The BRC’s chief executive, Helen Dickinson, said that the decrease in food prices this year was due to supermarkets offering fewer promotions to customers last year.
At the start of the pandemic in 2020, there were fewer deals and offers available in supermarkets to avoid customer stockpiling on products ahead of the UK’s first lockdown.
However, Ms Dickinson noted that this fall in prices may not last. She said: “In the months ahead, retailers will have to battle the cost pressures from Brexit red-tape, rising shipping costs due to international supply issues, as well as increasing global food and oil prices.
“As these costs filter through, retailers may be left with no option but to pass on some of these costs to consumers.”
