Supermarket

The rising cost of clothing, hotel stays and petrol has fuelled the highest rate of UK inflation in almost two years – but there remain ways you can cut your costs.

Shoppers are reporting a shortage of dozens of popular household brands at Tesco. But if you're frantically searching for your fix of Marmite, Hellmann's or PG Tips, it's actually possible to slash costs by buying the same brand elsewhere or downshifting to an own-brand equivalent.

University students will be able to get 10% off their weekly food shop for the next three months, after Morrisons teamed up with student discount company UNiDAYS.

Motorists will now pay less for fuel at many supermarket forecourts as Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and Morrisons have all cut their petrol and diesel costs.

Sainsbury's has outrageously reneged on its £2.60 prosecco trick, as large swathes of customers who'd taken up the online offer but not yet had it delivered won't get the discounted price.

The decision by Sainsbury's to scrap its Brand Match scheme has been seized upon by Tesco, which is offering customers the opportunity to redeem its rival's Brand Match vouchers in its own stores.

A charity runner from Yorkshire who founded the 'Wombles for Cash' Facebook group in January 2015 has told how it has grown to almost 6,000 members – with 40 making £10,000 in vouchers between them in a single month.

Sainsbury's Nectar card customers can double their points' usual value from today to spend on selected items including toys, Christmas decorations and homeware.