UK Grocery Inflation Stays At 4.3% Despite Decline in Food Prices

Despite the slight relief in food price rises, grocery inflation has not followed suit. (Credit: EMILIE MADI/Reuters)

In December, shop prices maintained their upward trajectory, rising by 4.3 per cent, as a surge in prices for non-food items offset a slight easing of costs on food.

The rate of increase in in-store prices compared to the same period last year remained consistent with the inflation rate observed in November, following several months of a gradual slowdown.