Arla’s skyr natural yoghurt topped the list of price rises in this week’s Grocer 33 basket.
The dairy line was 48% more expensive than this time last year – the sharpest rise in the basket, which otherwise pointed to slowing inflation.
Along with the wholemeal loaf (up 38%), the skyr was one of just two lines to rise by more than 30% year on year. Only five products were up by at least 20%: the Airwaves gum, McVitie’s Rich Tea biscuits, brioche rolls, Penn State pretzels and Lucozade.
Across the board, prices were up 9.3% year on year and 0.9% month on month.
Morrisons was the retailer least affected by inflation this time round, with prices up just 6.8% versus last January. Asda was 7.6% more expensive than a year ago, while Tesco was up 8.5%, Sainsbury’s 10.4% and Waitrose 13.1%.
Asda continued its recent domination on price with the cheapest basket for the eighth week in a row. At £74.11, it came in £3.07 cheaper than nearest rival Morrisons.
Asda offered the lowest price for 14 products and was exclusively cheapest for nine. Meanwhile, Morrisons was cheapest for eight lines and exclusively so for five.
Tesco was £3.83 more expensive than Asda at £77.94, however three Clubcard Prices discounts would have reduced the gap to just £1.26. Based on its shelf-edge prices, it wasn’t exclusively cheapest on any items in our basket.
Sainsbury’s was exclusively cheapest for five products but still came in £6.54 more expensive than Asda at £80.65.
Waitrose was £8.52 more expensive than Asda at £82.63. Its slightly more competitive performance was helped by five exclusively cheapest lines including the wholemeal loaf, strawberries, Alpro coconut drink and Tabasco sauce.
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