Millennials frittering their wages on coffee and brunch ‘is a myth’

3 weeks, 2 days ago

Tikkies, BNPL are getting teenagers into financial trouble

Teenagers often find it difficult to manage their own finances, in part because of the plethora of different payment methods they face, according to research by family spending institute Nibud and ABN Amro, the inventor of the Tikkie micropayment system. Payment requests, mail order items that need to be returned, and “buy now, pay later” products are all impacting teenagers’ …

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

Homeownership is more important — and less accessible — than ever

Salon

When your pipe breaks, who do you call: a plumber, or a landlord? Since 2000, Americans’ median household income “barely rose over the whole time period,” according to a report from the U.S. Treasury. “Housing actually exacerbates a problem that would already be bad enough if it was only driven by the way in which the income distribution has become …

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Retiring early, good work-life balance and kitchen island ‘key signs of wealth’

The Independent

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1 month, 1 week ago

‘Wealth-hoarding boomers’ stereotype is age discrimination, MPs say

The Independent

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1 month, 1 week ago

Hey, Gen Z: back off ‘wealth-hoarding’ Boomers

The Independent

As I approach my 60th birthday, you might imagine that I write this from the balcony of my luxury cabin on board a cruise ship. So you’ll understand why I get cross when I hear Millennials and Gen Z accusing older generations of hogging wealth and property while they’re finding it hard to find a place in life. ‘Older and …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Cost-of-living pressures are creating new shopping habits

ABC

Sally Atkins is a busy mother of two and avoids grocery stores where possible, instead opting for online shopping. Sally Atkins' Woolworths grocery bill 2019 2025 Eggs dozen $4.20 $7.80 Shredded cheese $5.80 $9.50 Frozen berries $4.50 $6.00 Wraps, wholegrain $3.50 $5.50 Beef mince $8.00 $10.00 Milk 3L $4.50 $5.95 Cherry tomatoes $3.50 $4.00 Carrots $2.00 $1.70 Potatoes $5.00 $6.00 …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Navigating retirement: Generations redefine the future of work and leisure

Salon

Retirement behaviors have evolved significantly across generations, shaped by varying economic conditions and personal values. We need your help to stay independent Subscribe today to support Salon's progressive journalism Gen X takes strategic breaks Gen X has adopted a pragmatic approach to retirement planning, focusing on self-reliance and early savings due to economic shifts and the decline of pensions. Social …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

As a 53-year-old mother of two, I've added up exactly how much I've spent on drinking in my lifetime - and you REALLY won't believe the six-figure total...

Daily Mail

We staggered back into the French B&B after a particularly boozy session of champagne tasting with some very friendly winemakers in Les Ricey-Bas in Aube. Libby Eyres' husband has added trips to wine fairs on to annual holiday itinerary and is the proud owner of a 'wine suitcase' on wheels for bringing bottles home Of course, some weeks it's much …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

There’s a simple reason Gen-Zers like me won’t change a lightbulb

The Independent

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Millennials face financial struggles despite above-average salaries

NL Times

Millennials in the Netherlands are finding themselves in a paradox: despite earning significantly above average salaries, many feel trapped by financial constraints. “For many millennials, after paying rent or a mortgage, utility bills, groceries, and student loan repayments, there’s very little left of their four-figure salaries,” the report noted. Burger added that millennials face heightened financial vulnerability due to higher …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Women and 50-somethings ‘less likely than average to feel upbeat about finances’

The Independent

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Britain spends £13bn on festive party at supermarkets – but inflation leaves nasty hangover

The Independent

In defiance of winter skies and economic gloom, Britons ate, drank and were merry over Christmas – pouring a staggering £13bn into grocers’ tills over the four weeks to 29 December. In the three months to December – the “golden quarter” in which retailers make their money – sales growth was a dismal 0.4 per cent year on year. food …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

35% of young adults ‘are concerned about their finances on a daily basis’

The Independent

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Indians Consumed $1.5 bn Worth Coffee Outside Home in 2024

Deccan Chronicle

Chennai: Indians spent $1.5 billion to consume coffee outside their homes in 2024. As the affluent are increasingly acquiring the taste of the brew, premium coffee consumption is growing faster and is estimated to grow the out-of-home coffee market to $3.2 billion by 2028. Coffee becoming a lifestyle and experiential product among urban consumers, the out-of-home coffee market is on …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

How Millennials and Gen Z can balance spending and financial security

India Today

The financial landscape is shifting drastically over time, especially with the new millennials and Gen Z population coming in. Here is how to deal with it properly: Understand interest rates and repayment terms before making any decision Choose loans wisely-gold loans, for example, are excellent when one needs large sums Avoid over-borrowing and repay promptly Smart debt management will ensure …

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3 months ago

Are baby boomers hoarding wealth? Not quite.

