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Food inflation has continued to surge with prices rising at the fastest rate for 18 months, new figures show, with the cost of chocolate, butter and eggs in particular pushing prices higher. Food inflation lifted to 4.2 per cent this month from 4 per cent in July, according to the British Retail Consortium.
