It's a credit munch crisis for those who are keen on sausages...
Chanel ReplicaThe price of a pack of bangers went up 50 per cent in a year to become the sharpest climber in our grocery-basket watch.
Jam was the second worst, up 47 per cent.
Only one of the 25 items in our shopping list fell in price - bananas from 78 to 71p a kilo, thanks to supermarket price wars. Our list, compiled Fake Roger Dubuis with The Grocer magazine, was 18.7 per cent dearer overall than a year ago - six times the rate of inflation.
The Grocer's food and drink editor Alex Beckett said: "The price of Wall's sausages could be because of declining pork supplies in the UK and Europe."
Sugar prices rocketing by 30 per cent since January may explain the increase in jam.
There are however signs that food inflation is falling back and shoppers may at last find they have a little more to spend.
The cost of the shopping basket in April was 1.3 per cent cheaper than in March.
Dimmable LED Down Light K1017 - 3x1W / 3x3WJewelry Tools auctions Mr Beckett said: "The dip in the overall cost of living shows retailers are having more success in keeping a lid on food inflation."
New figures out tomorrow are expected to show the cost of living falling, with the inflation rate down from 3.2 per cent to 2.8.
City firm Capital Economics' chief UK economist Jonathan Loynes believes the predicted fall in the Consumer Price Index will be due to cuts in gas and electricity bills.
Replica Mont Blanc WatchesHe said: "There is a chance we will also see reverses in recent price increases for clothing, footwear and furniture." Petrol is nine per cent cheaper than a year ago and mortgages continue to come down.
But there has been a 99.7 per cent rise in the cost of home insurance due to a third more fraudulent claims, said moneysupermarket.com.
Price comparison site uSwitch said disposable income increased in a year from an average pounds 17,199 to pounds 17,682.
