UK Food Bank Demand Hits An All-Time Record

[@Zach_______]

I couldn't help but break into tears. As an adult man who had a tough childhood and was raised by a single parent - I remember those cold nights where we didn't have food. It's demoralizing and defeating. The feeling that no one is coming to help you and you cannot help yourself is hollowing. Seeing the owner of the food bank (Dad's house) tearing up when thinking about not having the money to help others really struck me to my core. There are caring, loving, and generous people who genuinely want to help others. Seeing this makes me want to do the same. I'm so touched by the father's dedication to his three daughters. I hope I too can be a great father one day.

[@jansC20]

Yes you can

[@sonyasmith1991]

Any child will feel so lucky to have you as a dad.

[@privateprivate4384]

I agree with you. I have just written to the Government asking why they are ignoring the plight of the poor, and my comment has been blocked.

[@kenyonbissett3512]

Cold and inadequate food lead to sickness which can turn chronic and affect you for the rest of your life. It’s a scary situation. We picked up bottles from the side of the road for bread milk, eggs and sliced cheese or peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. We rarely ate more than one meal. Sometimes we went hungry so the baby could eat.

[@bobjames6622]

Oh do grow up! The LAST thing children need is to see a grown man sobbing and wailing all over the place. What they ACTUALLY need is to see grown men being men, and fixing things.

[@call2872]

The biggest problem is the amount of wage is the same throughout the years while the cost of living go up. Big props for the dad for doing his best parent duties.

[@paxundpeace9970]

For nurses wages are about 15 to 20% lower then they were in 2008/2009. The same applies for other NHS workers and professionals paramedics, EMTs

[@samhartford8677]

Not an accusation, but would you have written: "Big probs for the mon for doing her best parent duties"?

[@call2872]

@@samhartford8677 This is not a gender thing. He's the only parent seen in the video.

[@samhartford8677]

@@call2872 Thanks! I think your answer tells me all I need to know.

[@aditya-ml6km]

The present wage rate in the UK is less than what it was 10 years ago.

[@phil2997]

That food bank operator deserves huge props, you sir are a true hero!!!

[@ashotofmercury]

@@basilmagnanimous7011 How do you know that they're feeding immigrants?.... 🤔

[@Trund27]

He needs tons of donations.

[@djp1234]

Record inflation and record corporate profits at the same time. Never forget who's causing all this.

[@Entertainment-]

Duh, of course profits will be nominally higher, they pass on the extra cost of doing business to consumers

[@Lukasz8832]

bp profit for 2022 was 28 billion $,record.

[@Battleneter]

Central banks printing far too much new money in the last 3 years is 90% to blame including of course The Bank of England mainly funding the government deficit. Inflated corporate profits is mainly due to "high inflation" which really means your money is worth less, it's not the root problem.

[@EjDantes]

@@Battleneter No. if the price goes up 20-50-70% that's profiteering ontop of inflation.

[@fearless6947]

@@Battleneter spot on

[@goodquestion8064]

50 years ago one man could keep and feed a family of five people … today one man can barley feed and keep himself

[@Soundpj]

Completely accurate. Its 40 years of stagnant wages....disapation of unions....thanks Maggie....why have wages not kept up with cost of living....its a joke.....its happening in most professions/work, retail, nursing, teaching, care work, paramedics, police, army, fire fighters, office staff, service work, bus drivers.

[@wattbenj]

Lots of people having families of 5 was a problem in itself. Population exploded.

[@kyliepechler]

Exactly!

[@kenyonbissett3512]

Though I agree with the issues brought up, he and so many others lack the shopping and cooking skills to eat nutritiously on very little money.

[@lovemusicnatureartsfoods...]

True...

[@shingaingwenya]

big up to the man, at least he's responsible for a man to do all that👏👏

[@sonyasmith1991]

All by design.

[@marilynbrown5274]

MAJOR Points for him. I was so touched seeing him with kids in each hand...and hearing his story.

[@lynnschnekenburger7270]

This is happening everywhere .So terribly sad and disgusting . Doubt any politician is suffering.

[@soaf1985]

£4.50 for ketchup?? Now as a Londoner myself, I know how expensive the Borough of Chelsea is. A lot of the local shops there do not sell lower budget foods. Looking at the food in his fridge and cupboards all I saw was top brands and more expensive ranges. I am sure he could afford a bus to the nearest lidl, tesco or asda and save a lot of money on his food bill. When you don't have enough money you have to shop around and buy within your means

[@HensOnly]

Maybe he stockpiled during the pandemic, or from the food banks. We do find expensive items at food banks and given the choice, I'd pick Twinnings tea too!

[@soaf1985]

@@HensOnly I guess so. But you have to agree £4.50 for ketchup is ridiculous

[@twisted_void]

@@soaf1985 absolutely. Quick google search and we can find that Tesco cheapest ketchup is £1.50 and Lidl’s £0.45. 500 ml bottle in each case.

[@M_SC]

He indeed doesn’t seem to have any coping strategies. He probably assumed the wife would do all that stuff and she was not having it

[@lindareidy2091]

I think he might have had a huge drop in income and doesn't realise there is the budget version of almost everything. Some of the stuff is bland, but you have to get creative and make it tasty. I know a few people I used to shop for when I was younger, used to only buy brand stuff, because they only ever had a corner shop for years. They couldn't believe the price differences. There was the few items you can't really simply on, and you do need a little bit of a pick me up when times are miserable.

