From coronation quiche to Caramac – what set the tills alight in 2023?

UK shoppers had to contend with a variety of issues across 2023 – from shortages on supermarket shelves, to the ever-looming spectre of inflation and the impact on the cost of living.

Here the PA news agency looks at some of the factors consumers had to deal with over the last 12 months.

January:Grocery price inflation hits a record 16.7% to add a potential £788 to annual shopping bills. Despite, or perhaps because of, the price rises, consumers maintain new year’s resolutions and a commitment to Dry January with sales volumes of no and low alcohol beer up 3% on last year.

A survey finds almost a third