Supermarket shoppers are being battered by record food price rises with the soaring cost of kitchen essentials such as eggs, milk and cheese adding more than £800 to annual bills, new figures have revealed.
The latest data showed there had been no respite for hard-pressed consumers with grocery price inflation rising from 17.1 per cent to an all-time high of 17.5 per cent in the 12 weeks to March 19.