[@dalebenton3354]

It was never like this years ago,My Kitchen cupboards,Fridge freezer was all ways FULL to the top with food,Costed no more than £50 a month,Now days would cost a grand,The Country has turned to pure GREED

[@KJ-js7pi]

£4.50 for ketchup??? I am sorry but he may be able to trick international viewers, but definitely not British viewers. De Cecco, Twinings, etc are all branded goods and folk like me not on universal credit are buying from the likes of Aldi/Lidl. He needs to be more resourceful with his budget and spend more wisely.

[@theotheleo6830]

He doesn't have a car, so he may be shopping at higher cost convenience stores within walking distance.

[@theotheleo6830]

​@LaMelo Ball Convenience stores and supermarkets are not the same things.

[@ivanexell-uz4mv]

Sainsbury is way cheaper

[@ep1929]

Lidl own brand tomato ketchup is 45p for half a litre. Sainsbury's own brand ketchup probably about 20p more - the £4.50 stuff will be heinz probably bought at a convenience store.

[@theotheleo6830]

@LaMelo Ball Your reply doesn't make sense in the context of my comment. I said he may be shopping at higher cost convenience stores within walking distance because he doesn't have a car. A person with at least average intelligence would easily infer from my statement that there are likely no supermarkets within walking distance. So no, I didn't "getcha"; instead, you got yourself.

[@katjaxxx7353]

Our letting agent has sent out a letter that we should expect another rent increase. We are struggling already living on reduced food items etc. I can’t cope!

[@mendipfox1650]

£4.50 ketchup! Come on pal. That’s nonsense. 89p in my local supermarket. Think you might need to move out one of the most expensive city boroughs on the planet! 😂

[@elipa3]

He has to find a new appartment first.

[@ashotofmercury]

Even the most expensive boroughs now have Lidl/Aldi etc. I don't think I could FIND a bottle of ketchup that expensive where I live! 😐🤷🏻‍♀

[@RandomPlaceHolderName]

He's simply out of touch. £150 a week? I could feed those 4 for £150 a month, easy.

[@mendipfox1650]

@@RandomPlaceHolderName I made a rather delicious ham and pea risotto for my kids last night. Cost me £1.27 per portion. 👍🏻

[@misunderstood2156]

Much love and appreciation to all the single dads from a single mum. Responsible loving people will save the world ❤️

[@bobjames6622]

Hows about all you single parents STOP pumping out units when you quite clearly cannot even be bothered to stick together to bring up said units. Which means that responsibile people, like me, have to pay for YOU via taxation. Personally I would withdraw ALL child benefits and leave you, and your ghastly sprogs, to starve. At which point I GUARANTEE that you would get off your behind and do something to EARN your money, INSTEAD of having it handed to you by WORKING people.

[@ThirdLife86]

Responsible ? Don't have kids if you can't foot the bill. That would be responsible instead of having everyone else pay for your personal dream.

[@lindareidy2091]

​@ThirdLife86 partners might have passed away, or became violent, physical injury, illness can factor in life. No of us know what the future holds. How many more people will be driven into food poverty, no matter how many jobs they have..

[@angelachanelhuang1651]

things will get better

[@gregkareem9824]

​@@ThirdLife86🤡

[@BrendonBoshell]

Lives in Kensington and Chelsea on Universal Credit!?

[@TheNizzah1]

Yeah, there’s social housing in the borough.

[@user-bi8ko7kc6h]

Even London has social housing.

[@katjaxxx7353]

What a mean comment. Social housing is all over London you 🤡

[@italianstallion9170]

its one of the most unequal council boroughs in UK, around Ladbroke grove and notting hill is quite squalid.

[@IndustrialBonecraft]

If you don't have kids, don't have kids now.

[@sonyasmith1991]

I agree.

[@Siranoxz]

Cannot agree more!.

[@annmarieanderson4753]

Life is a continuous journey human cannot stop that

[@zuzanazuscinova5209]

Definitely

[@jarodarmstrong509]

Our son is about to be 8 months old and I don't really see what the big deal is about with the cost of children honestly. Formula isn't cheap but for the most part it's not too expensive even here in NYC. What you should have said is to not have kids before financially ready and until married. Single parenthood is extremely difficult to overcome financially

[@scottwales9178]

I find it hard to believe that the cheapest ketchup he could get was £4.50

[@jeffw1267]

At that price, you do without ketchup. I used to eat raw oats as about 75% of my diet. It's actually pretty healthy to do that. As a treat I'd eat a banana or some carrots or occasionally a can of tuna fish.

[@Rpradeen]

​@@jeffw1267nutrition is most important for children.

[@rayosullivan4398]

It's total madness 4.50 for ketchup,can you believe a lap dance is now 30 dollar at the odd-ball i only go Thursday nights now it's two for one absolutely ridiculous

[@juliaevans5113]

£150 per week on food and £4.50 for ketchup? I don't spend £150 per month and I've never seen ketchup being sold for £4.50. Where does he shop, Harrods? Great to see the hard work of the guy who runs the food bank but if you have £150 per week for food, you really shouldn't be using a food bank.

[@Trund27]

This man is a wonderful father who is trying his best. I hope things get better for him and his kiddos.

[@magnus1001]

The cost of everything has gone up radically. I live in the US and I kind of buy the same things when I do my grocery shopping and it seems like almost every item goes up every time with a few exceptions. Utilities are higher now, gasoline is higher, medical things are higher. A huge problem here also is our wages aren't going up...but everything else is. It is a worldwide problem now.

