Asda shoppers had no choice but to ask staff to stop scanning their items during the flow when the total amount at checkout exceeds their weekly budgets.

The supermarket boss heartbreakingly conceded the current situation, saying gas station workers face a similar dilemma.

New data revealed that supermarket prices have peaked in 13 years, leaving more shoppers struggling to pay for what they need. The mirror informs.

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The ASDA president even said that many people had no choice but to ask staff to stop scanning in the medium term once the price cap was reached to make sure they weren’t spending too much.

Others use the automatic checkouts at big-box stores to save themselves the embarrassment of telling cashiers that they can’t pay for all the items they put in their carts. The Manchester Evening News reports.

In conversation with him BBCLord Stuart Rose described a “huge change” in customer behavior and said the government needed to do more to help low-income families.



A person is shopping at the ASDA

He said, “People are negotiating again. They worry about the expenses.

“They also have a limit that they have set themselves. They say £ 30 is a limit … and if they go over £ 30, that’s it, that’s it. It’s the same with petrol ”.

He also noted that many people may not remember the inflation of the 1970s, saying the magnitude of the cost of living crisis came as a big shock to many.

And he added: ‘I’m of the generation that remembers what it was like last time. And once [inflation] begins, it is quite pernicious.

Brits, it is said, should expect their annual grocery costs to rise by £ 380 this year as new data shows food price inflation has hit a 13-year high.



Customers at the ASDA checkout

New data released by Kantar revealed that food price inflation rose to 8.3% in just four weeks through June 12, from 7% in May and its highest level since April 2009.

Due to the continued rise in food and grocery prices, the average annual spending bill is projected to increase from £ 380 to £ 4,960 in 2022.

According to Lancs Livemore and more shoppers continue to swap branded items for cheaper private label products in supermarkets in an effort to try to save money where they can.

Meanwhile, the average price of a liter of petrol in the UK hit a new high of 189.3p on Tuesday, according to data company Experian.

The average price of diesel was 197.1 pence per liter.

Additionally, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported that the inflation rate rose again in May, remaining at the highest level in 40 years and putting many households across the country under financial pressure.

The consumer price index (CPI) inflation rate also rose from 9% in April to 9.1% in May, according to the data.

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