Food inflation at 18-month high - and experts predict worse to come (UK)

Inflation has remained relatively high, meaning goods are becoming more expensive, particularly the cost of food, official figures show. The rate of price rises remained at 3.8% in August, the same as in July, according to data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Food and non-alcoholic drinks price rises, however, accelerated from 4.9% to 5.1%, far higher than the headline rate and other measures of inflation. It's the fifth monthly rise in a row and the first time in 18 months such a high has been reached. "Small increases" were seen in vegetables, cheeses and fish, the ONS said....