Food inflation continues high

 

Food prices continued to increase more than general inflation in November.

The overall inflation rate was 2.2 per cent, which was the same as October.

 But food p4ices increased by 4.7 per cent, much higher than in October when the increase was 3.4 per cent.

Fresh fruit prices were up by 4.4 per cent, food preparations by 6.6 per cent, beef by 17.7 per cent and coffee by 27.8 per cent.