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I do all of my shopping at Lidl's and have noticed over the last few weeks how prices have increased and also sizes reduced. i never shop anywhere else and if they dont have the product I want, then I do without.

Living alone, the BOGOF items in the big supermarkets are of no use to me, they aim their product offers at families, not pensioners on a limited budget. I cannot remember when I last bought a joint of meat and live on chicken, frozen fish, mince and pork chops.

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I'd never buy a joint, and buy packaged sliced meat where possible, like roast beef and pork. I also eat a lot of chicken, and will get the frozen turkey breast roast that costs about £2.50 and tastes delicious. As for lamb, it'd be a shank (bought if I see a bargain), or chops. And minced beef, for making spag bol or meat loaf.

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TessA, Can l just ask you, How much do you live on a week as you are always saying, how poor you are?
I didn't make any provision for my future as l thought l would be married for the rest of my life!
I live on a state pension of £160 a week. I don't get any extra benefits! My Council Tax is high and eats up most of my monthly pension but l eat well by spending wisely.

I grow runner beans and tomatoes. Various soft fruits and have apple, pear and plum trees that provide seasonal fruit.

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I'll often buy bogofs even if I can't use them, they go in the freezer or I give to old lady lives alone down stairs, she won't buy eg strawberries as she's alone so I bought two punters bogof and gave her half a punnet. Enough so she has a treat but not so much she feels embarrassed or pitied.

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Shouldn't you get single persons council tax credit ? Might be worth looking into art, it makes a difference.

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Hi

Yes, I use Lidl and they have stopped selling parsnips these last few weeks.

Unfortunately many cannot grow their own and I have limited space myself.

When we go to WTO Rules, which some want, the walk away Hard Brexit, the highest tariffs are on agricultural products, an average of 22%.

We cannot produce all the food we need, that is just a simple fact of life.

We certainly cannot produce some things all year round, so there will be big changes to come.

Personally I think that this is the main reason the Government are backtracking and going for a Transitional Agreement.

Joe Public will not be happy with expensive food, it is a vote loser.

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Yes l do, Julie.
Even with the discount, l pay almost, £200 a month.

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For about three years I paid £5.00 per month, then couple of years ago Council increased it to £6.00. Since April, apparently because of yet another change in regulations, I don't pay anything.

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I don't find food particularly expensive and I'm just on a state pension...Last week I bought a rump steak and made a pig of myself...first steak in four years! Today back to the belly pork and veg.or an omelette, I'm far from starving.

In the supermarkets I see young women filling trollies with expensive junk for the kids...they want to learn to cook like the girls did in the old days.

I do my own baking and make sure the oven is as full as possible with the price of gas...flour is cheap enough. And if you can't bake....go to nightschool.

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Hate to say but that doesn't sound too bad ours is nearly £500 ! The 25 percent single discount here you'd pay a lot more than £200 a month.

I'm not ever sure council taxes are fair I'd like to see a local income tax. That way you'd only pay on what you have coming in.