Supermarket prices head upwards

A STUDY by consumer watchdog Que Choisir found that supermarket prices rose by 6.6 per cent between September 2007 and May 2008.

Liberation reports that a comparison of a range of goods was made, with the worst offender being Monoprix, whose prices rose by nine per cent.

And even picking up the supermarket's own branded products wouldn't have helped consumers, as these items increased by 7.7 per cent the study found.

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