Posted on 05/11/2022 7:11:37 PM PDT by blam
The head of major supermarket Tesco has warned that people in the UK are facing “real food poverty for the first time in a generation”.
The warning of “real food poverty” comes as many in the country struggle with the increasing costs of food and fuel due to inflation, with a former chief economist for the Bank of England warning that such inflationary conditions inflicting pain on everyday people could continue for years.
According to a report by The Times, the head of the supermarket giant Tesco, John Allan, has said that many of those who visit his stores are now seriously struggling to make ends meet.
“I was in some stores on Friday and I was hearing for the first time for many years of customers saying to checkout staff ‘Stop when you get to £40, I don’t want to spend a penny over that’,” the publication reports the grocery tsar as saying.
“I think that many of them are struggling to both be able to heat their homes and to feed their families,” he continued. “And I think we’re seeing, you know, real food poverty for the first time in a generation.”
Allan went on to express hope that the government would step in to reduce the strain on those struggling with the crisis, suggesting that the government could reverse course on a planned payroll tax hike to leave citizens with more money in their pockets.
Inflation Crisis: Minister Slammed Over ‘Patronising’ Call for Citizens to Buy Cheaper Foodhttps://t.co/qWjf7Oa6m8
— Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) May 5, 2022
While it appears unlikely that the government will pull back on any planned tax hikes at this stage, it is clear that those in Britain could definitely do with more cash
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Governments did this to the economies. Not covid. Governments.
Load up on beans, rice and hot sauce.
Nothing to see, this is perfectly normal and expected in all credit money monetary systems.
Just bought 6 medium-sized peanut butter today.
The bigger ones are gone except for higher priced.
(hot sauce)
Love my hot sauce (just had 2 tacos) but it will make you need more drinkable liquid, lol.
😛😃😁🤣
Skyrocketing energy rates aren’t helping.
Still building a canned food buffer, but that's coming along.
Good thing I know how to brew my own beer.
Lot worse currently in EU than here.
I may have to consider a 1year membership.
At one time Sam’s was giving you your membership fee back on first purchase.
Haven’t checked in awhile.
This may be the Doomsday the Preppers have been expecting.
I'd rather be wrong, and I'd hate to be right.
She is gone from Sam's now:
People are calling Sam's Club CEO 'racist' after she gave an interview about diversity
Add soon the real estate bubble.
The Brits grandparents went through some serious rationing. But they were tough when being tough was a good thing. Seems like being a whiny crybaby is the thing these days.
“Load up on beans, rice and hot sauce.”
Hmm....forgot the hot sauce. Valentina Black, anyone?
“ Governments did this to the economies. ”
Yes. This is all BS. We have plenty of oil, our transportation system works just fine, and the US farmers are the best in the world.
It’s obviously designed.
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