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Inflation might be returning, says BRC

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Fresh food inflation increased fractionally in November but ambient food rises dropped from 3.1% to 2.7% year on year, according to the latest BRC NielsenIQ survey. While food prices continued to rise, non-food saw a deflation rate of 1.8%, compared with deflation of 2.1% in…

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