[@MrManny075]

It's not a worldwide problem there are many countries that don't have inflation China right now is in deflation at 0.1 the Gulf countries with the higher is Qatar at 5% Japan at 2.73 is considered high for a decade, the problem is the countries that created so much money during the lockdown and not producing anything too much money chasing fewer goods, Right now the FED is raising interest to get that money out and the government wanted to create more that will push the inflation up again, that what happen when people become addicted to debt they know it's bad but they can't stop

[@GeckoHiker]

I live in the Ozarks. When prices go up, I spend less, travel less, air condition less, and concentrate on doing everything myself instead of paying for someone else to do it... like cooking my own dinner and making my own condiments. We increased the amount of vegetables we grow and got more chickens. I even have the spare room set up for indoor gardening. For everything we think we need at the grocery store there is usually a self-sufficient alternative.

[@magnus1001]

@@GeckoHiker That's awesome. Where I work the majority of the people order out for dinner every night. I don't. With the delivery fee, the tip and the cost of the meal it is ridiculous.

[@GeckoHiker]

@magnus1001 It's crazy the amount of money wasted just on food. You figured out the eating system is rigged. We also gave up buying magazines, newspapers, movies, music, television, and digital games a long time ago. That meant we didn't see as many ads and no longer wanted stuff constantly. More time to spend on our peoperty, growing food and making improvements.

[@saiyedakhtar3931]

​@@MrManny075deflation is much worse than inflation. Deflation means your economy is in a demand spiral which is dangerous. China is in real trouble with the deflation pressure. Same with Japan. Gulf countries are expensive to live in with family unless you earn serious money.

[@margaretmaskell9985]

£4.50 for ketchup! Rubbish! He’s exaggerating ! Where is he buying ketchup? Harrods? Harvey Nichols?

[@sweeta17]

i guessed its heinz and than i saw a comment below mine saying it was heinz further up .

[@sjbutler2330]

I buy no name ketchup or whatever is the cheapest. Stay away from brand name products unless they are on sale!

[@nordicvolkan]

Media always left men out when reporting poverty/High cost living I am very glad to see this video .

[@acosmictemple]

4 million people behind on their bills? You have to wonder who is in control of this? If we come together we can change things for the better

[@acosmictemple]

Governments can print unlimited amount of money yet there seems to be a lack of it, where does it go? I'm just trying to make it make sense

[@xxcarlaflatearther]

All by design to roll out CBDC! Full government control than!

[@zuzanazuscinova5209]

​@@acosmictemple it's worthless

[@chitzzz1384]

@@acosmictemple ask the king

[@Mgameing123]

@@acosmictemple If they do print more money the currency will fall down in value further inducing inflation.

[@goldentiger1841]

This is the new and unfortunate reality that is unfolding world over.

[@hclau218]

Your world must be very small - the world over - speak for yourself. We have 1% general inflation and lower prices for food!!! Oh, would like to thank you guys for your sanctions on Russia.. gave us cheaper food..

[@TheRealDeal130]

Corporate greed at its finest; they're hurting the most vulnerable.

[@majdavojnikovic]

No, they make people vournable.

[@Nothinghere-p3e]

If it's my company Then I would Do the same but We are capitalist not communist so profit is what matters for us

[@angelachanelhuang1651]

real

[@carltaylor4942]

And the Tory government are happy to support corporate price gouging because it means bigger back-handers for them personally. If you think they care at all about the poor then you are deluded.

[@L3r4k]

Yeah. Corporates. Never the government taxing until the death the working class.

[@CristinaEvans-w2m]

Just keep going,you’re doing great job❤from Australia 🇦🇺I wish I had a father like you when I was a kid,you are awesome 😎

[@caro-tk7pm]

Naah this guy still getting plenty for not having a job....nurses should be getting the help and ppl actively breaking their backs working but in a worse off state then this man living in a posh area and flat

[@teresaalford5978]

The single guy, those two kids are old enough to stay home alone so he can work, I raised 2 kids with very little help, my two would get off the school bus, get in the house and wait till I got home from work, NOT IDEAL but doable if you NEED TO WORK!!!!!!

[@lin90210]

Chelsea & Kensington is the second most expensive London borough with an average house price of £1.6 million. No wonder a bottle of ketchup costs £.4.50. I would go without for a month too. My local Morrisons which is located in one of the cheapest borough of London costs 80p for own brand ketchup currently.

[@carson3448]

I have reported this is a misleading video. so much information given far from real live? do we call these propaganda or the reporter/editor being fooled lol

[@chocksaway100]

Exactly, I wouldn't mind living in Kensington plenty of work available. Start a business ,work from home in telesales, don't just whine, and your benefits don't come from the government they come from taxpayers .

[@tenthousanddaysofgratitude]

This is just not true. Sainsbury’s, Tesco, M&S and Waitrose all charge the same price for their own brand ketchup whether you live in Tower Hamlets or Mayfair. The issue for those who have council housing is that they have to take what spaces they are offered and the lower cost Supermarkets like Lidl and Asda don’t tend to be in central London.

[@susanwhitley812]

Ketchup can also be made in big quantaties very cheaply at home with a few tomatoes etc in a blender and stored in airtight jars, and much better without all the additives too.

[@razamughal4582]

Strange that people cant live without ketchup.

[@bugattisteve]

Umm ok huge gaping thing about this. He does not pay rent/mortgage and he's struggling majority of people have at least another 1k bill every month

[@yasaswy]

That last answer when he was asked "What helps to keep you going?" 👏

[@amysteele9778]

It’s awful and scary to think about hunger.

