Food inflation rose for the fourth consecutive month in May, with wholesale meat prices increasing the cost of steak on supermarket shelves, latest figures show.Shop prices overall remained in deflation, at 0.1% cheaper than a year ago and unchanged from April, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC)-NIQ Shop Price Index.Non-food deflation dropped further to 1.5% against April's 1.4%.

Food inflation rose for the fourth consecutive month in May, with wholesale meat prices increasing the cost of steak on supermarket shelves, latest figures show.Shop prices overall remained in deflation, at 0.1% cheaper than a year ago and unchanged from April, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC)-NIQ Shop Price Index.Non-food deflation dropped further to 1.5% against April's 1.4%.