Supermarket prices rise 5.9%

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The increase covers the rise in prices on all products sold at Asda, Tesco and Sainsbury's in the year to September 10, according to the MySupermarket Food Inflation Index.

The survey also found food bills for the average family have gone up by £1,040 a year in the last 12 months.

A basket of 24 common items such as tea bags and pasta sauce costs 20% more than it did 12 months ago.

Shoppers have seen the biggest price increases on meat, dairy and wheat based products.

However, the latest figures show the largest increases have been seen on garden peas and basmati rice, increasing by an average of 90% and 111% respectively.

The biggest decrease in cost has been on bananas.

The supermarket price survey shows six pints of semi-skimmed milk are now 26.1% dearer - a rise from £1.68 to £2.12 - than a year ago.

And the cost of a thick white loaf has gone up by more than 33%, from 54p to 72p, at both Tesco and Asda.

Customers are paying 20% more more for a dozen medium free range eggs at the top three supermarkets, according to MySupermarket.co.uk - from £2.15 to £2.58. A packet of fusilli pasta is up 75.5% from 45p to 79p, the survey found.