Over a third of Italian families have cut food spending More households using discount supermarkets in south

(ANSA) - Rome, July 5 - Over a third of families in recession-hit Italy cut their spending on food last year, Istat said on Thursday.The national statistics agency said 35.8% of households reduced the quantity and-or the quality of the food products they bought in 2011 compared to 2010.It said the proportion of families who bought their food at discount supermarkets in the less wealthy southern regions of the country went up to 13.1% in 2011, compared to 11.2% in 2010.