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Britain's cheapest supermarket

Britain's cheapest supermarket opens this December in Barnsley - stocked with cut-price food other stores have thrown out. The UK's first 'social supermarket' will be open to shoppers with membership cards whose income falls below a set threshold.

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Report: Britain's cheapest supermarket to open in South Yorkshire

Britain's first shop stocking only food other supermarkets have thrown out is set to open in a former Yorkshire mining village to help families on the breadline.

Prices at the new so-called "social supermarket" at Goldthorpe in the Dearne Valley are up to 70 per cent off - they're aimed at people on benefits and the shop isn't open to the general public.

Some say it's a depressing sign of the times, but the Government insists it is taking action to help families with the cost of living. The store doesn't officially open until next Monday, but Calendar's David Hirst was today allowed a sneak preview of what shoppers can expect.

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