Shoppers Pay The Price Of 'Shocking Food Inflation'

SOME supermarket products have nearly tripled in price in the past two years as the cost-of-living crisis bites.

- Frances Millar

On average food and drink prices in the two years to June went up by 25.8 per cent. But consumer watchdog Which? found some individual products have soared much further.

A packet of six Mr Kipling Bakewell Cake Slices at Sainsbury's, went from £1 to £2.75 on average a huge rise of 175 per cent.

At Morrisons, mozzarella went from 49p to £1.19, increasing by 143 per cent.

Sue Davies, Which? head of food policy, said: "Our research exposes the shocking true scale of food price inflation at supermarkets since the cost-of-living crisis began.

"And shows why recent headline-grabbing price cuts of a few pence on some products are encouraging, but won't be enough to help simply people struggling to put food on the table."

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