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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Josie Clarke

Grocery price inflation holds steady at 4.3%

Some 30% of shoppers have bought at least one Easter egg, figures showed (Andrew Beer/PA) - (PA Media)

Grocery price inflation held steady at 4.3% in March amid warnings that the figure is “likely to increase” as the Middle East conflict continues.

The conditions that “make shoppers feel vulnerable” were “only intensifying”, with more than 20% of Britons describing themselves as financially struggling and more than 60% very or extremely concerned about the rising price of groceries even before the war started, Worldpanel by Numerator said.

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