Shock as food bill rockets
Daily Express|August 17, 2022
£533 How much more we could pay for groceries this year
Steph Spyro
Shock as food bill rockets

HOUSEHOLDS may be forced to shell out an extra £10.25 a week for groceries, as supermarket bills surge at the fastest rate since 2008.

Finance experts warned this year’s average shop could cost £533 more than 2021 because of rising inflation.

Spikes in the price of butter, milk and chicken made the cost of a weekly shop rise by 11.6 per cent in the four weeks to August 7, research firm Kantar said.

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