Introducing grocery scanner data into consumer price statistics

Summary

An article summarising the methods we will use when introducing grocery scanner data into inflation statistics.

Methodology

• Introducing grocery scanner data into consumer price statistics

  From 2026, we intend to introduce grocery scanner data into our consumer price statistics. This methodology article gives an overview of the data and methods we will use.

Changes to this release date

1. Previous date

   29 April 2025 9:30am

   Reason for change

   The release time for this article has been changed to 7:00am to align with the release time for "Transformation of UK consumer price statistics, groceries scanner data analysis, April 2025".