The Office for National Statistics released new data showing that the cost of some lowest-priced food items has risen by more than 50 percent. The increase in supermarket food prices comes as Britons are struggling to pay energy bills more than ever.
The ONS collected data from 1.5 million prices from supermarket websites every month and revealed that this last year the cheapest prices available for some grocery staples have increased significantly, including oil, pasta and tea.
According to the new figures, the cost of the lowest-priced pasta has risen by almost two-thirds this last year.
Many food items increased by more than a third in the year to September and in the last six months, vegetable oil prices increased by nearly a half while chips by almost a quarter.
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List of affected food items:
Vegetable oil – 65 price increase
Pasta – 60 price increase
Tea – 46 price increase
Chips – 39 percent price increase
Bread – 38 percent price increase
Biscuits – 34 percent price increase
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National Statistician Sir Ian Diamond commented: “While the recent spike in inflation began with energy prices, today’s fresh insights using a new innovative data source show they are now filtering through to other important items, with the cheapest price of some staple food items rising by around two thirds in the last year.
“Figures from our near real time survey of people show that while rises in food and energy costs are affecting many people across the country, those who are disabled, from certain ethnic minority backgrounds and renters are among those struggling the most.
“With rises in the cost of living at the forefront of many people’s minds, our new, almost real time, data showing just how prices are changing and shining a light on how different groups are affected have never been more important.”
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The ONS also published new analysis from its Opinions and Lifestyle Survey, which showed seven in 10 Britons prepayment meters find it difficult to afford their energy bills.
The research also found that people with disabilities, as well as those from some ethnic minority backgrounds, and renters were among the most likely to be experiencing difficulty affording energy, rent or mortgage payments.
Over half of disabled adults reported finding it difficult to afford energy bills and around a third found it difficult to afford their rent or mortgage.
Meanwhile, around four in 10 of white adults reported finding it difficult to afford their energy bills compared with around two-thirds for black British adults and around six in 10 for Asian British adults.
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