City PM’s inflation survey

“almost 40 per cent of the products surveyed costing more than they did in May, compared with just under 20 per cent in Tesco and 10 per cent in Sainsbury’s.”

“month-on-month prices fell at Waitrose across around a third of the products surveyed, compared to a quarter at Tesco and just 6 per cent at Sainsbury’s.”

“Gin was up by an average of 10 per cent across the three supermarkets. Premium tonic water was up by around 9 per cent.”

“The cost of a beef roasting joint was down 5 per cent at Tesco but up 20 per cent at Waitrose, month-on-month, while the price per kilo of chicken breasts was down by almost a quarter at Waitrose but…”

“more than 70 per cent of products surveyed having changed price since May, compared with 43 per cent at Tesco and 16 per cent at Sainsbury’s.”