Falling commodity prices and economic uncertainty meant the rate of food price inflation fell during September, the latest British Retail Consortium-Nielsen Shop Price Index has shown.
Annual food price inflation decreased to 9.1%, from an August peak of 10%, while month-on-month inflation was just 0.3%. Fresh food inflation decreased considerably from 11.9% in August to 10.7% in September – the first decrease in the rate of inflation since March 2008.
Ambient food inflation also fell, from 7.3% to 6.7% last month.