{"id":374997,"date":"2025-08-26T13:12:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T13:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/374997\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T13:12:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T13:12:29","slug":"food-inflation-jumps-to-18-month-high-with-these-items-seeing-a-price-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/374997\/","title":{"rendered":"Food inflation jumps to 18-month high with these items seeing a price rise"},"content":{"rendered":"

Your support helps us to tell the story<\/p>\n

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.<\/p>\n

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.<\/p>\n

The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.<\/p>\n

Your support makes all the difference.<\/strong>Read more<\/p>\n

Food prices<\/a> have risen at their fastest pace in 18 months, driven by surges in the cost of chocolate<\/a>, butter, and eggs<\/a>, according to the latest figures. <\/p>\n

The British Retail Consortium (BRC)-NIQ Shop Price Monitor reveals food inflation hit 4.2% this month, up from 4% in July, marking the highest level since February 2024. Bosses<\/a> at the trade body warned the acceleration “adds pressure” to families already struggling with the cost of living.<\/p>\n

Fresh food inflation sped to 4.1% for the month on the back of rising dairy prices, up from 3.2% in July.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, ambient food inflation slowed to 4.2% year-on-year compared with 5.1% in the previous month.<\/p>\n

The new figures also showed that overall shop price inflation increased to 0.9% in August, despite price deflation of 0.8% for non-food products.<\/p>\n

The uptick in food prices comes after the Bank of England said earlier this month that the increase in national insurance contributions in April had contributed to accelerating food prices.<\/p>\n

\"Food<\/p>\n

open image in gallery<\/p>\n

Food prices are now 4% higher than a year ago according to the British Retail Consortium (PA) (PA)<\/p>\n

Helen Dickinson, chief executive of the BRC, said: \u201cShop price inflation hit its highest rate since March last year, fuelled by food price rises.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis adds pressure to families already grappling with the cost of living.<\/p>\n

\u201cRetailers<\/a> continue doing everything they can to limit price rises for households, but as the Bank of England acknowledged, the \u00a37 billion in new costs flowing through from last year\u2019s budget has created an uphill battle for retailers.\u201d<\/p>\n

More than 60 retail bosses, including chiefs at Tesco, Sainsbury\u2019s and Boots, warned Chancellor Rachel Reeves last week that raising taxes further in the autumn budget could contradict her plans to improve UK living standards.<\/p>\n

In the letter, co-ordinated by the BRC, the bosses said they were expecting the rate of food and drink inflation to reach 6% later this year.<\/p>\n

Mike Watkins, head of retailer and business insight at NIQ, said: \u201cThe uptick in prices reflects several factors: global supply costs, seasonal food inflation driven by weather conditions, the conclusion of promotional activity linked to recent sporting events, and a rise in underlying operational costs.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs shoppers return from their summer holidays, many may need to reassess household budgets in response to rising household bills.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374998,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3090],"tags":[51,1700,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-374997","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-economy","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115095243709057083","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}