Supermarkets shielding shoppers: Food inflation fell to 1.3% in July, its lowest level since September 2021, down from 1.7% in June. The British Retail Consortium says grocers are "actively shielding consumers from inflationary headwinds" through heavy discounting of everyday essentials, with industry warnings of 10% food inflation having failed to materialise.
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