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Grocery price inflation falls again as thoughts turn to the summer

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Take-home grocery sales rose by 2.9% over the four weeks to 12 May, according to new figures from Kantar Worldpanel. Grocery price inflation has also fallen for the fifteenth month in a row to 2.4%, the lowest level since October 2021. Fraser McKevitt, head of…

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