A mum issued a stark warning after their weekly food shop saw the cost of many everyday items rise astronomically.
Budget cooking blogger Jack Monroe has hit out at a "5%" figure being commonly cited as the rise to the cost of living this year.
Jack said they were "infuriated" and that the figure "grossly underestimates the real cost of inflation as it happens to people with the least".
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The mum-of-one said they shop at "one of the Big Four" supermarkets, but didn't name which one.
During a weekly shop today, they were left reeling after comparing prices today with those of a year ago.
They used some real figures to illustrate their point.
Taking to Twitter, they said: "This time last year, the cheapest pasta in my local supermarket was 29p for 500g. Today it’s 70p. That’s a 141% price increase."
The cheapest rice they could buy a year ago, they said, was 45p for a kilogram bag.
They added: "Today it’s £1 for 500g. That’s a 344% price increase as it hits the poorest and most vulnerable households."
They continued to list other commonplace items, saying: "Baked beans: were 22p, now 32p. A 45% price increase year on year.
"Canned spaghetti. Was 13p, now 35p. A price increase of 169%.
"Bread. Was 45p, now 58p. A price increase of 29%."
Jack then said it was unfair - as those on lower incomes were hit much harder than those who earned more money.
Follow-up tweets said: "An upmarket ready meal range was £7.50 ten years ago, and is still £7.50 today.
"A high-end stores ‘Dine In For Two For £10’ has been £10 for as long as I can remember.
"If the price of that had risen at the same rate as the cheapest rice in the supermarket, that £7.50 lasagne would now cost £25.80. Dine In For £10 would be £34.40.
"We’re either all in this together, or we aren’t. (Spoiler: we aren’t)"
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