The rising cost of food and fossil fuels means the cost of living is increasing at nearly its fastest rate in 40 years. But the latest monthly supermarket shop in Wales has seen staples decrease at four of the major supermarkets.
While UK-wide figures for September are not yet available, in August prices were 9.9% higher than they were 12 months ago. Figures then showed that the cost of food in the UK had increased 13.10% over the same month in 2021. It was the highest reading since at least 1989, with prices of milk, cheese and eggs among the biggest upward contributors.
Office of National Statistics figures showed that the cost of low fat milk rose by 40.4% between August 21 and August 22, butter by 29.5%, and flour by 28%.
