Coffee: December up 0.2, January up 11.6%Butter: Dec up 10.2%, Jan up 18.3%Bus & coach travel: Dec up 0.7%, Jan up 8.7%Pizza & quiche: Dec down 4.6%, Jan up 0.7%Fruit & vegetable juices: Dec up 2.5%, Jan up 6.2%Carpets & rugs: Dec down 2.9%, Jan up 0.8%Mineral or spring waters: Dec up 1.6%, Jan up 4.4%Chocolate: Dec up 11.7%, Jan up 14.1%Frozen vegetables other than potatoes: Dec down 0.2%, Jan up 2.0%Cheese & curd: Dec up 0.9%, Jan up 2.5%Breakfast cereals: Dec up 1.0%, Jan up 2.5%Women’s clothes: Dec up 3.4%, Jan up 4.2%Crisps: Dec up 2.0%, Jan up 2.7%Ready meals: Dec up 1.1%, Jan up 1.6%.
Olive oil: Dec up 22.3%, Jan up 16.6%Coffee machines & tea makers: Dec down 0.8%, Jan down 5.6%Pasta & couscous: Dec down 2.4%, Jan down 5.9%Potatoes: Dec up 6.5%, Jan up 3.0%Children’s footwear: Dec up 4.6%, Jan up 1.4%Ice cream: Dec up 3.9%, Jan up 2.2%Tea: Dec up 5.2%, Jan up 4.3%Fresh or chilled fish: Dec up 3.4%, Jan up 2.6%Men’s clothes: Dec up 1.5%, Jan up 0.9%Eggs: Dec up 4.6%, Jan up 4.1%Dried fruit & nuts: Dec up 6.4%, Jan up 5.9%Heaters & air conditioners: Dec up 2.6%, Jan up 2.1%Restaurants & cafes: Dec up 3.8%, Jan up 3.5%.
Prices fell faster for pasta and couscous in January (down 5.9% year-on-year) than December (down 2.4%), as they did for sugar (down 2.1% in January, down 0.6% in December), men’s shoes (down 2.0% in January, down 1.2% in December) and rice (down 3.0% in January, down 2.7% in December).
The average price of pizza and quiche fell 4.6% year-on-year in December, then rose 0.7% in January; frozen vegetables were down 0.2% in December but jumped 2.0% last month; and carpets and rugs saw a drop of 2.9% followed by a rise of 0.8%.
Two figures are listed for each item: the average rise in price in the 12 months to December, followed by the average rise in price in the 12 months to January.
