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And just to add:
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- an upmarket ready meal range was £7.50 ten years ago, and is still £7.50
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The margins are always, always calculated to squeeze the belts of those
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Now, picture if you will, the demographic of the voter who has kept the
current Party in power for the last 11 years. Imagine the Chancellor having
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I know they're not available everywhere, but Aldi are still cheaper than most
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Customers would prefer it to be rounded DOWN, I’m sure..:

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I work in food manufacturing. We often asorbe a price increase if its either
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Toni Prug brexit we warned could not be sustained. The reason the big increases are
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