The cost of a basket of grocery essentials fell in September to the lowest amount in 2015, according to shopping and comparison website mySupermarket.co.uk’s Groceries Tracker.
The cost of 35 weekly essentials from beans and bananas to breakfast cereals fell from £86.75 in August to £85.93 in September, a month-on-month fall of 1% and a weekly saving of £2.20 for the same basket in January.
The Groceries Tracker monitors the cost of the same 35 most commonly bought grocery products and publishes the prices on a monthly basis.
Fans of peppers, grapes and apples will rejoice as prices fell 9%, 5% and 4% respectively. Conversely, consumers shopping for pasta, cucumbers and carrots will be hit the hardest with price increases of 6%, 4% and 4% respectively.
Shoppers are making a saving of 5%, or £4.88 per shop, for the same basket of goods compared to a year ago, September 2014, when the basket cost £90.81.
Gilad Simhony, CEO of mySupermarket.co.uk, said: ‘’Although we welcome the fall in grocery prices, the latest figures should be met with caution as they are part of an environment of confusing and regular price changes designed to catch shoppers out and pay more for the products they love.’’