[@JosedeJezeus]

Hunger brings out the worst in humans.

[@shauncameron8390]

@@JosedeJezeus Case in point: Ukraine under Stalin's rule.

[@JosedeJezeus]

@@shauncameron8390 I will look that up. 🙏

[@iip]

India must support poor nations like UK in their difficult times.

[@nailalalani2527]

Lol!!!India

[@razamughal4582]

Then india needs to stop begging for imf money

[@leahfletcher7759]

I can’t believe he’s paying over £4 for the cheapest ketchup? I know this ain’t the point of the video but I live in London and I found Asda cheap ketchup for like £1.

[@kristinesharp6286]

Just checked Iceland prices, it depends on size of bottle. It also depends on what stores he can get to.

[@sweeta17]

i thought at first i miss understood . i think he even said 4.50 . and 50 for gas / electric thats a lot .

[@yisraeljarthur]

It’s probably also “family sized bottles”

[@Luxuryyyy1]

He can definitely get it cheaper than £4.50

[@bloodmoon1956]

Probably Heinz biggest size.👍

[@carolanddaryl922]

£150 a WEEK on food? Is he shopping in Waitrose ? Some low income families have £30 a week.

[@radwa6224]

What a great selfless father! Something I never had as a child

[@tenthousanddaysofgratitude]

You deserved to have that. 💖

[@ladylaois8184]

I thought exactly the same

[@larainehopper6214]

This is rubbish I live on 12,000 state pension never used a food bank raised 3 children on my own and they never went with out food these people make me very angry

[@blanketfortressofsolitude5270]

I'm glad he has local food bank support. Those sorts of places are incredible when things are tough.

[@asavannah7439]

The cheapest ketchup you can get is £4.50 ? Have you ever heard of Lidl or Aldi?

[@richardyardley5127]

He saying that £150 per week does not feed a family of four. You can do it and eat well, with a balanced diet for around a third of that by buying frozen veg etc.

[@edli323]

Looking at his cabinet even shopping at Waitrose/M&S I am also sure £150 is even to feed a family of four, unless he wants filet mignon every week

[@italianstallion9170]

and shoplifting..

[@ashleybosvik3031]

He needs to learn how to shop.

[@rodolphodecastrorodrigues7457]

That is horrible. That father could work in costumer service for an insurance company, bank, travel agency or any other company - working online and from home. I don`t know why companies are so judgemental and prejudicial in hiring. They profit a lot out of workers. They can not justify blocking so many people that do not fit their over demanding little box.

[@MaximDL1410]

First discrimination criteria is the age. 😢

[@sphinx1017]

The English voted themselves into this situation unfortunately.

[@remoanersrknts6736]

Childish drivel. Grow up!

[@deealex1402]

not just UK, everywhere, never remember struggling this much in my life to just affort basics. my friend who just told me she pays for gas only 600e a month just to get to work and her salary is less than 2000e a month. she has 800e rent and other bills and trying to survive with 2 kids,its impossible.

[@beaulieuc8910]

w-y ave kids

[@donnag5820]

They have hit an all time high because everyone wants something for nothing. There are people driving gas guzzling range rovers going to these food banks. If they can afford to run a car like that then they can afford to buy their own food. These food banks are supposed to be for people on the bread line not for people to abuse.

[@annecrestani9218]

What an incredibly compassionate and empathetic person you are

[@donnag5820]

@@annecrestani9218 yeah I am. I give to those food banks and I don’t appreciate people in £60,000 cars taking food from people who can barely pay their rent. That is the whole idea behind food banks..to help feed people who have nothing.

[@mee5780]

£4.50 for ketchup? Stop it.. 😂

[@AnneM76]

Asda, Iceland, Tesco All £4.50.

[@catloverfurever00]

I suggest he buy supermarket brand. It might not be the best but it’s no way I’m spending that much on ketchup whether I have the money or not. I’m in Ireland so we have similar issues.

[@mirianakovachevic748]

Better to use real tomatoes.

[@shakz86]

He has a family of 4 so will have to buy a large size of most items.

[@mee5780]

@Jennifer Marrs No it's not.. The own brand is £1 , essentials brand is 60 p and Heinz is 2.30 currently in Asda lol

[@jasmineai6083]

they live in the most expensive area in london, of course everything is expensive for them, even for people who has a full time job, not many of them can offerd live in kensington

[@David27982]

ketchup at sainsburys costs 85p....

[@nnyv0040]

and the money they are spending on the "Kings" coronation - blows my f-king mind.

[@sonyasmith1991]

I agree. What a waste.

[@hclau218]

Oh.. you don't worry about the billions spent on the proxy war in Ukraine or the billions lost in your moronic trade war with China?

[@sandramartineztraslosheros667]

You are right, it's amazing. And there's people defending the coronation. 😢

[@andreawallenberger2668]

💡👑

[@linsampson6340]

i think every penny was worth it, what a wonderful, wonderful celebration, i watched it on youtube, beautiful and soul nourishing, the problem with the English is they never stop complaining and they have been totally spoilt.

[@annwhite2346]

If you have a £150 weekly food budget you don't need a food bank. Leave it for the people who really need it. Honestly, this is the kind of thing that puts people off donating.

[@beatrixbrennan1545]

Personally, I don't donate to food banks anymore because I live in San Diego, CA where the migrants are pouring over. I refuse to aid them in destroying my country.

