Is it true that England has some of the cheapest food in the world?

[Xraytime]

I just read this on another thread—if it's true, then why is food poverty so widespread?

Do people in other countries typically spend a higher percentage of their income on food, and is it possible that we in the UK need to adjust our expectations?

Or is it because other essential costs, like rent and bills, are so high in the UK that many people simply don’t have enough left for food?

They get paid more. Dd has a Canadian bf who is amazed by our low food prices. He loves coming here. But Dd earned 22k a year in her graduate job as a part 1 architect. In Canada she reckons she’d be on 50k plus for the same job.