THE PRICE of pasta, tea, chips and cooking oil has soared, according to new data, with vegetable oil going up by 65 per cent in a year.
Overall, the price of budget food in supermarkets rose by 17 per cent in the year to September, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.
It comes as a separate ONS report sheds light on the cost-of-living crisis.
Almost half of adults who pay energy bills and 30 per cent paying rent or mortgages say these are difficult to afford.
Inflation – the rate at which prices are rising – is at a 40-year high.
Food prices drove the latest rise in living costs in September, along with energy bills and transport costs.
