon Mellin, CEO of the Modern Milkman, says inflation has shown how poorly people understand the real cost of food.
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Why the UK’s egg shortage demands government intervention
Farmers are trapped in supply chains that don’t pay them enough to stay in business.
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The death of the £3 supermarket meal deal signals a grim new era
Where have all the discounts and cheap promotions gone?
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Behind the Bradley Stoke Tesco self-service “boycott”
Are shoppers in south Gloucestershire really queuing to avoid new tills?
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Everything wrong with this minister’s tip for cutting costs
George Eustice suggested struggling Britons buy basics range supermarket food.
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Exclusive: over three-quarters of British voters notice their food shops are pricier
The cost-of-living crisis bites as polling for the New Statesman by Redfield & Wilton Strategies reveals the overwhelming experience of…
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