The price of low cost everyday grocery items has increased 17% in the 12 months to September, data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) has shown, more than the average rate of food and drink inflation.
The figures, based on web-scraped supermarket data for 30 everyday grocery items, showed the cost of items had already increased 7% in the year up to April.
Some items increased by more than the 17% yearly rate. Vegetable oil has increased 65% in price, pasta 60% and tea 46%.
In the last year other budget food items have also increased:
tea by 46%
chips by 39%
bread by 38%
biscuits by 34%
The increase in low-cost food is greater than the overall rate o...
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