Grocery price inflation speeds up as families alter spending choices

As the academic year began, average customer spending on school uniform fell (Alamy/PA) -

Grocery price inflation sped up in August amid signs that the cost of living is altering household spending choices, figures show.

Supermarket prices are now 2.3% higher than a year ago following August’s drop to 2.1%, data from Worldpanel by Numerator shows.