Meals inflation has reached an all-time excessive with consumers now paying 10.6% greater than they had been a yr in the past, figures present.
Across the board, store worth inflation accelerated to five.7% in September. It is up from 5.1% in August, marking one other document because the British Retail Consortium (BRC)-Nielsen IQ index started gathering knowledge in 2005.
The will increase are pushed by the conflict in Ukraine which is constant to drive costs of animal feed, fertiliser and vegetable oil upwards - which significantly impacts merchandise similar to margarine.
Contemporary meals merchandise had been topic to the best improve and now clock in at a document 12.1% increased than final yr.
Ambient meals - could be safely saved at room temperature in a sealed container - was topic to the document quickest price of improve for the class. It reached a document 8.6%, up from 7.8% a month beforehand.
A summer time drought, nevertheless, meant that costs for fruit similar to strawberries, blueberries and tomatoes have dropped because of the extended sunshine.
In the meantime, non-food inflation rose from 2.9% in August to three.3%. It was largely pushed by heavier hardware, DIY and gardening merchandise, which had been hit laborious by rising transport prices.
BRC chief govt Helen Dickinson mentioned: "Retailers are battling large price pressures from the weak pound, rising vitality payments and world commodity costs, excessive transport prices, a decent labour market and the cumulative burden of Authorities-imposed prices.
"And, with enterprise charges set to leap by 10% subsequent April, squeezed retailers face a further £800 million in unaffordable tax rises.
"Authorities should urgently freeze the enterprise charges multiplier to offer retailers extra scope to do extra to assist households."
Mike Watkins, head of retailer and enterprise perception at NielsenIQ, mentioned: "With meals and family vitality costs persevering with to rise, it is no shock that NielsenIQ knowledge reveals that 76% of customers are saying they anticipate to be reasonably or severely affected by the cost-of-living disaster over the subsequent three months, up from 57% in the summertime.
"So households can be in search of financial savings to assist handle their private funds this autumn and we anticipate consumers to change into extra cautious about discretionary spend, including to stress within the retail sector."