On Sun, 20 Dec 2015 05:23:22 +0000, RJH wrote:

On eof the more tangible aspects of consumption in the UK has been the
increase in food banks, and the food collection points at places of work
and shops. I've not seen these before, at least on this scale, helping
out people in the UK.

Of course, the increased existence of foodbanks doesn't necessarily mean
that the demand they meet is new - it may well just have gone unmet
before.