[@earnold1896]

There will be a lot of scammers milking foodbanks. Happens all over. Sometimes including the occasional one who works for them as well.

[@catwomaneatskitties]

£150 is my monthly budget for food😫😫😫😫

[@princesssummertimepl]

UC pays monthly

[@elipa3]

For 4 people, 3 of them children, whom you want to feed with healthy stuff?

[@nigh7swimming]

Food banks should not buy in shops but bulk from warehouses. It's inefficient to buy from shops and donate items, better to donate money to food banks so they can buy what's most needed.

[@jamesvass737]

Does that not depend on the items you donate? For example, I put staple items into the supermarket food bank donation point like pasta and canned tomatoes.

[@danh5637]

most of the stuff food banks receive is donation or unsold items.

[@leehalloway8787]

​@@jamesvass737 Yes, it is still better for the food banks to buy staple items in bulk at a warehouse. Much cheaper and much more food. If you are donating extra food in your pantry, that's amazing. If you're going to buy food from a store to give to a food bank, then it's better to just give them the money to pool donations together and buy food in bulk.

[@user-bi8ko7kc6h]

Depends, I have a friend who’s a restaurant owner. I went to bulk buy warehouse with her couple of times and there’s security checking for members only who has to have a registered food related business. No public access.

[@sadjaxx]

As long as they have transport and labor for pickup and delivery and organization. A small church food pantry may not have the resources.

[@richardyardley5127]

£4.50 for tomato ketchup? Does he live in Harrods?!! You can buy decent ketchup for 80p a bottle at any supermarket.

[@greenknitter]

Maybe his kids love Heinz and he wants to treat them.

[@AnneM76]

This man on his own with three children seems quite posh although hes on universal credit.

[@greenknitter]

Brits are obsessed with class 😂maybe he was wealthy and lost it all during covid. Maybe he had bad health. Lots of life changing things can happen to anyone irrespective of class or income.

[@shauncameron8390]

@@greenknitter Which are little more than final nails in the coffin compared to the poor choices they made that set them up nicely for ruin.

[@user-us9qr8pr2n]

He should be working night shift or from home. Unacceptable.

[@bloodmoon1956]

He did say he has no family to look after his children.

[@sonyasmith1991]

Who will look after his young children while he's at work?

[@zuzanazuscinova5209]

Omg, he can work remotely from home or at night. There are a ton of call center jobs that require 24/7 operation. That's just one example. This dude is pathetic.

[@mariancounsellor]

There’s no simple solutions unfortunately. Single parents will struggle with childcare, two-parent household with one parent staying at home, pressure will be on the only earner, single person without children will be solely responsible for all their bills etc. I suppose everyone is having to make tough choices at the moment.

[@shauncameron8390]

And bear the consequences for better or worse.

[@cristinaevans139]

You should be very proud of yourself sir❤

[@online6131]

Ketchup is not £4.50, where is this guy shopping? Lie!

[@ep1929]

Looks like he's buying Heinz stuff - extortion prices.

[@edli323]

He should shop at Aldi instead of going to Waitrose and buy all branded products then he doesn't need to go to food banks

[@tcb1017]

WHAT.........................AM I SEEING THIS RIGHT ! A FEW DAYS AGO, I SAW CHARLES GETTING THAT BILLION DOLLAR HEAD CROWN AND RIDING THAT GOLD WAGON ETC ETC. And here, people in England don't even have enough food to eat. What's going on ????????????????????????????

[@discernment_daily]

£4.50 for ketchup? He needs to remain on that tube and come out where there’s an Aldi or Lidl and do a big shop, he has the time as not working Lots of these people aren’t struggling but ‘struggling’ to get past the fact they they can no longer live how they used to! I’d love to see his supermarket receipts

[@bloodmoon1956]

Must’ve been the hugest Heinz you can buy! 😆

[@cliffsofmoher4220]

What is ketchup made of tomato and if you kick out tomatoe farmers of course price will rise

[@kawaiwong8021]

Heinz 910g ketchup is £4.50 but Sainsbury’s 460g ketchup is just £0.85, so he could buy two therefore get 920g and it will just cost £1.70. He also seems to have a lot of lights on.

[@theotheleo6830]

The lights are likely turned on for filming. Otherwise, the video would appear too dark.

[@Entertainment-]

He also has fancy edamame spaghetti and balsamic vinegar from moderno

[@kl2854]

We don't know which shops are nearby though and easy to get to without your own transport.

[@kl2854]

Maybe the food bank has given those to him? I work in one and we get very varied donations.

[@fearless6947]

maybe the area doesn't sell cheap ketchup. He lives in Kensington. Honestly I have no idea and think you could be more right

[@dean9235]

A sad indictment of the failure of the Conservative government for the past thirteen years.

[@MyFavoriteColorIsBLUE]

You could take care of other people's children while they work?

[@lulupiink6698]

Dad needs a job, asap! Many customer service jobs are wfh w flexible hours.

[@alidolloso1704]

Shame the single dad doesn't have an ALDI. Ketchup there is only 65p. Tesco own brand value ketchup is 79p. Maybe thats living in Kensington and Chelsea for you. Maybe the Tescos there prefer to cater for posh people and only sell brand names, or maybe there are no Tescos near by either cos the posh people wouldnt want to shop there.......who knows.. Aldi own brand mayonaise, 79p, whereas the branded mayo is now £4. Crazy. If you have an Aldi nearby you are fortunate. Though I have heard of a few people who swear they wont set foot inside Aldi because they are embarrassed. Silly really as its won awards for quality and pricing. Part of the reason its so cheap is because they dont employ extra staff to empty all the items onto the shelves, they just put the boxes of stuff there and you take from the boxes and trays. Plus they only do one of everything, e.g. only one type of ketchup, one type of mayo. Works for me.

