No point in food price measures without targeting small stores, Which? warns

Consumer group tells chancellor blanket approach' will not address poor households' access to affordable food

UK ministers' efforts to reduce soaring food shopping bills won't touch the sides" without measures to make small grocery stores more affordable for low-income households, the chancellor has been warned.

Which?, the consumer group, has written to Jeremy Hunt over concerns that a blanket approach to lowering supermarket bills will not address the problem of accessibility to affordable food, after reports that ministers are considering a voluntary price cap scheme.