Low-income families struggling to buy healthy food, study finds

For all families with children, food was the largest household cost and this has only been exacerbated by recent price increases, with staples like milk, butter, and eggs all soaring in price in the last year.

Families on a tight budget are struggling to buy healthy food, with some households spending almost one-third (32%) of their take-home income each week on food, a new report has found.

The research from Safefood suggests that as inflation has soared, low-income families may have to sacrifice a healthy diet given other competing budget demands.