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Low Income Families Spending One Third Of Weekly Wages To Afford A Healthy Diet
Published 5 months, 4 weeks ago
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The latest Safefood food basket research has found that low-income families are spending up to 33% of their weekly income to afford a healthy diet.
Costs for a household with a teenager in it are more than 20% higher than those with children of primary school age.
Charlie Weston, Personal Finance Editor with the Irish Independent, spoke to Matt on Wednesday.
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