WORST SUPERMARKET PRICE RISES....

Brits are paying up to 80% more for supermarket staples such as cheese, bread and potatoes, new research shows.

Cheddar cheese increased by 28.3% on average across all the grocers, large sliced white bread went up 22.8% and white potatoes were 14% more expensive.

But the single worst example of a price hike was Dragon Welsh Mature Cheddar 180g at Asda, which rose from £1 to £1.80, up 80% year on year.

In terms of bread, Asda Soft White Medium Sliced Bread 800g was the top offender and went from 56p to 94p, an increase of 67%.

Over at Morrisons, a four pack of Baking Potatoes increased from 40p to 66p, a rise of 63.5%

Highest inflation on products

• Dragon Welsh Mature Cheddar 180g, Asda: from £1 to £1.80 - up 80.00%

• Asda Mature British Cheddar Sticks 5x20g: from 95p to £1.70 - up 78.95%

• The Polish Bakery Baltonowski Bread 800g, Ocado: from £1.30 to £2.28 - up 75.04%

• Just Essentials By Asda 8 Pork Sausages 454g: from 81p to £1.40 - up 73.49%

• Woodside Farms 8 Pork Sausages 454g, Tesco: from 80p to £1.39 - up 73.33%

• Duchy Organic Homogenised Semi-Skimmed Milk 1 Pint 568ml, Waitrose: from 73p to £1.25 - up 71.89%

• Utterly Buttery Spread 500g, Waitrose: from £1.14 to £1.95 - up 71.30%

• The Bakery at Asda Soft White Medium Sliced Bread 800g: from 56p to 94p - up 67.13%

• Dairy Manor Semi-Skimmed Milk 568ml, Lidl: from 57p to 95p - up 65.54%

• Quaker Oat So Simple Protein Porridge Pot Original 49g, Ocado: from 94p to £1.56 - up 65.51%

• Quaker Oat So Simple Original Porridge Big Pot 60g, Ocado: from 94p to £1.55 - up 64.41%

• Morrisons Baking Potatoes 4 Pack: from 40p to 66p - 63.55%

• Rowan Hill Bakery Soft Medium White Bread 800g, Lidl: from 48p to 78p - up 63.25%

• Utterly Buttery Spread 500g, Sainsbury's: from £1.15 to £1.85 - up 61.10%

• Nature's Pick Baking Potatoes 4 Pack, Aldi: from 39p to 62% - up 58.69%

• Tesco Broccoli 375g: from 49p to 73p - up 49.48%

• Sainsbury's Broccoli Loose 1kg: from £1.31 to £1.95 - up 49.14%

• Shazans Chicken Breast Fillets 1.8kg, Morrisons: from £9.43 to £13.94 - up 47.82%

• Morrisons Southern Fried Chicken Mini Fillets 300g: from £2.50 to £3.65 - up 45.91%

• Morrisons Breaded Chicken Mini Fillets 300g: from £2.50 to £3.65 - up 45.91%

• Asda Zingy and Crisp Braeburn Apples 6 Pack: from £1.17 to £1.49 - up 27.16%

• Melinda Apples 2kg, Asda: from £2 to £2.50 - up 25.00%

• Oaklands Bananas 5 Pack, Lidl: from 69p to 81p - up 18.04%

• Ocado Fairtrade Bananas 5 Pack: from 70p to 82p - up 17.01%

Pork sausages were also included in the Which? basket of goods with an average rise of 26.8% across all stores.

The budget range item at Asda, Just Essentials by Asda, pack of eight pork sausages 454g, went from 81p to £1.40, a 73.5% increase.

Similarly, the value version at Tesco, Woodside Farms 8 Pork Sausages 454g, went from 80p to £1.39, up by 73.3%.

Which? analysed inflation on more than 26,000 food and drink products in the three months to the end of March 2023, compared to the same time period last year.

Its findings also show how the price of value ranges continue to shoot up, hitting families who are already stretched and relying on cheaper foods.

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