Study finds significant differences between prices of cheapest food and those of items acceptable in real everyday lives
The first study to use real shopping lists to track the impact of the cost of living crisis on family budgets in Scotland has uncovered a “dignity gap” between the cheapest products and what families actually want to eat.
Nourish Scotland’s report, which launches on Tuesday, tracks the affordability and accessibility of a weekly shop for different-sized families who are at highest risk of food insecurity, including a single-parent family and a larger family unit with three children.
Study finds significant differences between prices of cheapest food and those of items acceptable in real everyday livesThe first study to use real shopping lists to track the impact of the cost of living crisis on family budgets in Scotland has uncovered a “dignity gap” between the cheapest products and what families actually want to eat.Nourish Scotland’s report, which launches on Tuesday, tracks the affordability and accessibility of a weekly shop for different-sized families who are at highest risk of food insecurity, including a single-parent family and a larger family unit with three children. Continue reading…
