Jack Monroe
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 36 |
| Date of birth | March 17,1988 |
| Zodiac sign | Pisces |
| Born | Southend-on-Sea |
| United Kingdom | |
| Full name | Melissa Jayne Hadjicostas |
| Parents | Evelyn Hadjicostas |
| David Hadjicostas | |
| Job | Journalist |
| Political Campaigner | |
| Books | Tin Can Cook: 75 Simple Store-cupboard Recipes |
| Cooking on a Bootstrap: Over 100 Simple, Budget Recipes | |
| A Girl Called Jack: 100 Delicious Budget Recipes | |
| A Year in 120 Recipes | |
| Education | Westcliff High School for Girls |
| Children | 1 |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 438456 |
Jack Monroe Life story
Jack Monroe is a British food writer, journalist and activist known for campaigning on poverty issues, particularly hunger relief. She initially rose to prominence when a post on her blog A Girl Called Jack went viral.
Asda limits sales of Just Essentials budget range
... That came after food poverty campaigner Jack Monroe criticised Asda for cutting back its budget ranges in some stores...
Campaigner and writer Jack Monroe meets food bank users
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Wagatha Christie: Six takeaways from the Vardy and Rooney trial
... Subsequent cases have included the food writer Jack Monroe s successful libel claim against the right-wing commentator Katie Hopkins, and Lord McAlpine s against Sally Bercow after she linked him in a tweet with a TV report about child sexual abuse which wrongly implicated him...
Tory MP Lee Anderson branded out of touch for food bank remarks
... " Extreme poverty The comments led to a backlash on social media, with poverty campaigner Jack Monroe saying: " You can t cook meals from scratch with nothing...
Asda and Morrisons cut prices as supermarkets fight for customers
... In February, the grocer said it would offer a wider range of low-cost goods in its stores after being criticised by food poverty campaigner and chef Jack Monroe...
Inflation: Sports bras in, doughnuts out of cost of living measure
... From 2024, it will use a far wider range of prices from supermarket tills, which should make it easier to work out if certain brands of pasta or beans, for example, are rising faster than others, after campaigning by food blogger and activist Jack Monroe...
Shop prices rise at fastest rate in over ten years, says BRC
... Jack Monroe, a food poverty campaigner, has said that the prices of everyday essentials are going up by more than the official inflation rate, hitting the poorest hardest...
Cost of pasta and tinned tomatoes jumps as shop prices rise
... Asda, for example, recently and online after complaints from anti-poverty campaigner Jack Monroe...
Asda limits sales of Just Essentials budget range
Asda has temporarily limited purchases of its new budget range Just Essentials, blaming soaring demand.
The supermarket said customers would be limited to buying three items at most of each product until further notice.
It launched Just Essentials in May, promising an expanded line of low-cost products to help Shoppers with The cost of living.
That came after food poverty campaigner Jack Monroe criticised Asda for cutting back its budget ranges in some stores.
But on Wednesday, The supermarket said demand was outstripping availability, with sales growing almost 20% faster than The Market average.
" Just Essentials is proving very popular with customers and We Are working hard to improve availability across The Range , " a spokesman said.
" To ensure as many customers as possible can buy these products, We Are temporarily limiting purchases to a maximum of three of each product for a short period of time. We Are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. "
It Comes as The Price of food soars, with consumers paying a record £571 more on average for their groceries than Last Year , according to data from research firm Kantar.
Asda's new value range, which features 300 budget products, replaced its smaller Smart Price range in May.
Ms Monroe had criticised The supermarket in April for taking value ranges off its shelves and raising prices at time when many household budgets were being squeezed.
Food prices surgeEarlier this Year trade magazine The Grocer said suppliers were given just four weeks to come up with new products for Just Essentials.
The supermarket has also faced criticism that The Range 's bright yellow packaging " stigmatises" hard up Shoppers - claims it rejects.
Asda, which was bought by The Billionaire Issa brothers and their backers TDR Capital in 2020, is The UK's third largest grocer.
Inflation - The rate at which prices Rise - easing slightly from 10. 1% In July .
According to The Office for National Statistics, food prices rose at their fastest pace since 2008 last month as The War in Ukraine continued to help drive up prices at supermarket tills.
Shoppers are seeking discounts and The budget chain to become The fourth-largest UK supermarket for The First Time , according to Kantar.
People are also cutting back on spending by buying more own-brand products, with sales of The very cheapest value own-label products up by a third compared to Last Year .
Source of news: bbc.com
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