Money / SATIRESupermarket Shopper Discovers Only Thing Not Going Up Is What Fits in £30
The weekly shop is now a small tasting menu of the things the family used to eat.
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Money / SATIREBig Four Partner Explains £870,000 Is Less Than It Sounds Once You Factor in Other Partners
A difficult year has left the fictional executive barely able to keep up with people having an equally difficult year.
Money / SATIREGovernment Announces £21 Annual Food Saving, Advises Families to Invest It in a Second Gherkin
The package is expected to help households, assuming they can find the savings before the next shop.
Money / SATIRETech Giants Promise AI Will Pay for Itself After Spending the GDP of a Small Planet
Investors were reassured that the technology will eventually make money, possibly before the next electricity bill arrives.
Money / SATIRESchool Uniform Suppliers Reassure Parents That Three Compulsory Items Can Still Cost a Fortune
The embroidered logo remains the most academically demanding part of the blazer.
Money / SATIRESheep Hired to Eat Poison Ivy Invoice Client for Sustainable Landscape Transformation
The lawn has been reduced, the jargon expanded and the contractor remains interested in the hedge.
Money / SATIREWallet Found After 51 Years Still Contains Enough Cash for Almost Half a Coffee
The owner welcomes the return of an amount once capable of making plans.
Money / SATIREFloating Island Moves 30km, Estate Agent Calls It an Improving Transport Link
The location is excellent, although buyers are advised to check again before exchanging contracts.
Money / SATIREJapan Moves Entire Castle by Hand; British Buyer Still Waiting for Conveyancer to Open Email
The building has changed location more quickly than the proposed completion date.
Money / SATIREMarkets Shocked to Discover Brazilian Voters Were Not Consulting Their Portfolio
Analysts investigate how an election was allowed to proceed without first checking what would be reassuring for a fund manager.
Money / SATIREWall Street Demands Proof AI Makes Money; Big Tech Sends Bigger Arrow
Investors ask for cash flow. The presentation team responds with a gradient visible from space.
Money / SATIREPay rise celebrated with purchase of identical shopping basket
Worker briefly mistakes keeping up for getting ahead.
Money / SATIREEmployer offers competitive salary, declines to name the competition
Applicants invited to imagine an amount and then lower it slightly.
Money / SATIRERestaurant begins charging corkage on customer’s optimism
The evening remains affordable provided nobody orders anything.
Money / SATIREOffice thermostat placed under armed financial supervision
Turning heating up one degree now requires the finance director’s signature.
Money / SATIRESupermarket meal deal now requires a brief discussion with your financial adviser
Choosing the premium sandwich will be treated as a major life event.
Money / SATIREInflation basket now contains one item shopper actually wanted
The other purchases are substitutes, concessions and a suspiciously small bag.
Money / SATIREMan mistakes unchanged interest rate for unchanged mortgage quote
His broker has gently explained that these are entirely different species of number.
Money / SATIREBank of England holds rates, nation holds breath until November
Britain’s most expensive cliffhanger has been renewed for another episode.