[@monitoraudiostudio20]

£4.50 for the cheapest ketchup? Are you shopping in Harrods?

[@kenharris5390]

The doyen of the Chicago School of Economics, Milton Friedman and his Nobel Prize for economics, the basis of which we are seeing today, brings joy to the hearts of shareholders and CEO bonuses, the poor must suffer so that the rich can enrich themselves further, as people die and starve in one of the wealthiest countries in the world. “Be Kind to others, because the world is dealing with 3 Pandemics at the same time. Greed, Corruption and Coronavirus.” ― De philosopher DJ Kyos

[@lilykhandker4126]

Something is off in this man's lfe story Why is he taking his primary aged children to school by train/underground - £254 for transport for an unemployed person!! £150 per week on food is very dueable for 1 adult and 3 children The children have expensive toys and bedding

[@rcbrascan]

It's hard to feel bad for him because he is considered low-income so he takes more than contributing to society as he do not pay income taxes which is needed for public services like healthcare, education and pensions.

[@SynchroM3h]

Somethings to consider. 1) Single parent. We don't know anything about his partner. Did they pass away? Were they are the higher earner in the family? 2) The toys could have been during the pandemic where people spent money here rather than going out / social events. Gifts from friends? 3) The food seems reasonable but also factor that it is London. He does buy meat still. London is expensive compared to Southampton , Lincoln etc. It is actually decent of the production to have someone who speaks fluent English in this video to show that even a normal working Brit can have it hard in their lifetime.

[@JRibeiro-yv2sn]

Ketchup £4,50 ? 😳

[@sulekha3771]

Inflation

[@yorkshiremen1]

This man fails to mention he gets child benefit X 3 and has his rent paid. I'm not saying he is lucky but compared to a single person in his position he is much better off.also why live in central London move somewhere cheaper.

[@mp71001]

To be fair a single person in his position claiming UC would also get their rent paid - through housing costs I believe & a single person discount for their council tax bill. I agree though that overall, those with children & with or without a partner often seem to get more welfare support in this country. I personally don’t think it’s right that for example a parent of 2 children with a partner - should get more help than say a single, childless adult - who’s solely responsible for all bills & obviously not eligible for child benefits/tax credits etc, but that is often the case.

[@Christina-sf4py]

This is why they pop out kids here usually every 5 years or so. Keeps the social benefits ppl off their backs. Really just encouragement to be irresponsible. As you say single ppl are treated with contempt, not helped looking for work. The ppl with kids really milk the sympathy for all its worth.

[@applegurrll]

£150 a month for an adult and 2 children a week for food??? Incredible! That’s out monthly food money for 2 adults and two children, I wish we could afford food like that!!

[@djm2189]

Wow mines $400/month on groceries and it's just me. Don't even go crazy, expensive location. It's ok though, I'm 28 and earning $112k+, so honestly don't pay attention. Just wondering how you got it so low with a family.

[@applegurrll]

@@djm2189 if there isn’t a choice you just do it :) food is made cheaper for us by me cooking very traditional old fashioned food, I’m very thankful for the recipes I was taught as a child! We have one piece of fruit and one serving of vegetables a day. I only eat in the evening with the family so that cuts out 14 meals a week without much effort, it would be nice to have more but we live in a poor rural area so we just have to make it work :)

[@djm2189]

@@applegurrll much respect! Glad you're making it work! I know necessity. Growing up poor it was beans and rice, with fruit as the dessert. I'm not mad though, it was nourishing and my mom made sure I wasn't hungry. I know for sure I could cut back but being alone and making my income, I'm like why not indulge 😅❤️

[@Erin-rg3dw]

He said the $150 is what remains before any other expenses - toiletries, medical supplies, etc. Not that the $150 is after all other expenses.

[@ashotofmercury]

@@Erin-rg3dw He said that going to the food bank saves him £600/month - that's £150/week he'd normally be spending on food! 😐

[@penfold9540]

Grew up in the Rhondda valleys early 60's, mother was separated with 4 kids. Still visited my father every weekend when my mother would cook for all of us, far to complicated a relationship for my young brain. Anyway, only cold water, no electricity upstairs, outside toilet, tin bath on the wall outside, coal fire heating (only in the "living room"), no kitchen appliances and the highlight of the week was Friday when we got the leftover of the pork joint from a distant relative who had a shop in the same village. Then we had pork sandwiches with crisps. My mother managed to get 3 of us into grammar school and we excelled. One is still running his own electronics company, second retired years ago at 50 odd and i retired this year at 62. You talk about poverty yet have no idea about it.

[@elipa3]

So you want people to be poor because you yourself were poor?

[@NeilCWCampbell]

If you have endured trauma, turned out alright and are ok with others enduring the same trauma. Then you did not turn out alright😢

[@penfold9540]

@@NeilCWCampbell that was not my intention in the least. I apologise, if by the way I wrote it, it came over that like that. I was merely trying to say that even with a broken home and poverty you can still achieve things.