Slate

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. “Seems weird to not level up your kids,” Singer commented on X. Boomers holding back money seemed to him to be fundamentally selfish, but others disagreed, sparking a major discussion across social media about what parental responsibility is when …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Gen X parents worry more about financially supporting their kids

Salon

The so-called “Bank of Mom and Dad” is a bit concerned they won't see a return on their investment. More than half, or 53%, of Gen X parents are worried their children may need financial support into adulthood, according to a U.S. Bank survey. It’s not because Gen X parents think their children make bad money decisions. Rather, Gen X …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Brits slam poll that suggests over half would charge guests for Christmas dinner: 'There's no way we're that tight - if we have to pay we wouldn't go!'

Daily Mail

Residents in Leeds have hit back at a poll suggesting they are the most likely people in Britain to ask guests to cough up for Christmas dinner. Among the Christmas markets in Leeds today, locals told how they would never think of billing guests Many people said they would refuse to attend if they themselves were asked to pay up …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

27% of Britons ‘comfortable’ asking for contributions to cost of Christmas meal

The Independent

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

UK's most and least affordable towns

Daily Mail

Homes in Britain's least affordable borough cost up to 27-times the average salary, data shows. It comes as official figures today revealed the affordability ratio across England as a whole is now 8.6 because of spiralling house prices. All of the 20 least affordable local authorities in Britain are in London and the South East, bar Cotswold in the South …

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4 months ago

37% of older people ‘will find it hard to manage without winter fuel payment’

The Independent

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4 months ago

Gen-Z outpaces millennials in setting 5-Year financial plans amid economic challenges

Hindustan Times

Gen-Z adults are more likely than Millennials to have a five-year financial plan, according to a new survey by First Direct. The survey, conducted by OnePoll in October among 4,000 participants, found that 59% of Gen-Z savers—those born after 1996—have set financial goals for the next five years, compared to just 40% of Millennials. Compared to Millennials, Gen-Z individuals are …

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4 months ago

Could YOU live without Netflix, takeaways and the gym? Interactive calculator reveals how quickly Brits could save for their dream home by cutting back on luxuries

Daily Mail

Brits hoping to buy their dream home can find out how much they could save on Netflix, takeaway coffees and alcohol using a new online calculator. Brits hoping to buy their dream home can find out how much they could save on Netflix, takeaway coffees and alcohol using a new online calculator The tool from Purplebricks Mortgages lets home-hunters tot …

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4 months ago

Gen-Z adults ‘more likely than Millennials to have a five-year financial plan’

The Independent

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4 months ago

Has Britain fallen out of love with tea? Typhoo’s troubles and the changing face of a national icon

The Independent

Tea and Britain: a pairing so ingrained it feels inevitable, like Shakespeare and sonnets or the late Queen and corgis. A 2023 survey – admittedly by Italian home appliances brand, De’Longhi, purveyor of posh coffee machines – found that 56 per cent of Brits now prefer coffee over tea. Those increases hit shelves, and with the cost of living crisis …

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4 months, 1 week ago

$344 for a coffee? Scottish farm is selling UK’s most expensive cup

Associated Press

LONDON — It’s an enormous price to pay for a little cup of coffee, but the man behind the pitch promises it won’t leave a bitter taste behind because it comes with a sweetener: a share of a dairy farm. Investors who buy 34 shares in the farm get a certificate for a flat white that can be redeemed starting …

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4 months, 1 week ago

The big Christmas coffee rip-off – and why your gingerbread latte is getting even more expensive

The Independent

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4 months, 1 week ago

Gen Alpha are budding savers with average £400 in bank already, survey finds

The Independent

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Grocery inflation rises as supermarket trips hit four-year high

The Independent

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

More Sharpies, fewer customizations: How Starbucks aims to reclaim its identity

Salon

In early September, just days after Brian Niccol had stepped into his role as the new chief executive officer at Starbucks, he published an open letter addressed to all the coffee chain’s partners, customers and stakeholders acknowledging two major truths about the brand: The first is that Starbucks, with its nearly 16,500 United States locations, is “woven into the fabric …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Half of Britons say stealing food if you are starving is fine as police reveal they dealt with 469,788 shoplifting offences last year

