The news about the cost-of-living crisis keeps on coming. According to the bank of England – inflation is due to breach 10 per cent by this autumn confirming that almost everything we buy is affected – and Sainsbury’s most recent announcement is no different.

Sainsbury’s has just announced an increase in the price for some of its home shopping deliveries. And this includes the cost of its annual midweek delivery pass and its anytime delivery pass by more than 30 per cent. Yes, 30 per cent.

The cost of the midweek delivery pass, which enables shoppers to have groceries delivered from Tuesday to Thursday has seen a £10 rise from £30 to £40. In addition, the price of the anytime delivery pass, which allows one grocery delivery per day, has risen from £60 to £80.

Sainsbury’s has also increased the cost of its six-month anytime delivery pass, from £35 to £40.

The supermarket has also ditched three-month delivery passes and has replaced them with monthly passes that cost £7.50 for the anytime delivery pass and £4 for the midweek delivery pass.

The news comes as the food CPI has increased by 5.9%, reaching the highest figure since December 2011.

Aldi has now become the fastest-growing retailer over the 12 weeks to 17 April in Britain as the cost of living squeeze continues to stress houseold budgets.

A third of consumers are worried about food prices (36%) and one-fifth of consumers are buying fewer food items (22%).

One bitter aftertaste of the Sainsbury’s announcement was that it was only last week that it published a reports that boasted its profits have more than doubled with retail sales (excluding fuel) up 2.9% to £29.9 billion.