Food and fuel drive drop in UK inflation rate to 3.9%
Those tucking into a standard turkey for Christmas dinner should not have to fork out rather more than final 12 months.
The worth of a grocery store frozen hen has gone up by simply 1.2% in a 12 months, whereas fellow festive favorite the mince pie has risen by 25%.
Meanwhile, higher-end potatoes, stuffing combine and Brussels sprouts are cheaper, analysis for the BBC suggests.
Overall, a typical Christmas dinner prices round £32.35 this 12 months, which is a 4.3% enhance on £31 final 12 months.
The analysis comes from retail monitoring platform Assosia, which measured the annual change in costs for own-brand merchandise throughout Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda, Morrisons, Aldi and Lidl. It compares figures on 1 December 2023 with the identical merchandise on the identical day in 2022.