Food price inflation in UK falls for fifth month in a row

The price of four pints of milk was £1.50 last month, down from £1.69 in March, according to Which?. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA

Food price inflation in the UK eased to 12.7% last month, the second sharp drop in a row, as the price of milk fell back but eggs, sweets and oven chips continued to increase.

Price rises slowed for the fifth month in a row in the four weeks to 6 August, the market research group Kantar reported on Tuesday.