Daily Mail

Over half of Britons believe that stealing food if you are starving is fine after police revealed dealing with a record number of shoplifting offences over the past year. Police recorded 469,788 shoplifting incidents in the year to June, a staggering 29 per cent rise on the previous year and equating to over 1,200 offences per day. For instance, a …

Food Cent Half Brits Believe Britons Shoplifting Offences

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Poorest families left £600 a year worse off by ‘regressive’ Budget, economists warn

The Telegraph

Stephen Millard, the deputy director for macroeconomic modelling and forecasting at Niesr, said: “The rise in the employer rate of National Insurance contributions will act to reduce job creation over the coming years, which will lead to greater unemployment.” Fresh financial pressures have emerged as households are still reeling from the cost of living crisis – when inflationary pressures disproportionately …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Young people who make it big have won life’s lottery

The Independent

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Budget 2024: The chart that reveals the Budget’s real winners – and who will be hit hardest

The Independent

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Skint? Tired of renting? Here’s what Rachel Reeves is doing for Gen Z…

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5 months ago

What cost of living crisis? A third of us are food shopping at M&S

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Revealed: How much you spend at the train station before your journey even begins

Daily Mail

Brits spend an average of £7 on food, coffees and shopping at railway stations before they set off on every single journey they take, according to a new study. The study comes after Britain's railway regulator found travellers are paying a typical premium of around 10 per cent on food at railway stations compared to the cost of buying it …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Baby Boomers are living longer than ever... but they're fatter, sicker and weaker than previous generations

Daily Mail

Baby boomers are living longer but are in worse health than previous generations were at the same age, research has suggested. Study lead author, Laura Gimeno, an expert in medical demography and ageing at University College London, said: 'We find that there is a generational health drift, whereby younger generations tend to have worse health than previous generations at the …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

One in four millennials keen to have children ‘say finances are putting them off’

The Independent

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Gen Z, younger millennials more financially stressed, survey says

Salon

Americans across all age groups are experiencing money stress, according to the American Psychological Association's 2023 Stress in America survey. But Gen Z and younger millennials are feeling the pinch the most and have the highest rates: 82% of survey respondents in the 18 to 34 age group said money is a significant stressor. “As a generation … it’s not …

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6 months ago

A fifth of UK adults have already started Christmas shopping – but how much are they spending?

The Independent

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6 months ago

Women ‘less likely than men to be using tax-efficient ways to save’

The Independent

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6 months, 1 week ago

Closed doors at affluent gated communities dent official data

The Hindu

India’s official data enumerators who survey households across the country to assess ground realities such as household spends, education and employment levels, have literally hit a wall – with the affluent classes living in gated communities and rarefied urban enclaves increasingly shutting the door on them and refusing to respond to surveys. Concerned about this “big data gap” that is …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

‘What are you, an idiot?’ Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary calls out people for splurging money on food orders

Live Mint

Shark Tank star Kevin O'Leary has sparked a debate with his blunt remarks on people's spending habits, particularly regarding expensive coffee and food orders. According to reports, around 12 per cent of Americans go to coffee shops every day, whereas about 36 per cent go to a coffee shop once a week. On average, Americans spend $21.3 on coffee shops …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Fact check: PMQs and MP breakfast expenses

The Independent

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7 months ago

Americans set to spend a total of $39 billion on back-to-school shopping this year

CNN

CNN — Last year, consumers shelled out big bucks for their back-to-school shopping needs, spending a record $41.5 billion, according to estimates from the National Retail Federation. “Back to school is not a discretionary event; it’s really essential spending,” Mathews said. As such, back-to-school spending volumes should remain fairly in line with last year, Duleep Rodrigo, KPMG’s US consumer and …

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7 months ago

Households cut food shop by 7.5% last year amid cost-of-living crisis

The Independent

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8 months ago

Millennials comprise dominant homebuyer group, redefine housing market: Report

Hindustan Times

Online property search portal NoBroker has observed a 23% increase in the number of homebuyers aged between 25-35 years on the platform, the proptech unicorn said in its half-yearly report. Millennials constitute the largest homebuyer group on NoBroker, the proptech unicorn said in its half-yearly report The term millennials or Generation Y is employed to refer to individuals born between …

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8 months ago

1.2m more people ‘falling short of minimum retirement prospects than a year ago’

The Independent

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