{"id":48577,"date":"2023-08-14T09:30:28","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T09:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=48577"},"modified":"2023-08-14T11:25:11","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T11:25:11","slug":"48577","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2023\/08\/14\/48577\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharp rise in cost of food basics forces UK families \u2018to make desperate choices\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-46942\" src=\"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/plastic-bags-fruits-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/plastic-bags-fruits-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/plastic-bags-fruits-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/plastic-bags-fruits.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/plastic-bags-fruits-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dropcap-element-slot\">T<\/span>he cost of some basic food items such as cheese, butter and bread has soared by more than 30% in the last two years, forcing poorer households to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/money\/news\/sharp-rise-in-cost-of-food-basics-forces-uk-families-to-make-desperate-choices\/ar-AA1fejXc?ocid=msedgntp&amp;cvid=651de348d1d4432985313deeb07a639b&amp;ei=65\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>The cost of some basic food items such as cheese, butter and bread has soared by more than 30% in the last&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-48577","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cost-of-living-crisis"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bread-stall.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48577"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48594,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48577\/revisions\/48594"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}