A typical basket of 100 grocery items cost 5.8% more in May than it did at the beginning of the year, according to new research, in effect adding around £514m a month to the British grocery bill. For hard pressed consumers such an increase comes on top of a host of other price rises and demonstrates why, for many households, inflation feels far higher that the government’s official rate.

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More people than ever before in the UK, are shopping at supermarkets for items other than food, a new report reveals. Over 62% of all shoppers regularly use supermarkets to buy non-food items, collectively spending over £19.7bn. These numbers have risen sharply compared to five years back when just 45% used grocers for non-food, collectively spending £13.3bn.

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