UK food prices up 12%, says report

UK supermarkets have raised food prices by around 12% during the past year, according to findings by grocery comparison website mySupermarket.co.uk.

In the same period, consumer price inflation has averaged only 2.5%.

mySupermarket compared the prices of 25 staple foods from October 2006 with the cost of the same items in October this year, and chose portion sizes that were enough to feed a family of four over the course of a week.

The comparison of staples such as sugar, bread and milk, showed that Tesco put up prices by an average of 16%, Asda 8.6% and Sainsbury’s 11.8%.

Almost all items were own brand products and the most similar products across the three supermarkets were chosen.