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Farm worker stretches tight budget with childhood budgeting skills after redundancy

A rural worker made redundant is managing her food costs through budgeting practices learned in childhood.

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A farm worker who experienced redundancy is managing her tight food budget through budgeting skills learned in her early years. She is stretching her supermarket spending by applying long-held financial practices to her household shopping.

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What a single farm worker with great budgeting skills spends at the supermarket

A redundancy left this rural dweller with a tight food budget, but skills learned in childhood hold her in good stead.

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