Food prices increase in supermarkets as cost of living balloons
Price comparisons have shown the incredible scale of price rises for regular people across the UK.
Trolley.co.uk, a comparison website, has tracked the cost of nearly 24,500 products sold in supermarkets.
A Grocery Price Index published by the site showed that the average rise across a huge selection of products is 1.6% in a year.
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However, many individual items have risen in price quite dramatically.
A jar of Dolmio bolognese sauce, for example, jumped by more than 15% since last February.
Kellogg’s Variety Pack cereal and a jar of Nescafe Original instant coffee are up almost as much.
Some items only went up a few pence, such as Kingsmill soft white medium loaf. But those pence add up, as bread is generally bought frequently.
A few items, Silver Spoon sugar, certain Pringles flavours and Richmond pork sausages, have actually fallen in price over the past year.
The Daily Mirror picked a selection of items that might be in a typical weekly shop. The daily found that groceries cost £4.90 more now than a year ago, up from £54.30 to £59.20.
Several major food firms have recently warned of higher prices.
Unilever, makers of Marmite and Pot Noodles, said company costs had surged by £3billion.
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Nestlé, which makes KitKat, said it had already upped its prices.
And Reckitt, whose products include Harpic, Nurofen and Strepsils, recently revealed its costs had jumped by 11% last year.
Danni Hewson, financial analyst at investors AJ Bell, said: “Big brand owners are facing an important test.
“Consumers may not be able to keep stomaching price increases. There is a risk they buy less of the popular, expensive brands.”
Saeed Ibrahim, spokesman for Trolley.co.uk, said two of every three brands had gone up in a year.
He added: “If this trend does continue, the negative effect this could have on families could be enormous by the end of 2022.”
Prices going up
McDougalls Plain Flour (1.1kg) Feb 21 £1.21 Now £1.42Up 17.4%
McCain Quick Cook French Fries (750g) Feb 21 £2.24 Now £2.78Up 24.1%
Andrex Classic Clean Toilet Tissue 4 Roll Feb 21 £2.17 Now £2.31Up 6.5%
Walkers Classic Variety Multipack Crisps (25g) Feb 21 £2.34 Now £2.36Up 0.9%
Dolmio Bolognese Original Pasta Sauce (500g) Feb 21 £1.46 Now £1.68Up 15.1%
Heinz Baked Beanz (415g) Feb 21 85p Now £1Up 17.6%
Head & Shoulders Classic Clean Shampoo (500ml) Feb 21 £4.78 Now £4.83Up 1%
Nescafe Original Instant Coffee (200g) Feb 21 £4.25 Now £4.90Up 15.3%
Batchelors Super Noodles Chicken Flavour (90g) Feb 21 61p Now 71pUp 16.4%
Tilda Pure Basmati Rice (250g) Feb 21 £1.18 Now £1.23Up 4.2%
Napolina Chopped Tomatoes (400g) Feb 21 75p Now 91pUp 21.3%
Cathedral City Mature Cheddar (350g) Feb 21 £2.74 Now £3.21Up 17.2%
Lurpak Spreadable Slightly Salted Butter (500g) Feb 21 £3.34 Now £3.81Up 14.1%
Kingsmill Soft White Medium Bread (800g) Feb 21 95p Now £1.03Up 8.4%
Kellogg’s Variety Pack Cereal (200g) Feb 21 £1.99 Now £2.28Up 14.6%
Princes Tuna In Sunflower Oil (145g) Feb 21 £1.07 Now £1.38Up 29%
Coca-Cola Original Taste (330ml x 10) Feb 21 £4.85 Now £5Up 3.1%
Colgate Triple Action Toothpaste (100ml) Feb 21 £1.03 Now £1.06Up 2.9%
Supermarket Six Medium Free Range Eggs (328g) Feb 21 79p Now 88pUp 11.4%
PG Tips Original Biodegradable Tea Bags 80 (232g) Feb 21 £2.16 Now £2.36Up 9.3%
Aunt Bessie’s Roast Potatoes (800g) Feb 21 £1.70 Now £1.96Up 15.3%
Mr Kipling Angel Slices Feb 21 £1.09 Now £1.49Up 36.7% (40p)
Radox Feel Revived Shower Gel (250ml) Feb 21 92p Now £1Up 8.7% (8p)
Some products that now cost less
Silver Spoon Granulated Sugar (1kg) Feb 21 67p Now 65pDown 3%
Richmond 8 Thick Pork Sausages (410g) Feb 21 £1.85 Now £1.80Down 2.7%
Fairy Platinum Washing Up Liquid Original (625ml) Feb 21 £1.81 Now £1.73Down 4.4%
Ariel Allin1 Pods Washing Liquid 25 Washes (20g) Feb 21 £5.50 Now £5.43Down 1.3%
