UK grocery price inflation hits record high as more stores impose rationing - CNN
London CNN — A measure of UK grocery price inflation soared to a record high this month — that’s more bad news for consumers already facing a shortage of fruit and vegetables that has led to rationing at major supermarkets. Grocery prices rose 17.1% in the four weeks to February 19, compared with the same period a year ago, according to data published by Kantar Tuesday. That’s the highest rate of inflation since the data company started tracking it in 2008, and is equivalent to adding an extra £811 ($980) to a household’s average yearly grocery bill. Fraser McKevitt, the head of the retail and consumer data unit at Kantar, said price increases were “having a big impact on people’s lives.” A quarter of UK shoppers said they were struggling financially , according to a Kantar survey in January, up from a fifth during the same period in 2022. Jars of Nescafe Gold instant coffee granules move along the production line at Nestle SA's Nescafe plant in Orbe, Switzerlan...