according to the british retail consortium, food inflation fell last month to 13.4% thanks to the lower cost of staple goods like oils, breakfast cereals, fats and fish. here s our business correspondent emma simpson. it may not feel like it but the worst of food price rises could now be over. grocery bills, though, are still way too high for many shoppers. like, before you can just walk in with £10 and get a lot of things but now even £10 can t even buy what you actually want to buy. i mean, at the moment i m ok but i guess i m very lucky. but if it increased any more, just like mortgage rates as well, just like, yeah, the whole thing s going up, isn t it? instead of buying luxuries now i buy the basics. - today s food price figures come from the trade body for retail which also monitors the change in shop prices. let s take a look at this chart which tells the story. now, you can see how food prices jumped from last year. they were going up before the war in ukraine, but
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our reporter ben king has the details. when drinkers gather at london s king charles pub this evening, there will be a new tax regime in place. changes announced in march come into effect today taxing stronger drinks more and weaker drinks less. at the same time, alcohol duties rise with inflation up by io.i%. the result a complex series of changes. 12% sparkling wine will be i9p cheaper as higher rates for fizz are abolished. a can of pre mixed gin and tonic will be 5p cheaper. but a bottle of 12% still wine will rise 44p. a bottle of vodka up 76p and a bottle of 20% port up £1.30. so among drinkers, there will be some winners and losers. but the wine and spirits industry, which sees many of its products hit with higher taxes, says customers will see higher prices and less choice. we have the biggest duty increase in almost 50 years at the same time as we have inflation rife and a cost of living crisis. on top of that, we have raw materials like glass that are increas