Sky is giving £1,000 ($1,148) to 70% of its UK and Ireland staff over the winter to ease the pressure of the cost-of-living crisis, amounting to around £20M ($23M), Deadline understands.
20.08.2022 - 19:47 / dailyrecord.co.uk
The price of a pint of milk has broken the £1 threshold as shoppers feel the squeeze during the cost of living crisis.
Sainsbury's has set record prices for a pint of milk, with Brits now having to pay £1.05 for the product in the popular chains smaller shops.
As inflation marked a 40-year high in July at 10.1 per cent, shoppers have suffered another blow due to price hikes as two pints of milk now costs £1.35.
The Mirror reports that Brits are now paying two-and-a-half times more for milk than a year ago.
The cost for a pint in Sainsbury's bigger supermarkets costs 85p - around a fifth less - while two pints will set you back £1.15.
According to official figures, the price of an average pint of milk was 43p this time last year.
In a general statement on why prices are different in Sainsbury's large shops compared to its convenience stores, the supermarket giant said: "We're committed to offering competitive prices for our customers. Whether in our supermarkets, online or in a local store, we aim to make our prices clear, fair and appealing to our customers.
"Different sizes of stores have very different operational requirements and running costs. Rents, for example, are often more expensive in our smaller stores due to their locations.
"It can also be more of a challenge to deliver products to our local stores. These, and other factors such as staffing, local rates and a focus on convenience products mean there are differences in price between our supermarkets and local stores."
Elsewhere, the price for one pint of milk in Tesco is the same in both its bigger and smaller shops at 85p because the chain price matches with Aldi, the Sun reports
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Sky is giving £1,000 ($1,148) to 70% of its UK and Ireland staff over the winter to ease the pressure of the cost-of-living crisis, amounting to around £20M ($23M), Deadline understands.
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