Fuel bills are soaring, food bills are rocketing and even money expert Martin Lewis is running out of ideas to help us. It's a stark situation for many shoppers at the moment, particularly families with many mouths to feed.
One way people are trying to cut costs is to reduce their supermarket spend. And if buying less food isn't an option without the family going hungry, then maybe it's time to start buying less brands.
Thankfully supermarkets are expanding their budget ranges and only last month we revealed how we managed to feed a family of four for a week for £50 with just Asda's Smart Price and Farm Stores products.
Others have their own ranges of course and this week I decided to take a look at Morrisons' Savers range. READ MORE: Mother's Day rant goes viral as woman shares what mums really want Judging by the empty shelves where many of the Savers products should be, I wasn't the only one with that idea.
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