Get a Head Start on the Festive Food Shop

Our Christmas Savings Account could help you get a head start on the festive food shop.

With households paying £811 a year more on food shopping compared to last year and as inflation continues to rise with no signs of slowing down, a quarter of brits are struggling financially to buy fresh food which is pushing shoppers to buy more supermarket own-brand products and visiting discounters such as Aldi and Lidl.

This year’s festive feast will set you back more this year than previous years, with Good Housekeeping seeing a massive 35% price increase in the cost of the Christmas dinner.

Fans of the beloved Roastie will be disappointed to hear that Potato prices have jumped 263% in the last year. The price of Good Housekeeping’s top 11 Christmas favourites have increased this year too, including Mince Pies (+93%), Turkey (+50%), Stuffing (+59%) and Cranberry Sauce (+22%).

How our Christmas Savings Account could help

Our Christmas Savings Account is a safe, easy, and flexible was to save for Christmas straight from your pay. Saving small amounts regularly soon add up, and then when Christmas comes around, you’ll be able to withdraw your savings to spend on the festivities.

We understand life can throw the unexpected, so our Christmas Savings Account is flexible and allows you to change the amount you save each payday whenever you need to. Christmas is the most expensive time of the year and saving a few ££ on payday helps spread the cost. By saving just £20 a month until December, you could save £180 to use towards your food bill. This would see your food shop paid for without having to fork out from December’s pay!

Saving with Retail CU is easy. Save a few ££ regularly to help spread the cost of Christmas, you might even have some left over to hit the January sales too.

Take some of the stress out of Christmas and use our handy Savings Calculator to see how much you could save!

Open a Christmas Savings Account today!