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Meat, yoghurt and vegetables are among the items that have almost doubled in price compared with a year ago.
The new figures come as Downing Street prepares for a summit with food, farming and supermarket bosses later today.
Which? analysis of more than 26,000 products at Aldi, Asda, Lidl, Morrisons, Ocado, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose found that the prices of juice, chocolate, water, fish, chilled ready meals and cheese have also continued to rise.
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Over the past year:
• Morliny Frankfurters at Asda increased from an average of £1.25 to £2.42 – a rise of 93.8%
• Four brown onions at Morrisons rose from 65p to £1.24 – a 90.8% rise
• Lancashire Farm Natural Bio Yoghurt 1kg went from £1.18 to £2.18 – a rise of 85.3%
• Aberdoyle Dairies Natural Cottage Cheese 300g at Lidl rose from an average of 67p to £1.34 – up 100.9%
• A 260g of own-brand salmon tails went from £3 to £4.54 – a rise of 51.4%
Food inflation fell slightly – from 17.2% in March to 17.1% in April, according to the Which? food tracker – but with costs rising in many areas of life, people are continuing to struggle.
Rebecca Tobi, senior business and investor engagement manager at The Food Foundation, said: “We know that the current food price crisis is causing a great many households to cut back on essentials.
“With levels of food poverty among children having doubled in the year to January 2023, government and businesses must act urgently to ensure that everyone can afford and access healthy essentials like fruit and vegetables.
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