[@NeilCWCampbell]

@@penfold9540 then say that 🤣🤣

[@scarlett918]

I understand your post entirely, and what you are not saying, in case it offends. I myself am living very frugally, through cost of living and choice. However, i am still better off than times i have had with children in northern regions. I think determination and self sufficiency mode are factors sometimes lacking today, i stand on my own two feet and always come through.

[@erdevon3257]

High energy bills until at least 2030, when petrol/diesel cars are stopped being produced in 2030, 2nd hand carprices will rocket, when your car finally goes wrong the average person wont be able to afford a replacement or new electric alternative. The government will achieve netzero by pricing vast majority of people off the road. This is just a taste of what is coming down the tracks for average UK people

[@andrewj4426]

in countries like France and the US there will be a revolution before that. all these WEF lefty types will be exiled to Canada and Brussels.

[@lade_edal]

Look he's doing well and hats off to him. but let's get real, he is actually living a comfortable life and this absolutely not a lifestyle to cry about. Richest poor man I've ever seen.

[@Nippernator]

What made you think he's living a comforable life? He cycles the heating he refuses to buy ketchup because of the cost, and thats with the aid of food banks. Does he need to be malnourished and on the brink of death for you to agree that he needs aid?

[@lade_edal]

@@Nippernator yes.

[@nicensor]

@@lade_edal based

[@Entertainment-]

@@Nippernator No one needs ketchup to be nourished. Also he has only branded stuff in his pantry, no home brand private label stuff.

[@Nippernator]

@@Entertainment- He visits a food bank. The stuff he has in his pantry might not be from shopping.

[@nikjabiru5765]

No money for citizens but a lot of money for Ukraine war wow

[@danh5637]

the money for ukraine is issued as loans.

[@user-bi8ko7kc6h]

And illegal immigrants

[@jbak87]

@@danh5637 Explain.

[@sonyasmith1991]

@@danh5637 Really? Who told you that? Lol.

[@danh5637]

@@sonyasmith1991 another one who can’t read news or use google.

[@safapresley]

Just don't have children

[@anthonydecastro6938]

Vote the Tories out. Brexit has reduced the UK to this woeful situation. It is hard to imagine how an OECD country has just descended into this dismal situation...

[@remoanersrknts6736]

Nothing to do with two years of lockdowns and war in Ukraine? Tosser! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ibislife]

That must have been some fancy ketchup 😅 And a fancy flat on benefits.

[@chrisd5964]

That's the price of Heinz ketchup in the UK. Benefits in the UK don't cover the full cost of the flat rental.

[@smakrzi]

How about going to work?

[@lisahertel2415]

These people have kids when they can’t afford them

[@sidsod1616]

Bramwell's ketchup 650g in aldi is £ 0.89p he could buy four of these for less than the price he's paying ,where does he shop , Harrods ? He needs lessons on budgeting.

[@salfordguy69]

sorry but you can get ketchup from Lidl or Aldi for 80p

[@Callingnone]

Again, Whose decision was it to have 3 kids?

[@Jay-544r]

I’m really sorry finding it hard to understand. He has £150 for food every week and he’s struggling. People need to learn how to budget and not relay on food banks . FOOD BANK ARE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY STRUGGLING.

[@sonyasmith1991]

I think he meant to say a month.

[@annbow4064]

I live alone on £25 a week on food,never been near a food bank by all the cheap brands and reduced food,and have £700 a month to pay everything with, I have a job but not great paying so don't get why he needs a food bank.

[@sonyasmith1991]

@@annbow4064 He has 2 children. Do you know how much they cost?

[@annbow4064]

@@sonyasmith1991 Yes had 3 at one point.

[@sonyasmith1991]

@@annbow4064 Very expensive!!

[@davisholman8149]

Dad - go to McDonalds & order some chips - get a whole bunch of ketchup packets. I hate ketchup & over my lifetime - I figure I haven’t taken at least 250. There’s your childrens ketchup.

[@incurableromantic4006]

I can't help thinking, 50 years ago people were much poorer and had much lower expectations than now. (My parents grew up with outdoor toilets and coal stoves), yet - no food banks. What exactly is going on here?

[@krisbroholm]

People were more responsible back then, and the benefit and charity system was way less comprehensive as it is today. Just the fact that food banks are a thing now, and so widely talked about on social media means that the demand for them obviously goes up. Whether everyone going to a food bank actually needs it or not, that's a debate for a different time.

[@eliasapostol]

peoples' lives used to become better every year. every generation lived better that their parents. inequality was less. that is the difference

[@Howdy1957]

How can you justify spending so much money on a Coronation if everyone is so poor?

[@Erin-rg3dw]

Well...people went without, found another way, or just suffered. Many people with any yard space had gardens, hunted/fished, or had chickens, but even by WWII that was fading. My grandparents knew kids growing up that their families couldn't afford to feed (or feed properly), so the kids would go looking for food from other people. My great-grandmother had a bunch of kids who came to her regularly for food because there wasn't any at home. President Truman created the school lunch program after WWII because so many people couldn't join the military in the war due to malnutrition. We like to look back at the past and think it was some idyllic time, but in reality many people struggled. Back then the "safety nets" were your friends, family, and neighbors, instead of something like a food bank.

[@livingdead233]

Still way better than Afghanistan.

[@razamughal4582]

Obviously when america and england invade anywhere they leave the country ruined,

[@shauncameron8390]

@@razamughal4582 Don't forget Russia.

[@jamesm381]

Where this guy shopping? £4.50 for ketchup?? Its 60p in Asda

[@erwin643]

Uh... Was this guy thinking, when he decided to bring three kids into the World, there in the U.K? All I've seen for decades is nothing but hard times, coming out of the U.K. This guy should at least have had the sense to get himself fixed, after his first one.

