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Why supermarket prices really became sky high in the UK
Faisal IslamEconomics editor BBC There has been more than a bitter twang in the glasses at British breakfast tables. Only five years ago, a typical supermarket own-label carton of orange juice could be bought for 76p for 1 litre. It now costs £1.79. That’s a rise of 134% since 2020, and it’s up 29% just…
