Grocery sees £218m royal sales bump as inflation inches down
Like-for-like grocery price inflation has fallen for the second month in a row and now sits at 17.2% for the four weeks to 14th May 2023.
Like-for-like grocery price inflation has fallen for the second month in a row and now sits at 17.2% for the four weeks to 14th May 2023.
The British Retail Consortium said that food prices should start to decrease over the next few months, citing a cut to wholesale prices amongst influencing factors.
NFU’s president, Minette Batters has said the comments from Tesco’s chairman, John Allan, come from: “Living in a parallel universe.”
The ONS inflation data for November shows food and drink price inflation continuing to rise to 16.5%, whilst headline inflation slowed in November, down to 10.7%.
LSE research has found that Brexit has cost consumers a total of £5.8 billion in household food bills over the two years to the end of 2021.