Well, to coin a phrase, you either love it or you hate it.

The UK is seeing an official Marmite shortage due to Unilever requesting that Tesco increase their prices.

Now, we all have our shopping staples, the brands that we buy every time we shop, but why do we do it?

Is it because that’s what our parents or grandparents bought?

Is it time to make a change?

With so much wonderful local produce to choose from, I think I might just start shopping a lot closer to home.

This begs the question, “how much more expensive will it be?”

But here’s a question for you: how much of your shopping do you throw out each week?

We throw away seven million tonnes of food and drink every year in the UK, and more than half of this is food and drink we could have eaten.

Wasting this food costs the average household £470 a year, rising to £700 for a family with children, the equivalent of around £60 a month.

How about we start shopping a bit smarter and more local?

I’m up for it. Are you?