UK food inflation: why your barbecue meat is becoming more expensive | Food & drink industry

Consumers based on the rising cost of hamburgers, sausages and chicken to grille, while not the only thing that puts a damping in the unprepared barbecues.

According to Price Analysts Assosia, at about 4 £, last four packages of last year’s own labeled beef is 53%or £ 1.37 of the quarter pounder. With steaks and kebabs, the menu is also very expensive because the British move to poultry.

However, this extra demand increases the price of the chicken. For example, a package of 600G chicken thighs are now 5,54 £. This is an increase of 64P or 13%last year based on pre -promotional prices in Tesco, Sinsbury’s, ASDA and Morrisons.

Inflation has been located in the corridors of meat and poultry since the beginning of the year, Andrew Keeble, General Manager and founder of Heck Sausage, which is defined as a “perfect storm”.

Chicken prices in the last two years, to reduce the number of chickens in each hut on the grounds of prosperity, with a combination of bird flu and industry driving, it rose from £ 2.85 to £ 5,50, he was. Told to BBC.

“We completely support it, but you get less chicken in a hut [and] Frankly, there is not enough club and this is currently directing the prices of conformity on the roof. ”

According to Assosia, the price of cheese slices and pastry buns has increased, because it does not end with Patty cost for Burger fans.

Even non -alcoholic drinks to wash everything is more expensive due to rising packaging costs, polymer plastic prices double since November 2024.

Compared to the latest store price monitor in the British Retail Consortium, food prices increased by 4% in July compared to the previous year, in June, 3.7% in June and over 3.5% of the three -month average.

Helen Dickinson, General Manager of BRC, said that households would notice higher grocery invoices after the food price inflation has risen over the sixth month.

“Since the wholesale prices of both categories were shot by more tight global materials, staples such as meat and tea were most shot,” he said. “This helped increase general store prices.”

The same prints that affect the high street increase the cost of food and beverage in bars and restaurants, and the CGA Prestige Foodservice price index, another industrial barometer, increased a monthly 2% monthly in June.

Reuben Pullan, a senior insight consultant in CGA by NIQ, said that this rise in inflation was “another difficulty in hospitality in important summer months”.

“In addition to its own labor costs, as well as hesitant consumer expenditures, as well as some businesses under serious pressure and will force them to increase their menu prices further,” he said.