For one Texas mother, a $100 grocery trip is no longer enough to bring home meat, underscoring the financial pressure facing hundreds of North Texans.
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A nonscientific affordability survey with 1,083 responses found that nearly six in 10 respondents were barely managing financially, having trouble covering expenses, or not always able to pay for essentials, NBC 5 reported.
In the station’s audience survey, 33.2% selected “just getting by,” while 21.5% reported “struggling to make ends meet.” Another 4.4% said they were “unable to consistently afford basic needs.”
Groceries topped the list of financial burdens, with 27.3% of respondents identifying food shopping as their biggest budget strain. Utilities followed at 19.2%, ahead of housing at 17.2%…