Shoppers who buy pasta, bread and baked beans are being warned over spiralling costs as in the past year each of these items (non-branded versions) has jumped up by 50% in price.
Crisps have risen by 17%, with minced beef up 16%. A government source it is "monitoring the situation very closely.”
ONS statisticians chose 30 everyday items that they know the least well-off households regularly buy to get an idea of how inflation is hitting households, Birmingham Live reports.
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Falls were seen in the price of potatoes (14%), cheese (7%), pizza (4%), chips (3%), sausages (3%) and apples (1%). While inflation hit a 40-year high of 9% in April as measured by the Consumer Prices Index, those who are least well off spend a larger proportion of their income on the basics, such as energy bills.
The ONS warned that because the analysis only focuses on the lowest-priced goods the estimates are based on a very small number of price quotes. This means that the data is very sensitive to changes in just one item. It said: "The available products represent the retailer's online catalogue, rather than the range of products available or bought in local stores that month."
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