Beverly W

Feeling really annoyed. Really struggling with my health this week.

Typically, disabled people receive additional money to help cover the extra costs they encounter due to poor health conditions.

Some of this extra money would normally go towards the cost of paying for home grocery shopping delivery.

Over the last 18 months I've noticed the cost of delivery charges increase dramatically. From free slots at less popular times to £7 or £8 during daytime hours.

Call me stubborn, but I begrudge paying these charges. Especially when the products come with an already over inflated price tag by comparison to what is available in store. Even branch to branch there are huge fluctuations in store prices, dependant on geographical location of the store, or whether its classed as a convenience store with longer opening hours. Even then the shelf life of many items tends to be very short, there's no point in picking fresh produce because it's anyone's guess what you might end up with. Items that are substituted, generally with dreadful alternatives.

I've seen our shopping order dwindle in size & content over the span of time we've been stuck with the cost of living crisis shackled to our ankles like a ball and chain.

All in all, I refuse to pay the additional costs these profiteering companies are charging us.

Why is nobody sticking up for the consumer against this blatant theft. It's criminal.