Food prices will soon overtake energy bills as the cost of living crisis enters a "new phase", a worrying new study warns today.
Households will soon be paying an average of £1,000 more on food each year compared to before the Covid pandemic, experts fear - compared to £900 more on energy.
Food inflation has already reached a 50 year high this year, and researchers from the Resolution Foundation think tank say it will get even worse in the coming months.