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Food inflation slowed to 2.2% in July as shoppers benefitted from a slew of promotions across stores, according to new figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC).<\/p>\n
Retailers were especially keen to capture shoppers during the World Cup, launching numerous deals on snacks<\/a> and booze, the BRC said.<\/p>\n It means food inflation has now held at less than 5% for around two years after peaking at around 15% in 2023.<\/p>\n It is primarily driven by fresh food prices<\/a> \u2013 up 3.1% on last year \u2013 while ambient<\/a> food prices rose just 1.1%.<\/p>\n But BRC CEO Helen Dickinson<\/a> warned that while the figures are encouraging, growing cost pressures remain on the horizon.<\/p>\n \u201cHigher employment costs and packaging taxes, global instability and climate-related disruption all make it more expensive to get products onto shelves,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u201cThe best way to keep the cost of living<\/a> down is to keep the cost of doing business down. Cutting unnecessary taxes and levies on energy<\/a> bills would help retailers keep prices low, invest locally and support jobs in every town and city.\u201d<\/p>\n Overall shop price<\/a> inflation fell to 0.9% in July, dragged lower by non-food<\/a> goods which saw just a 0.2% rise in price.<\/p>\n Clothing and footwear retailers offered significant discounts as they started clearing summer stock, Dickinson said, although some categories like electricals and health & beauty<\/a> saw higher inflation as rising chip prices and manufacturing<\/a> costs fed through.<\/p>\n