Hursty Well, yes and no. Price of foods (generally) are above the overall inflation rate, with particular hotspots for the UK dairy industry. Perhaps the loss of their EU subsidies is starting to come through in inflationary price riseS?
CPI figures will always have variability across the range of products included, but I’d wager that the figure will remain very high until the 26.7% figure for housing, water and energy bills starts to come down.