As ever during times of food price hikes, looking to price indexes to check the cost rises in foodstuffs is standard fare.
The full English fry up in March was 6 per cent more expensive than a year ago, and still 5 per cent below the food price spike of late 2013. It’ll be interesting to see that that index will show for the month of April.
Last year the Ulster Fry Index was showing movement for the first time in several years.
This year the Ulster Fry Index – the average inflation rate of the items included – rose by a robust 6.4% in the past year, meaning that the index is at its highest level since March 2014.
This was the peak of the Ulster Fry Index and coincided with another cost-of-living crisis.
Mushrooms were up by 7.1 percent according to the latest iteration of the index - there’s no real surprise there.
Milk, coffee and tomatoes were the highest movers over the past year.
