Butter toast as cost soars

TOAST lovers are ditching butter for cheaper spreads as prices rocket.

The average cost of a 250g pack has risen by a third in a year to £1.80 in many supermarkets.

But while demand for butter has dropped, sales of spreads such as margarine are up by 13%.

Trade magazine The Grocer warned the cost could rise further.

It said: “Butter is almost worth its weight in gold thanks to eye-watering price rises.”