[@beautydoctorcardiff]

it is really ironic that the accident of birth can mean a struggle for food or sitting on a throne and have millions of pounds spend on a coronation, still not an equal society

[@ireneminzenmay4075]

never gonna be equal.

[@shauncameron8390]

Equality does not exist.

[@micheladerry5681]

shame that food is so expensive in such a country

[@GeckoHiker]

I don't understand a $150 pound a week food budget for four people. I grew up poor in the US and we cooked everything from scratch. A 6 pound chicken fed our family of five all week. We ate cooked oatmeal for breakfast, peanut butter on homemade bread for lunch, and mystery stew with beans and cornbread for dinner. We grew our own greens. At age 70, I still do this today. Eating simple foods made from scratch and now I grow the greens indoors. I make my own condiments. When did people in our society lose their survival skills?

[@Erin-rg3dw]

It was $150 before any other expenses - toiletries, medical supplies, etc. And considering how much they mentioned that people are cutting off their heat to because they can't afford to heat their homes and eat, I'm guessing there's not a lot of wiggle room in the utilities budget to use more energy to make things.

[@GeckoHiker]

@@Erin-rg3dw Just a few decades ago, Britons cooked their food with woodstoves and coal. I think that people just got too lazy to go pick up downfall and cook over an old-fashioned campfire. I went through a mid-winter power outage at a friend's house in a big city. We cooked outside and burned dead tree limbs and debris in an old grill to do it. Nothing is expensive if you don't buy it.

[@Erin-rg3dw]

@GeckoHiker That implies that you have a place to burn (a stove or fireplace) in your home. Not everyone has those things, hence why they can't just burn sticks they find. They didn't have a place in their home where they could've burned. Also, they're in the middle of the city, so no forests to forage in, and most parks and people don't appreciate random people coming and taking their trees and limbs.

[@Erin-rg3dw]

@@GeckoHiker And where I live, you can't have open fires or grill unless you have a permit or go to certain areas because open flame can't be near buildings. Law enforcement might make an exception for power outage, but it's against fire code.

[@GeckoHiker]

@Erin-rg3dw Downfall is everywhere. Even apartment dwellers have a place where they can "burn sticks". Don't give up so easily!

[@stephenbetteridge5161]

I'm in a rural part of Victoria Australia and want to start a food bank but the government's don't show you how to start. .. please help!!!

[@highlands3769]

Many young children get the bus/walk to school on their own because their parents (single parent or couple) work full time. I walked and took the bus to school when I was a child and returned home with siblings because my parents worked full time. I am not denigrating the father for taking his children to and from school but that is a choice he has made. Now there are so many people in the UK applying for or receiving benefits for a myriad of reasons there is not enough money to go around. Noting of course that benefits come from money paid by UK tax payers. The man lives in one of the most affluent areas of London and clearly has no desire to move to a cheaper area. Council accommodation in Haringey for example is very different. He mentions the cheapest ketchup he could purchase being £4.50. Where is he shopping? That is just ridiculous. He needs to go to Aldi and make his benefit money stretch. The guy has so many brand name items in his fridge and cupboard, Yorkshire Tea, Twinings, Dolmio, Heinz, Baxters, Waitrose etc. His food cupboards are super well stocked. This is not someone who is struggling. He is well spoken and I'm sure could get a decent job if he so wished. Seems like benefits and the food bank is keeping him in better shape than many people who work full time. He has some nerve trying to garner sympathy for his life choices.

[@henrywilloughby8333]

I blame all supermarkets they are putting prices up for fun

[@EllenDeGeneresFans]

Where is the mom?

[@matt49125]

Maybe try aldis or lidls?

[@megatboss8746]

It's strange that people are still migrating to the UK, I don't understand

[@vishalpratapsingh]

I was filling up my scooter today and I usually say 200 . For some reason I glanced at the fuel station meter and to my shock I saw that fuel costs ₹ 109 for a litre . This is a monstrously high price to pay. The whole world is going through a seriously difficult time.

[@aditya-ml6km]

1 buck = $ 1 200 bucks = $ 200, and not ₹200

[@vishalpratapsingh]

@@aditya-ml6km dude 1 buck is ₹ 1 in the context I have used the word 'buck' in my comment. Buck is generic.

[@aditya-ml6km]

@@vishalpratapsingh Buck is not a generic word. This is the problem with the young generation in India. Everywhere I find people speaking 20 bucks, 100 bucks,...in India. Buck is a slang word for the US dollar. Do you find people calling $20 as 20 paisa or 20 quids or 20 sterlings? LOL. Like seriously!!!!!

[@vishalpratapsingh]

@@aditya-ml6km okay.. but in an informal setting the slang works for any money. However , you are right it is for dollar.

[@ratbe9435]

@@vishalpratapsingh British people would be puzzled if you used the word "buck" in the UK regardless of age. It refers to the US dollar in Britain and is somewhat comical as a term.

[@IdeologieUK]

Would the £150M cost of the coronation help this situation? How about the entire cost of the royals, their estates, the two Duchy’s, retroactive tax on Charles and William’s new inheritance windfall? Raise the black bunting on coronation day! Republic!

[@JailAllMAGATS]

4.50 for ketchup? Sounds like nonsense to me.

[@claudesantolini6335]

Ask king tampax the III for a large amount, he and all that family don't know what to do with their money!