Price of cheese, white bread and oats soars as inflation bites | UK | News
Food inflation is really starting to bite, according to new figures which show cheddar cheese, bread and porridge oats rising at unprecedented rates.
One brand of cheese – Dragon Welsh Mature Cheddar 180g at Asda – increased from £1 in the three months to the end of March last year to £1.80 across the same period this year, an 80 percent hike year on year.
Consumer association Which? found cheddar cheese prices increased by an average 28.3 percent across eight major supermarkets – Aldi, Asda, Lidl, Morrisons, Ocado, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose – compared to a year ago.
The cost of porridge oats went up by an average of 35.5 percent across all eight supermarkets.
However, the worst single example of inflation on porridge oats was at Ocado where Quaker Oat So Simple Protein Porridge Pot Original 49g went from 94p to £1.56 – an increase of 65.5 per cent.
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Which? analysed inflation on more than 26,000 food and drink products at the eight supermarkets, and also selected a basket of staple foods including cheddar cheese, sliced white bread, pork sausages, white potatoes and porridge oats to find which of these everyday products had seen the biggest price hikes.
Large 800g loaves of sliced white bread saw an average increase of 22.8 percent, but The Bakery at Asda Soft White Medium Sliced Bread 800g increased by 67 percent from 56p to 94p.
Average inflation in white potatoes was around 14 percent, but a four pack of baking potatoes at Morrisons increased from 40p to 66p – a rise of 63.5 percent.
Pork sausages increased by an average of 26.8 percent across the supermarkets. However Asda’s Just Essentials budget range of eight sausages increased in price by 73.5 percent from 81p to £1.40, while Tesco’s value Woodside Farms pack of eight went from 80p to £1.39, a 73.3 percent increase.
Meanwhile, a major change is being introduced by Tesco today (April 18).
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