as cheddar cheese, white bread and pork sausages has soared by up to 80% in some shops over the past year,
in further evidence of how inflation
is hitting those on the tightest
budgets the hardest.
Porridge oats topped the price increase ranking among a basket of British basics measured by the consumer group Which?, with prices up
by an average of 35.5% followed
by skimmed milk, which was
up by 33.6%, and cheddar cheese, which rose by 28.3%.
The Which? survey reflects a
recent trend for price rises in supermarkets’ budget ranges as well as to their regular own-label goods and international brands as retailers pass on cost hikes linked to energy and commodity cost increases.