More than a fifth of Britons struggling as grocery price inflation hits 13-year high

‘People are having to stretch their budgets further to accommodate rising prices,’ says Kantar. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

More than a fifth of households in Great Britain say they are struggling to make ends meet as the price of the weekly grocery shop rises 7%, the highest level of inflation in 13 years.

Nine in 10 people say they are worried about the rising price of groceries, according to the market research group Kantar, putting the issue in second place behind concerns about energy bills as the cost of living crisis hits families hard.