Caitriona Redmond: Week five of our sample shopping basket and a new supermarket leader
The price of butter has increased by more than 10% in the last five weeks.
This is the fifth week that I’ve been tracking key grocery items in a sample shopping basket for the Irish Examiner. Each week I survey the five main supermarkets to review what is the best value for us all. It’s not about telling readers to eat cheap food; far from it, I write this column to help people feed their families on a budget.
Often the difference between having a fridge full of vegetables is what’s on special offer and whether your family will eat them. Everybody has a choice when it comes to filling up their shopping basket but your budget dictates how much of a choice you have.
