📉 Good news for food prices as inflation hits a 13-month low in May🍽️ But hold onto your cold drinks!🥤 They're at their highest since 2019😮 Inflation FoodPrices CostOfLivingCrisis Find out more⬇️
Although meat prices decreased by 0.4% from April to May, meat still cost 7.1% more than in May last year.
Fizzy drinks, mineral water and fruit juices also became more expensive with the cold beverages category recording an average annual price increase of 10.5% in May, after reaching 10,3% in April. May’s reading is the highest since March 2019, when it was 13,1%. Restaurant prices increased by 1,2% between April and May, taking the annual rate for restaurants to 7.4% from 7.1% in April.
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