Heinz Tomato Ketchup saw the biggest average percentage increase in UK supermarkets.

A bottle full of inflation: branded foods suffering extreme price rises

Robert Prazak, 15.11.2022

New research shows that Heinz ketchup and Dolmio sauce are two branded groceries whose prices have increased dramatically in the past two years.

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Inflation is dramatically affecting all areas of life, but price increases are particularly noticeable in supermarket shopping. A new investigation by the consumer group Which? shows that some of the UK's favourite branded foods may have risen much more sharply than the 14.7 per cent inflation rate for groceries overall; the worst items, according to Which?, went up by more than 100 per cent over two years.

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