Sainsbury's, Britain's second largest supermarket group, expects food inflation to remain in "low single digits" in 2024, its boss said on Thursday. British food inflation leapt to a 45-year high of 19.2% in March 2023 on surging energy costs, labour shortages and disruption to Ukrainian exports, but it fell to 4% in March, according to official data. UK grocery inflation fell further to 3.2% this month, according to industry data published on Tuesday.
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The decision came after first minister Mr Yousaf called an emergency meeting of the Scottish cabinet to address growing tensions between the Scottish Greens and the SNP