Cost of groceries jump in June

MySupermarket tracker finds prices rise for the first time in over six months.

Prices for the most popular groceries have risen in June, the first price rise in over six months, suggesting the supermarket price wars may be at an end.

That’s according to the latest MySupermarket Groceries Tracker, which found that the average basket of goods came to £86.84 in June, up from £86.60 in May. The tracker monitors the cost of the 35 most commonly bought grocery products, which includes minced beef, ham, white bread, apples, baked beans and pasta.

However, the basket is still significantly cheaper than 12 months ago – in June last year it would have cost a whopping £91.88.

The biggest price rises

Let’s take a look at the items which saw the biggest price rise from May, on a percentage basis.

Item	Cost in June	Cost in May	% change
Onions	£1.05	95p	10.9%
Bananas	£1.58	£1.51	5%
Carrots	£2.58	£2.48	4.3%
Leaf salad	£2.22	£2.16	2.5%
Cereal	£3.92	£3.85	2%
Red pasta sauce	£2.45	£2.41	1.9%
Potatoes	£2.90	£2.85	1.9%
Sausages and chipolatas	£2.48	£2.44	1.7%
Cheddar cheese	£4.70	£4.63	1.4%
Eggs	£2.72	£2.68	1.4%
Kitchen towels	£3.60	£3.55	1.4%

As you can see onions had far and away the biggest price rise over the month, jumping by almost 11%, more than double the next biggest rise seen on bananas (5%).

Carrots also saw a significant price rise in June, jumping by more than 4% to £1.58 on average.

The biggest price falls

And here are the products whose prices fell the most.

Item	Cost in June	Cost in May	% change
Broccoli	80p	97p	-17.3%
Pasta	25p	27p	-4.9%
Mushrooms	£1.38	£1.44	-3.7%
Tomatoes	£2.69	£2.77	-2.7%
Cola	£2.55	£2.62	-2.7%
Baked beans	77p	79p	-2.1%
Fruit yoghurt	£1.86	£1.89	-1.8%
Fruit juices	£2.82	£2.87	-1.5%
Apples	£3.81	£3.86	-1.3%
White bread	£1.27	£1.28	-0.7%

Broccoli saw a significant price fall in June, dropping by more than 17% as the average cost fell from 97p to 80p. Pasta also fell significantly in percentage terms, though in real terms the 2p change won’t have been particularly noticeable for many shoppers.

How is the basket put together?

MySupermarket’s Groceries Tracker monitors the prices of nearly 5,000 products across Asda, Aldi, Morrisons, Ocado, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose. It looks at both brand and own brand, but does not include finest/luxury ranges. All prices include offers, but not multibuy deals.

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