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Monday, October 13, 2014
Food prices fell 0.8% last month, following a small rise in August.
Lower September prices reflected seasonally cheaper fruit and vegetables, down 6.5%.
Grocery items fell 0.2%, with lower prices for butter and cheese.
That was countered by a 1.2% rise in the cost of meat, poultry and fish.
In the year to September, food prices have decreased by 1.6% overall, influenced by huge reductions in the cost of bread.
But during that time the cost of restaurant meals and ready-to-eat food has increased by 1.7%.