Food

Families have seen their finances improve over the last year which has helped them boost their savings despite the recession, according to a report.

A consumer watchdog has called for tougher government guidelines on supermarket pricing after uncovering tactics it claims are misleading shoppers.

The retail prices index (RPI) rate of inflation fell to 3.5% in April compared to 3.6% in March, new figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) reveal today.

Sainsbury's is changing its labels to tell shoppers they can freeze food up to the product's use-by date, which could save consumers from wasting both food and money.

More than a third of people have cut back on their food spending in the last year to help cover their rent or mortgage costs, showing the "tough" choices faced by families, housing charity Shelter has said.

Tesco has further slashed the benefits of its Price Check guarantee by only paying shoppers the difference if they find something cheaper at Asda, rather than double the difference.