Prices in British shops rose at the fastest rate in more than two years last month, as the fallout from the Middle East conflict started to filter through to supermarket shelves.

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• Bloomberg center

  Prices in British shops rose at the fastest rate in more than two years last month, as the fallout from the Middle East conflict started to filter through to supermarket shelves.
• Reuters

  UK retailers raise prices by most since 2024, BRC data shows reut.rs/4gtljrl
• The Guardian left

  In-store inflation rises to an annual 1.5% in August, according to a survey for the British Retail Consortium The pace of price rises in UK shops rose to its highest level in two years in August, a trade body index shows, with higher energy costs pushing up the price of food and AI chip demand making technology more expensive. In-store inflation stepped up to 1.5% year on year in August, up from 0.9% in July, led by prices for tinned and packaged food which increased by 2.5% against 1.1% in the
• The Guardian left

  Price rises gather pace in UK shops amid higher energy costs