Families suffer as fruit and veg rockets by 30%

BRITAIN’S dinner plate staple the potato has soared in price in the past year, it emerged yesterday.

The vegetable is among several popular fresh products which have shot up by nearly 30 per cent.

Spuds have seen some of the steepest increases along with carrots and onions. The soaring cost of basic food ingredients will pile more pressure on household budgets this winter.

Warming mash, soups and stews will be more expensive to make.

The findings from the food industry bible The Grocer come just a week after the Daily Express reported a 43 per cent jump in bread and butter prices.

Kilogram bags of cheap spuds are 28.7 per cent more expensive than a year ago.

Carrots bought loose are up 24.6 per cent and onions have risen 20.3 per cent.