How food staple prices have soared across major supermarkets - including Sainsbury's, Tesco, and Asda
manchestereveningnews.co.ukBritish staples such as cheddar cheese, white bread, and porridge oats have soared in price over the past 12 months, according to the latest inflation figures from Which?.
Inflation across the board for food and drink at supermarkets has seen a sustained rise in March to 17.2 per cent - this is up from 16.5 per cent the month before, according to the watchdog.
Meanwhile, cheddar cheese price increased by an average 28.3 per cent across Britain's eight major supermarkets: Aldi, Asda, Lidl, Morrisons, Ocado, Sainsbury's, Tesco, and Waitrose.
The consumer group performed an analysis of inflation on more than 26,000 food and drink products at the eight supermarkets and zoned in on staple foods such as cheddar cheese, slice white bread, pork sausages, white potatoes, and porridge oats.
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