date:Feb 18, 2013
January and was at its lowest price level since December 2002.
The monthly rise for fruit and vegetables (up 3.5 per cent) was led by seasonally higher prices for mandarins (up 23 per cent), apples (up 7.7 per cent), lettuce (up 20 per cent), and broccoli (up 38 per cent).
Apple prices were at their highest level since December 2008. Falls for nectarines (down 23 per cent) and pumpkin (down 13 per cent) partly countered these rises.
Price rises for meat, poultry, and fish (up 2.2 per cent) an