<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/64bb27f6-dd3a-4591-86d5-1272b7c0e039/381C51E0-7C1A-477A-859A-03D22EEED632/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.money.co.uk/article/1002519-the-credit-crunch-menu-how-the-recession-is-changing-what-we-eat.htm" href="http://www.money.co.uk/article/1002519-the-credit-crunch-menu-how-the-recession-is-changing-what-we-eat.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.money.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.money.co.uk/article/1002519-the-credit-crunch-menu-how-the-recession-is-changing-what-we-eat.htm"><H1>The Credit Crunch Menu - How the Recession is Changing What We Eat</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.money.co.uk/article/1002519-the-credit-crunch-menu-how-the-recession-is-changing-what-we-eat.htm"><B>Rising food prices have forced many of us to think again about our shopping and eating habits. So what is everyone eating?</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.money.co.uk/article/1002519-the-credit-crunch-menu-how-the-recession-is-changing-what-we-eat.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.money.co.uk/img/F1F12EC4-CDA8-4873-A8D3-89070E90555A" alt="The Credit Crunch Menu - How the Recession is Changing What We Eat" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.money.co.uk/article/1002519-the-credit-crunch-menu-how-the-recession-is-changing-what-we-eat.htm"><P>Over the last twelve months, the <A href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2008/12/15/credit-crunch-everyday-food-prices-soar-by-117-per-cent-in-a-year-115875-20971856/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">cost of food rose 117%</A>, with even the price of favourite basics such as <A href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2008/12/15/credit-crunch-everyday-food-prices-soar-by-117-per-cent-in-a-year-115875-20971856/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">baked beans (45%), mince (35%) and bacon (27%)</A> rising sharply.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.money.co.uk/article/1002519-the-credit-crunch-menu-how-the-recession-is-changing-what-we-eat.htm"><P>Small wonder then that many people have moved away from fancy foods and organic produce, to settle for a more basic diet whilst the credit crunch and recession are upon us.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.money.co.uk/article/1002519-the-credit-crunch-menu-how-the-recession-is-changing-what-we-eat.htm"><P>The good news is that we all seem a little less gung-ho about throwing food away. Not before time, since the <A href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1111674/Crunch-hit-Brits-buy-food-thats-date.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">UK throws away 6.7million tons of food every year</A>, most of which is still safe to eat. This year it is estimated the UK will bin food worth up to £10billion - equivalent to £420 for every household.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.money.co.uk/article/1002519-the-credit-crunch-menu-how-the-recession-is-changing-what-we-eat.htm">But at last, people do seem to be willing to throw away less. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.money.co.uk/article/1002519-the-credit-crunch-menu-how-the-recession-is-changing-what-we-eat.htm">According to recent research, <A href="http://www.which.co.uk/news/2008/08/less-food-being-wasted-thanks-to-credit-crunch-154031.jsp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">62% of Brits</A> are now more </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.money.co.uk/article/1002519-the-credit-crunch-menu-how-the-recession-is-changing-what-we-eat.htm">worried about throwing food away</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/381C51E0-7C1A-477A-859A-03D22EEED632/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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