L’inflazione alimentare nel Regno Unito “potrebbe raggiungere il 9% quest’anno” poiché la guerra con l’Iran fa salire i prezzi dell’energia | Industria alimentare e delle bevande
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/01/uk-food-inflation-iran-war-drives-up-energy-prices
di jungleboy1234
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well that’s it. looks like insects will be on the menu soon….
food inflation was still pretty high even before the orange man decided to launch a 21st century middle east crusade….
unfortunately no one learnt any lessons from covid/ukraine 2022 and still relying on processes using oil/energy/fertilizers etc.
>“Given the scale and speed of these cost increases, and despite companies’ best efforts not to pass price increases on, it’s clear that food inflation is going to rise in the months ahead.”
Obviously inflation is a given in a situation like this, but the idea that companies were just trying really hard to not pass the costs off is very funny.
Yes I’m sure they’re just devestated at having to pass the costs on to consumers.
There is very quickly going to become a point where the minimum wage is literally not enough to cover these constant inflation rises and I really hope the government has a plan to address this. Every year food, fuel, tax, insurance, rent, childcare, etc etc is going up by considerably more than most people can afford.
It will feel a heck of a lot worse than 9%.
Food prices are insane.
9% inflation without similar pay rises would cripple even the well of in the population, and with that reduced spending, there would be a significantly reduced tax take for the government.
We’re heading into very bad times for all but the people with 7 figure incomes.
Lots of money to be made if you’ve got your fingers in the pies if the supply chain
We only provide around 60% of our own food in the UK. Hyperbolic as it may sound, we aren’t beyond people starving to death. Especially as we don’t support our farmers and consign farmland to housing, solar farms, and reforestation.
Imagine if we could get the public and media as angry about the cause of all this as they are about Muslims and foreigners.
At least the arms companies, their share holders etc can all buy bigger yaughts
As a food producer the short term prices have absolutely battered us. Seen a 25% increase in Fert since January. Fuel gone from 62p a litre when I ordered in January up to £1.20 a litre last week when I ordered.
The supermarkets are trying to force our prices down but they simply cant there isnt a supply they can get hold of
It’s absolutely fine, people.
What the government will do is crack down on aggressive corporate tax avoidance (single malt, etc), implement windfall taxes for (e.g.) profiteering energy companies, introduce a modest wealth tax over a few million… and then use the revenue to improve services and invest in sustainable energy to lower our bills and renationalise the railways. Plus remember all that COVID fraud money we’re getting back? We can use that, too, to subsidise increased fertiliser costs. The money from selling Michelle Mone’s yacht should cover a few tomato greenhouses for a couple of months.
Everything will be fine. Absolutely fine. Definitely. For sure. There’s no way the little people will get screwed by this.
Seems like good reason to be really fucking angry at the right wing, US-based interests that have pushed this war and disrupted global supply chains (meanwhile, they’re able to make millions off insider trading with the corrupt US government).
It wont be a 9% rise though in prices will it. It will be 50-100% again
Ai has caused bigger costs of energy prices and yet they’ve not even tried to do anything about the data centers.
Managed to get out weekly food shop for 2 down to £30 recently. There’s really nothing else we can cut out or cut down on.
A lot of stuff was up over 40 – 60 % in the last year before the Iran issue
Great news for manufacturers to artificially drive prices up even further.
Somehow I get the feeling it’ll be much worse than 9%.
Roughly half of global urea and sulphur exports go through the Strait of Hormuz. A prolonged closure of the strait is going to cripple global food supply in a far-worse way than our sanctions against Russia did.
ok everyone draw a straw. short draw is next Sunday’s Roast.
Let the profiteering begin! Or continue, it’s all the same.
Its okay im sure when the war finishes the prices will go back down…
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Guess I won’t have to worry about dieting to lose weight anymore!
I hate this century. Been nothing but misery since 2007
I bet all those smart lads over at r/ukpreppers are having a chuckle down in their heavily fortified bunkers